Inside the Netflix India Commissioning Strategy of Monika Shergill and Srishti Arya (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Fremantle India is best known as the home of local versions of Fremantle’s global formats, including “Indian Idol,” “India’s Got Talent,” and “The X Factor India.”But, the company has been actively telling stories that challenge the status quo. And, having enjoyed success with the approach, it plans to expand the effort.“That status quo could be gender, caste, creed or color,” Fremantle India managing director Aradhana Bhola told Variety.

Naman Ramachandran The burgeoning Asian webtoon market is set to expand further with the April launch of Graphic India’s Toonsutra, a comics platform for mobile devices.Toonsutra is differentiated, in that, in addition to standalone comics, it will offer exclusive original web comics based on hit Indian film and TV properties including S.S.

Gallery: Have you seen the 10 highest-grossing film franchises? (BANG Showbiz)Dev wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee for the film that has been partly inspired by the Hindu myth about the God Hanuman who is half man, half monkey. Filming had been sent to take place in India last year but had to be relocated to Indonesia due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterEros Now, the streaming service operated by Eros STX Global, competes in a crowded and fast-evolving Indian OTT market. Ali Hussein, the company’s CEO will be in conversation with Variety’s Asia editor Patrick Frater, on the first day of Hong Kong FilMart.

Spin, Disney Channel's first original TV movie with an Indian American lead centered on Indian culture — and only ET has the exclusive scoop.  follows Rhea ('s Avantika), an Indian American teen who learns she has a passion for creating DJ mixes that blend the textures of her Indian heritage and the world around her.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has acquired worldwide rights, with some exclusions, for “The Personal History of David Copperfield” star Dev Patel’s directorial debut “Monkey Man.” The streamer is thought to have paid around $30 million for the film.The rights agreement excludes Spain, Latin America, Iceland, Former Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia and Baltic States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pan-Asian PTV and China, where there are pre-existing deals.In the India-set film, Patel plays an unlikely hero who

Naman Ramachandran Indian government body, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, has sent a notice to Netflix calling on it to stop streaming “Bombay Begums,” on the grounds that the original series could incite “abuse and exploitation.”The notice, issued on Thursday, demands that Netflix stop streaming the series, which bowed on March 8, within 24 hours, and provide a detailed action report, failing which “the Commission will be constrained to initiate appropriate action”

Naman Ramachandran Most Paramount Plus content will be housed exclusively on Viacom18’s streamer Voot Select in India, alongside new programming from Showtime and other CBS content.“As Paramount Plus rolls out globally, we’ll (need) to work a strategy there to sort of see what decisions we make for the India market,” Ferzad Palia, head, Voot Select and international business, Viacom18, told Variety.

A tale of ambition almost gone awry, but also a rags to riches tale of cunning and wit, director Ramin Bahrani‘s “The White Tiger,” based on the book by Aravind Adiga, is a master vs. servants tale.

Naman Ramachandran Global distributor, producer and streamer MUBI has snapped up major global markets for Berlinale title “Azor,” a thriller set in the world of international banking.MUBI has acquired all rights in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Italy, India and Turkey to Andreas Fontana’s debut feature, which was presented at the recently concluded Berlinale in the Encounters Section, from international sales company Be For Films.The film uses French, Spanish and English dialogue to tell the

Naman Ramachandran “The White Tiger” actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas talks to director Karishma Dev Dube and the young stars of “Bittu,” which is shortlisted in the live action short film category at the 2021 Oscars.“Bittu” is the story of a close friendship between two girls (played by Rani Kumari and Renu Kumari) in northern India that is eclipsed by an accidental poisoning at school.

Laetitia Eido, the French actress known to fans of Netflix's Israeli drama Fauda as Dr. Shirin El Abed, has signed on to co-star in Nhiem, a new high-end television series set during the Vietnam War from New Zealand director Roger Donaldson (The World's Fastest Indian) and German production group Carte Blanche International.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVeteran animation executive Steven Wendland has been appointed as president of Discreet Arts USA, the newly-launched offshoot of Indian animation firm Discreet Arts. The new unit is based in Burbank, California.He is expected to expand the company’s work-for-hire business while also developing a slate of original productions.

Naman Ramachandran Indian actors Ali Fazal (“Death on the Nile”) and Richa Chadha (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) have launched production outfit Pushing Buttons Studios.The company, set up with a view to tell stories rooted in the Indian ethos for a global audience, will kick off with “Girls Will Be Girls,” the only Indian selection of the 10 projects chisen for the Berlinale Talents Script Station program this year.Written and to be directed by Shuchi Talati, the film is set in an elite boarding

Netflix has unveiled an enormous slate of 40 film and TV titles targeting the fast-growing Indian streaming market at a gala event held Wednesday in Mumbai. Dubbed "See What’s Next India 2021," the gathering was hosted by Netflix's top two executives in the country, Monika Shergill, vp of content for Netflix India, andSrishti Behl Arya, director of international original film.

Netflix today hosted an event in Mumbai unveiling a hefty slate of upcoming films, series, documentaries, reality programs, and comedy specials.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has unveiled a 40-strong India slate across genres featuring a galaxy of stars including Dhanush, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Taapsee Pannu, Manoj Bajpayee, R.

Netflix has picked up global rights to Bollywood action thriller Dhamaka, starring Kartik Aaryan. Directed and produced by Ram Madhvani, the Indian film is a remake of the South Korean hit The Terror Live from 2013.

We recently caught up with Grace and Frankie alum Martin Sheen who got candid and opened up about his upcoming and much-anticipated film Judas and the Black Messiah. The film is slated to release in India on March 5 and has been critically acclaimed by the global audience.