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  • ‘Porus’ finds an audience in more countries

    ‘Porus’ finds an audience in more countries

    MUMBAI: In another shot in the arm for Indian television producers, the producers of mythological show Porus, Swastik Productions, have managed to bag content syndication deals in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

    Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, Swastik Productions founder Rahul Kumar Tewari said that it has already launched in Thailand and other countries will see launches by July 2018. In Thailand, the show is being broadcast on weekdays at a primetime slot. The show will be dubbed in Malay, Thai, English, and Burmese for the new markets.

    Last month, a source close to the development revealed that the 260-episodic series had been sold to Maharaja Television (MTV).  Porus is renamed as Digvijaya in the Sinhala-dubbed version and has been launched on channel Sirasa TV, during the weekend at the 8pm slot combining two episodes thereby giving each episode a one-hour run.

    The show started off well in India with 3.6 million impressions in week 48 but then saw a dip in ratings. It has managed to hook viewers till week 5 with 3.3 million impressions according to Broadcast Audience Research Council data.

    In an earlier interaction, Swastik Productions founder Siddharth Kumar Tewary said, “Porus has been consistent in its ratings since its launch and this was our plan to be consistent in the beginning and then grow slowly. We have made Porus with a huge amount of conviction.”

    In its 10-year existence, Swastik Productions has produced over fifteen television shows which also include Mahabharat, Razia Sultan, Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, Mata Ki Chowki, Amber Dhara, and Begusarai among others. It recently launched a light-hearted emotional drama on Sony Sab, Shankar Jay Kishan.

    The production house is free to sub-licence the show to a digital or international player, to air the episodes after 3-hours of original airing on Sony. While talking about the IP rights with the production house, a media report said that these kinds of deals vary. Historically broadcasters have been bearing all the cost. If the producer is ready to bear the cost, it will work out fine for the channel also as it reduces the risk and budget.

    The 22-minute show aired at 8.30 pm from Monday to Friday on Sony, depicts the untold story of the greatest conqueror of the world, Alexander and the most spirited defender of India, Porus. Set in 350 BC, the story traces its roots to a time when India was at its glorious best and Porus resisted the first attack on Indian soil by the Macedonian legend. The chronological narrative will trace the journey from birth to the epic battle between these two warriors born on the same day but raised with completely different upbringings.

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  • Eros Intl’s Deshpande hints at group rejig, likens RIL tie-up to ‘blank canvas’

    Eros Intl’s Deshpande hints at group rejig, likens RIL tie-up to ‘blank canvas’

    NEW DELHI: The Eros group, which includes an India-listed company with the parent Eros International plc. listed on NYSE, will soon start the process of simplifying the organisational structure to realign shareholders interest after an announcement that Reliance Industries Ltd. would be investing in the parent for a five per cent stake, according to a company executive.

    In addition, Eros International will not use the money being put in by a RIL subsidiary into the joint venture with the Indian arm to set up a combined fund of $150 million for content consolidation from India but will fund the JV internally.

    “At the parent level, there is a massive infusion of cash and it is fungible. So Eros International Media Ltd (the Indian arm of Eros International Plc.) will have the resources to do what it is aiming to do. It is a market leader and we are joining hands with one of the biggest players in the business, Reliance Industries. So content consolidation is here to come,” Eros group CEO and MD Jyoti Deshpande told business news channel CNBC-TV18.

    Asked whether Eros International Plc will use the money being paid by Reliance to contribute its share in the $150 million [Rs 500 crore each from the two partners in the Rs 1,000 crore corpus] fund being set up by the RIL-Eros India joint venture, Deshpande clarified: “No. The money that Reliance is putting in is not to be used for this purpose. That is for a different purpose. It [Reliance] is putting money in the parent. The [Eros] group has enough resources of its own to fund this joint venture.”

    She went on to add: “The current cash on parent’s books without Reliance stake is already about $140 million. The parent always gives film advances to the Indian company and the Indian company sells overseas rights, etc. to the parent company. So even without 5 per cent stake, the group already has in excess of Rs 500 crore with it already.”

    According to Deshpande, who will be quitting Eros and formally joining RIL attached to chairman Mukesh Ambani’s office to look after its entertainment business in April 2018, Eros will soon take steps to align all the interests of shareholders, while refusing to comment or commit on any mergers and/or reverse merger with NYSE-listed parent.

    So, if the RIL money will not be pumped into the joint venture by Eros International Plc and kept aside for other purposes, what will the company do with the cash?
    Pointing out that the minority stake signals “beginning of a very long-term partnership”, Deshpande told CNBC-TV18, “At the moment there is no immediate use of the cash except that it nicely brings down the net debt of the group and capitalises our balance sheet quite nicely and gives us flexibility if we need cash during movement of structure, etc. So I think it is firepower that it gives us and it gives us alignment. More than the money it aligns us to a very powerful partner.”

    Pressed further by journalists on timelines of possible restructuring and re-alignment of shareholders’ interest post a JV with RIL, Deshpande said without committing on any mergers, “There has been a lot of talk on the cards that we need to align all shareholders’ interest at one level. Right now it is a stepped kind of structure. So we are actively looking to see what we can do in that respect, where we align all shareholders at one level…All these things are governed by huge compliance, so I am not at liberty to share anything further on this topic. However, what shareholders can take away is that we are actively working towards aligning the interest of all shareholders at one level.”

    Asked about RIL’s investments in another content maker and OTT platform owner Balaji Telefilms and whether the RIL-Eros JV will stop scouting for more partners, Deshpande explained, “I think the industry is quite fragmented and the vision is to try and consolidate it, grow the industry together using Eros’ expertise in the content space. So, the idea is to make all kinds of content…[and] so it is not a limiting kind of a partnership, it is a very blank canvas wide partnership.

    “We want to work with every content maker that is out there— [what] specific plans RIL has, I will be able to share post April. But wearing the Eros hat right now, I think the plan is to make as much compelling content as possible, keep content prices under control, partner and try and grow the market. We are open to all kinds of ideas, all kinds of collaborations [and] not just with content partners, but with other OTT partners. So I think the idea is to put one and one together and make it eleven.”

    Dwelling on the financial performance of Eros International in FY’19, Deshpande, who’s had leadership stints at Star and Zee earlier, said, “I think scale is what you can expect. I think we can grow in the next year by another 15-20 per cent because the slate will expand, we can double the slate with half the money. So I think it is a great outlook, it is a win-win outlook for both companies.”

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  • Catch the 1st international Bangla Cinema Carnival, organized by SVF, on Star Jalsha this sunday evening

    Catch the 1st international Bangla Cinema Carnival, organized by SVF, on Star Jalsha this sunday evening

    MUMBAI: SVF, Eastern India’s largest movie production house recently organized an international Bengali cinema carnival in Bangkok with much fanfare. The star-studded, glitzy carnival, held in the Thailand capital, will air exclusively on Star Jalsha this coming Sunday (February 25), a must-watch for anyone who is interested in Bengali cinema. It is yet another first from SVF which ensured that Bengali filmdom finally landed on foreign shores.

    From Dev to Ankush, Mimi to Nusrat and Imon to JeetGannguli, the Tollywood stars, singers and musicians were all there, singing, dancing and milling around, rubbing shoulders with one another. If Shruti Pathak started with the song Shubharambh, Nakash Aziz’s Jabra Fan, Lagnajita’sBasantoEsheGeche and Jeet’sChinteParli Na, had the audience in raptures.

    While Sayantika grooved to superhits like TammaTamma and TuCheezBadi Hai Mast Mast as well as Phoolkoli and Remix Qawali; Nusrat performed on Aayat from the movie BajiraoMastani as well as Ami Je KeTomar’s title track. Yash made the fans go crazy when he danced to the peppy Mon from the movie Total Dadagiri and ThikEmonEbhabe; Mimi was seen dancing to the biggest party numbers of 2017KarGayiChull and Senorita as well as Emotional Saiyaan and Honey Bunny while Ankushchipped in with performances on Shona, Take it Easy and Darling and more

    The first Bengali international film carnival was not just about songs and dances, though. It paid rich tributes to ‘Yesterday Actresses’ such as Suchitra Sen, Supriya Devi, Madhabi Mukherjee, Tanuja, Aparna Sen and Sandhya Roy. The tribute was brought alive by Rituparna Sengupta who danced to the numbers of the films these legendary actresses starred in.

    SVF co-founder & Director, Mahendra Soni said “It’s an attempt from us to take Bengali cinema to international scene by organizing the carnival in the city of Bangkok, something few have thought of before. We are sure that people will enjoy watching this magnificent show on Star Jalsha on Sunday evening. The show will have a red carpet segment from 6 to 7pm, followed by a 4 hour performance based show till 11pm,’’

    Dev brought the house down, dancing to Party Shoes and BhojoGournango (from the SVF-produced Bindass and Challenge), while Rituparna Sengupta danced to numbers like E ShudhuGaner Din and AajMon Chheyeche Ami HariyeJabo, rekindling nostalgia that seeped through the first-ever carnival of its kind.

  • RIL to buy 5% in Eros; cos to set up $150 mn content fund

    RIL to buy 5% in Eros; cos to set up $150 mn content fund

    MUMBAI: Continuing its media march, which is also an indication of further disruptions in the Indian and global entertainment industry, the USD 51 billion Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is all set to acquire 5 per cent equity stake in NYSE-listed Eros International Plc (Eros) and jointly set up a $150 million (Rs 1,000 crore) fund to co-produce and consolidate content from India.

    In the transaction, which is subject to regulatory and other approvals, RIL, through a subsidiary, is looking to pick up the minority stake at a price of $15 per share, representing an 18 per cent premium to the last closing price of the stock. Eros stock quoted at $13.30 on the NYSE at local US time of 16:01:15 on 20 February 2018, having opened at $13.25. RIL closed Tuesday at Rs 919.40 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

    RIL and Eros International Media Ltd (Eros India) will equally invest in the fund to produce and acquire Indian films and digital originals across all languages, according to a joint statement put out late on Tuesday evening.

    RIL’s investment will also result in some management changes in both the companies. Eros’ group CEO and MD Jyoti Deshpande will be stepping down from her executive role after over 17 years and move on to head the media and entertainment (M&E) business at RIL as the president of the chairman’s office.

    Deshpande will start her role at RIL from April 2018 but will continue to remain as a non-executive director on the board of Eros, while Kishore Lulla will resume his position as group chairman and CEO of Eros, the statement added.

    In her new role at RIL, Deshpande will lead the company’s initiatives in M&E to organically build and grow businesses around the content ecosystem, such as broadcasting, films, sports, music, digital, gaming, animation as well as integrate Reliance’s existing media investments such as Viacom18 and Balaji Telefilms with a view to build, scale and consolidate the fragmented $20 billion Indian M&E sector.

    RIL chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani said, “We are pleased to join hands with Eros, as it will bring further synergies into our plans, making for a win-win partnership. We are delighted to welcome Ms Jyoti Deshpande into the Reliance family and believe that she will not only give wings to our plans but also play a pivotal role in transforming the sector.”

    Lulla elaborated, “I am very pleased that Eros is partnering with RIL in its entertainment journey with several synergies across technology, content and digital with Eros Now. We look forward to collaborating and growing as we continue to make new strides on the digital and content forefronts. I am confident that together, we can make a meaningful difference. Jyoti Deshpande has been an invaluable part of the incredible Eros growth journey and I am confident that she will make a positive impact on the industry in her new role at RIL.”

    Eros International Plc (NYSE: EROS) is a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry that acquires, co-produces and distributes Indian films across all available formats such as cinema, television and digital new media. Eros International Plc became the first Indian media company to list on the NYSE and also runs a fledgling OTT service under Eros Now brand. 

    “I am delighted that RIL has strategically aligned with Eros. My new assignment at RIL will allow me to push boundaries, set new standards of excellence, assemble a world-class young leadership team and adopt a collaborative approach to architect and execute this ambition…but more than anything, I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves,” said Deshpande while commenting on the proposed partnership.

    The Eros and earlier Balaji investments by RIL indicate that Ambani may be investing small in content and distribution companies, but taking big steps towards building an integrated media and entertainment behemoth, an industry observer opined, adding that with the financial muscle that the Ambanis have, the Indian media sector should brace itself for some more disruptions after the Reliance Jio show.

    In the TMT sector, RIL already has investments in media companies like Viacom18 (majority stake), TV18/Network18, telecom company Reliance Jio and a host of other media properties, including magazines and digital ventures.

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  • Wide sales picks worldwide rights to panorama title Garbage

    Wide sales picks worldwide rights to panorama title Garbage

    MUMBAI:  Paris-based sales company Wide has picked up worldwide rights to Panorama title Garbage, directed by Q, which is the only Indian feature in Berlinale official selection this year. A political drama that reflects the times we are living in, Garbage, Q’s new directorial venture Produced by Oddjoint Films and Karma Karma Entertainment & Media LLP, stars Tanmay Dhanania (Brahman Naman), Trimala Adhikari and Satarupa Das. The story of the film revolves around a woman who takes a taxi driver hostage when he starts stalking her and discovers he has a shocking secret at home.

    The film marks Q’s return to Panorama seven years after his rap musical Gandu in 2011. His last film, comedy Brahman Naman (2016), was acquired by Netflix and premiered at Sundance.

    Q said: “We were looking at a sales agent who could understand the sensitive nature of Garbage and the need for non-conventional methods of getting the film out there. I have been following Wide for a while and am looking forward to working with them for the first time on a film as bold as Garbage.”

    Wide president Loïc Magneron added: “Even though the film is set in India, there is obviously something universal about this strong statement made on violence against women, especially in this day and age.”

    Oddjoint is Q’s own production company, while Karma Entertainment & Media LLP was founded by Shaailesh R Singh and director Hansal Mehta

  • PFL reports growth in operating revenue

    PFL reports growth in operating revenue

    BENGALURU: Integrated media services player Prime Focus Ltd (PFL) reported 20 per cent year-on-year (yoy) growth in operating revenue at Rs 609.61 crore for the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q3 2018, quarter, the quarter under review) as compared with Rs 508.03 crore for the corresponding year ago quarter (Q3 2017). Total income increased by 20.3 per cent yoy in Q3 2018 to Rs 612.21 crore from Rs 508.84 crore. The company, however, reported a net loss of Rs 7.03 crore for the quarter under review as compared with profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 28.18 crore in Q3 2017. The company says finance charges considered for Q3 2018 were higher by Rs 5.5 crore on account of change in accounting treatment towards redemption premium on Standard Chartered PE NCDs–expensed as against capitalised in the balance sheet in earlier quarters.

    Adjusted operating EBITDA for the quarter at Rs 157.34 crore (25.8 per cent of operating revenue) grew by 27.8 per cent yoy from Rs 123.16 crore (24.2 per cent of operating revenue). Adjusted EBIDTA of Rs 157.34 crore for Q3 2018 includes ESOP costs of Rs 4.21 crore, foreign exchange (forex) losses of Rs 2.51 crore and Rs 10 crore of non-operating non-cash forex charges on account of balance sheet translation exposure and approximately Rs 20 crore for certain one-time Montreal setup costs and conservative provisions at PFW/DNEG.

    Total expenditure in Q3 2018 increased by 25.9 per cent to Rs 610.09 crore from Rs 484.43 crore in Q3 2017. Employee benefits expense in Q3 2018 rose by 25.9 per cent to Rs 332.61 crore from Rs 268.74 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Technician fees more than doubled (2.08 times) to Rs 15.12 crore from Rs 7.27 crore in Q3 2017. Technical services cost in the quarter under review increased by 72.4 per cent to Rs 28.45 crore from Rs 16.50 crore in Q3 2017. Finance cost in Q3 2018 increased 97.6 per cent yoy to Rs 45.32 crore from Rs 22.94 crore in Q3 2017. Other expenditure in the quarter increased 14.9 per cent yoy to Rs 106.08 crore as compared to Rs 92.36 crore in the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2017.

    Commenting on the results, PFL founder, executive chairman and global CEO Namit Malhotra said, “We are pleased to report a strong quarter with continued momentum across businesses. Ourcreative services continued to deliver marquee projects such as recent Hollywood blockbusters – Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League which have grossed over $800 million and $600 million, respectively. Our order book includes good projects like Venom, which is the next movie in the Spiderman franchise. In tech/tech enabled business, we added new clients and invested in new talent to strengthen our reach in North America while India FMS continues to deliver robust profitability in line with our expectations.

    “Given the significant growth we have witnessed in our creative services business and continued momentum visible going forward, the board has decided that Vikas should focus all his energies toward helping manage this growth and maximise the potential at PFW/DNEG. Vikas has relocated to London and will now be fully focused on his role as the CFO of PFW/DNEG. Nishant Fadia has now been re-appointed as the CFO of PFL. As you may know, Nishant has been with Prime Focus for the last 18 years and was the CFO of PFL till 2014 and since then has been the COO for the Group. I wish them both the very best as we look to take the Prime Focus Group to greater heights in the years ahead.

    “We are happy to continue to deliver performance ahead of plans and look forward to ending FY18 on a higher note.”

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  • Tax adjustments bring Balaji Telefilms’ Q3 numbers back in the black

    Tax adjustments bring Balaji Telefilms’ Q3 numbers back in the black

    BENGALURU: Tax adjustments of Rs 31.38 crore returned consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 24.82 crore for Balaji Telefilms Ltd (Balaji Telefilms) for the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q3 2018, the quarter under review). The company had reported consolidated net loss after tax of Rs 1.86 crore for the corresponding year ago quarter (Q3 2017) and net loss of Rs 13.84 crore for the immediate trailing quarter (Q2 2018). The company reported operating loss (negative EBITDA) of Rs 7.08 crore in Q3 2018 as compared with operating loss of Rs 10.58 crore in Q3 2017.

    Overall, the company reported higher realisation per programming hour of Rs 0.33 crore for Q3 2017 as against Rs 0.32 crore in Q2 2018. However, due to a 32 per cent year-on-year (yoy) decline and a 25 per cent quarter-on-quarter (qoq) decline in commissioned programmes, the company’s segment revenue decreased. Along with declines in its films and digital segments, Balaji’s consolidated revenue for the quarter under review declined to half yoy to Rs 65.15 crore as against Rs 130.37 crore.

    Segment Revenue

    Balaji Telefilms has three segments–commissioned programmes (CP), films and digital.

    Revenue from CP declined by 17 per cent yoy in Q3 2018 to Rs 69.47 crore from Rs 83.74 crore. CP reported 44.7 per cent higher yoy operating profit of Rs 16.59 crore for Q3 2018 as compared with Rs 11.47 crore. The film segment revenue in the quarter under review declined by 95.6 per cent yoy to Rs 0.85 crore from Rs 19.20 crore. The segment reported lower operating yoy loss of Rs 0.28 crore in Q3 2018 as against Rs 0.51 crore in Q3 2017. Balaji Telefilms’ digital segment (aka ALTBalaji) reported revenue of Rs 1.14 crore for Q3 2018 as against nil in Q3 2017. The segment’s operating loss more than doubled yoy to Rs 8.15 crore in Q3 2018 to Rs 8.76 crore from operating loss of Rs 4.35 crore.

    Let us look at the other numbers reported by Balaji Telefilms

    Balaji Telefilms’ total expenditure for Q3 2018 reduced by 25.8 per cent yoy to Rs 76.40 crore from Rs 102.98 crore. Cost of production/acquisition and telecast fees in the current quarter reduced by 2.16 per cent yoy to Rs 75.77 crore from Rs 77.37 crore. Employee benefits expense in Q3 2018 increased by 3.7 per cent yoy to Rs 6.87 crore from Rs 6.63 crore. Marketing and distribution expense in the quarter under review increased by yoy to Rs 7 crore from Rs 0.2 crore. Other expenses grew by 27.8 per cent yoy to Rs 12.08 crore from Rs 9.46 crore.

  • Excel Films launching ‘3 Storeys’

    Excel Films launching ‘3 Storeys’

    MUMBAI: Masumeh who started with hit TV series Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai and Gubbare and stepped in to films with ‘Chupke Se’ and highly acclaimed ‘Maqbool’ is all set to be seen in Excel Films’ ‘3 Storeys’ directed by Arjun Mukherjee next.

    The actress will be seen returning to the Big screen after 7 years. Ask her where she has been hiding and she says, “I’ve not been hiding. In fact I have been working tirelessly on building my company, Short Circuit. Acting is a passion and it so happened that the role in 3 Storeys was everything I wanted and believed in. It really reminded me of why I began acting in the first place.” 

    Having turned entrepreneur with her video ad and digital agency, Short Circuit, Masumeh has worked and produced on 100 ads for a multitude of clients. Ask her if we would see her more in films now, she says, “I am actor by choice, because I am passionate about it. I want to take up roles where I can challenge myself and channel the passion I have for acting”.

  • International studios driven by ethics, says Supari’s Advait Gupt

    International studios driven by ethics, says Supari’s Advait Gupt

    MUMBAI: The budding animation industry in India has a long way to go till it can compete with the likes of Disney and Dreamworks. The digital medium, however, gives even smaller content creators the chance to become global sensations. One such studio based in Mumbai that was thrilled to have been picked by one of the largest media companies to partner on a project was Supari Studios (Supari).

    Supari is a digital content studio that is focussed on generating engaging content on the web through live action and animated films. Supari founder Advait Gupt has worked with both national and international companies and while the latter may sound impressive, it is not without its challenges. “The one natural challenge we faced is time zones. When you are working with a client in the US, you take calls at 5 am; the time zone is a factor we can’t control.” He adds that international companies are driven by process and ethics that have enabled his team to create content within two weeks. “They have a certain style of work and the transparency of work is very high,” he says.

    Supari and Post Office, in association with Warner Bros Records, released the official lyric video for the song New Rules by Dua Lipa on digital that garnered 300 thousand views within 24 hours and over 2.1 million views in two months. New Rules has got most traction from Mexico, Spain and Brazil and has received over 2000 comments on the video.

    Gupt shares insights on how the association came to be. “Warner Brothers got in touch with us in the middle of last year. They had seen our animation work and were impressed with the quality. The association with Warner Brothers started with a work for an artist called Adam Lambert in June last year. It was an animated lyric video that got a lot of traction and was received positively by millions of people globally. Post that, they approached us to make a 2D animation lyric video for an artist called Dua Lippa who happens to be topping the chart in the UK and the US as well. Warner Brothers wanted us to make a similar kind of video out of her track,” he says. The project was completed in just two weeks. Eighty per cent of the work-from developing the concept to design, VFX and 2D animation-was done by Gupt’s in-house team.

    Both the type of animation and length are important in determining production factors. A typical one-minute 2D animation video costs Rs 3-5 lakh.

    Gupt has two more entities under him-Post Office and Vitamin Stree. Post Office is the animation studio while Vitamin Stree is a content channel from Supari focussed on cultural, political, artistic and ideological perspectives that are shaping the lives of women in contemporary India.

    Vitamin Stree has recently launched a campaign to raise funds for Nisha Gupta who is a para-athlete and is paralysed from her waist down. She plays for the women’s wheelchair basketball team that represents Maharashtra and Supari is raising funds for her and the whole team.

    Gupt feels that the animated short film Outsider, which they made in early 2017 on domestic violence in South Asians communities in the US, gave Supari tremendous recognition across the world. The film was shortlisted for nine film festivals globally. After seeing Supari’s work and recognition in the global market, Warner Brothers pitched them to work on their own projects.

    Supari has a big line up for 2018. Projects with Redbull, Viacom18 and Hotstar are in the pipeline. A food and talk show with Hotstar was recently completed and a travel show with Viacom18 is currently in progress. These projects are expected to go live from March to April. Doppelganger was a show done in association with Redbull that took content from India for the first time.

    Since its inception in 2012, Supari has had the opportunity to work with a diverse set of brands such as Absolut, Nike, Dolby, Google, Skype, Uber, Maybelline, Estee Lauder, Godrej, Asian Paints, Amul, Mahindra, YouTube, ITC, Maggi and L’Oréal.

    Gupt and his team are on cloud nine with all the praises being showered by global companies. “We are proud that a global music label like Warner Brothers saw value in finding a small, young and creative studio such as ours to deliver global quality content while meeting the standards,” he says. Some more discussions are to be held for future possible liaisons.

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  • ‘The Boy & the World’ to woo Indian cinephiles on FEB 9th 2018

    ‘The Boy & the World’ to woo Indian cinephiles on FEB 9th 2018

    After the success India Release of AsgharFarhadi’s 2016 Drama “The Salesman”, SUNIL DOSHI’s Alliance Media is bringing to Indian cinephilesone of the most celebrated Brazilian animation feature films “THE BOY AND THE WORLD” on 9th Feb 2018 in select cinemas in India.

    Written and directed by Ale Abreu, the film is originally from Brazil and was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated feature. The film was created using a mix of drawing, painting and digital animation.

    The film is a heartwarming story of a little boy Cuca who goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father and discovers a fantastic world dominated by animal-machines and strange beings. The film talks about the issues of the modern world through the eyes of this little Cuca.

    Says Mr. Sunil Doshi on why he acquired this film and the reason to bring it to quality Indian audiences “The visually thrilling film backed up with a refreshingly different storyline will enthrall younger viewers while resonating deeply with adults”.

    The film is being released in select theatres in Mumbai & Bangalore and will be expanded to other centres steadily. A detailed school contract program is being set in motion to get school children to watch this film along with their parents.

    The blueprint of Indian film business still remains quite vague as far as world cinema is concerned. However, people like Sunil Doshi who has maintained a stance of being a standalone film activist for decades make occasional waves in the otherwise mundane Fridays of India. He is the man who has brought Farhadi’s oscar-winning film to Indian theatres (subtitles in English) along with Oscar nominated Turkish Drama MUSTANG released directly onAmazon Prime & WINTER SLEEP by NuriBelgeCeylan and now brings for Indian cinephiles the much celebrated brazilian animation feature film “THE BOY & THE WORLD”which has many international awards under his novel initiative, ‘Sunil Doshi Presents’.

    Doshi’s latest venture under his company Alliance Media and Entertainment promises to bring more of world cinema to Indian multiplexes in 2018 starting with THE BOY & THE WORLD this Friday.