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  • Endemol Shine India to produce first Marathi originals

    Endemol Shine India to produce first Marathi originals

    MUMBAI: Endemol Shine India today announced that it will be creating two originals in collaboration with Gulbadan Talkies, a creative video production service boutique based in Mumbai. The two series will include Thorle Vishwasrao Dhakle (TVD) is an eight episode, 45-minute Marathi series and Radical is an eight episode,45-minute, multi-lingual comedy series (primarily Hindi). Both series will showcase actors from BhaDiPa(Bhartiya Digital party) a subset of Gulbadan Talkies.

    Thorle Vishwasrao Dhakle (TVD) is an eight episode, 45-minute Marathi series for Indian fans of Detective Stories, Murder Mysteries, and Conspiracy Theories. Based in Maharashtra, the series focuses on the relationship of a Grandfather (70, retired Private Detective) and his Grandson (26, computer hacker, angsty youth) as they work together to solve a murder that happens in front of their very eyes. However, the solution is not as clear as they thought, and they find themselves wading into a dark world of conspiracy.

    Radical is an eight episode, 45-minute, multi-lingual comedy series (primarily Hindi). Abandoned in the middle of Mumbai – Ahsaan, Samar and Wajid build a life from scratch over the ten years that follow. Their unplanned immigration to Mumbai soon becomes a refuge from their past, a past that has been rightfully demonised. Mumbai’s fate is left to the Mumbaikar himself, be it the aspiring Ahsaan, the family man Samar, or the swindling conman Wajid. Through their actions, they unknowingly repay the debt they owe Mumbai for offering them a chance to carve out their own existence.

    Endemol Shine India CEO Abhishek Rege said, “We are pleased to collaborate with a creative powerhouse brand like BhaDiPa and Gulbadan Talkies for these two shows. At Endemol Shine India, we are always looking at creating content that is exciting and entertaining for our viewers and tying up with fresh talented artists and directors who are eager to showcase their ideas and enhance the creative space.”

    "As creators who carved out our space in Marathi content, we have always believed that regional-language stories should be consumed on a global scale. We’re absolutely kicked to be co-producing a Marathi series and our first Hindi series with an internationally renowned partner, Endemol Shine India," said Gulbadan Talkies & BhaDiPa CEO Paula McGlynn.

    Thorle Vishwasrao Dhakle and Radical are currently under development and will start production soon.

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  • Case study on Marathi web series ‘Pandu’

    Case study on Marathi web series ‘Pandu’

    MUMBAI: Pandu is a Marathi comedy web-series on the everyday life of Mumbai Police starring Suhas Sirsat, Deepak Shirke, Abish Mathew and Trupti Khamkar. A session at The Content Hub 2020 Day 2 organised by Indiantelevision.com was a case study on Pandu by the creators of the Marathi series. 

    Gulbadan Talkies founder and creative director Sarang Sathaye and co-founder and director Anusha Nandakumar briefed the audience on the establishment of Bharatiya Digital Party (BDP). 

    Sathaye said, “We wanted to have our own voice on the digital space in a long format series. We started with the idea of making our own digital platform, so we started to make Marathi digital content in BDP four years back."

    Speaking on life before the making of Pandu, Sathaye briefed the audience on the struggle they went through in creating what they actually wanted to create. He said, “Despite having numbers on our site we were struggling to mark ourselves as a creator that can create long format content too.”

    Nandakumar said, “Lots of Maharashtrian youth were not watching Marathi content because they were not able to connect with the shows. So, we felt the need to create Marathi content that connects well with viewers. Pandu is a typical Maharashtrian comedy series and we are happy that MX Player supported us. The show is about what happens to Singham when he goes home.”

    Sathaye believes comedy lies in our regular conversation. “For us Pandu is made of all our day-to-day unique moments. Every episode is theme based," he said.

    He further said, “There was hardly any platform that was backing regional content and MX Player truly supported us with Pandu. Makers should look at regional content and make Marathi content to that extent that one day people will wake-up to watch Marathi content in the US like we watch Game of Thrones here.”

    The creators also spoke on challenges they faced in hiring talent for the show and selling the content to the OTT platform.