EXCLUSIVE: The Into the Wild actor and the star of TNT’s I Am the Night are boarding the feature Degenerate, we hear.
09.05.2023 - 17:57 / variety.com
Ethan Shanfeld It’s pouring rain in New York City, and Mercury Lounge is packed wall-to-wall with a few hundred 20-somethings — so tightly that Peter Cat Recording Co. must clear a path through the Lower East Side rock club to journey from the front of the house to the stage. Fans stand on sofas to catch a glimpse of the New Delhi-based five-piece as crew members climb over the audience, shuttling beers from the bar to the band. During the show, devotees hand gifts to the musicians and shout requests for deep cuts. Afterward, frontman Suryakant Sawhney, cloaked in a black button-down and eyeliner, smokes cigarettes outside with fans eager to shake his hand.
So why the hubbub? For years one of India’s best-kept music secrets, Peter Cat Recording Co. is finally digging its paws into America. Upon announcing their first U.S. tour, the band sold out three nights in New York and four in Los Angeles almost instantly — and they didn’t spend a dime on marketing. They attribute their growing popularity in the West partly to people discovering their music during the pandemic, bolstered by placement on several popular Spotify-curated playlists. It’s been a long time coming for Peter Cat, whose 2020 tour plans were scuttled by the pandemic, and who, due to the unforgiving economic landscape of Delhi’s music industry, have dubbed themselves “one of the last few remaining bands in India.”
“We’re an anomaly,” Sawhney says, referencing the band’s rare ability to make a living in their home country, which they say lacks a real indie music scene. But if this tour is any indication, Peter Cat is poised to trade underground cred for global success. When I ask if they’ve considered moving out of India, multi-instrumentalist Kartik Pillai
EXCLUSIVE: The Into the Wild actor and the star of TNT’s I Am the Night are boarding the feature Degenerate, we hear.
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Naman Ramachandran The next decade will belong to Indian stories, according to Sushant Sreeram, country director of Prime Video India. Sreeram was delivering a keynote at the ongoing FICCI-Frames 2023 convention in Mumbai. “The coming decade belongs to Indian stories, with streaming enabling expansion of linguistic palette and content diversity,” Sreeram said. The executive also highlighted the impact of streaming services on the Indian media and entertainment industry, noting their role in taking Indian stories to a global audience. “By offering convenient and easy access to the finest Indian content, OTT [streaming] players have made Indian entertainment accessible to viewers worldwide,” Sreeram said.
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