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  • Lionsgate Play to produce new Indian original ‘Feels Like Home’

    Lionsgate Play to produce new Indian original ‘Feels Like Home’

    Mumbai: Streaming service Lionsgate Play has announced the production of its next Indian original series “Feels Like Home”.

    The show is created by Sidhanta Mathur known for series like “Little Things”, “What The Folks” and “Minus One”. Directed by Sahir Raza, the series features Prit Kamani, Anshuman Malhotra, Vishnu Kaushal, and Mihir Ahuja.

    Vishnu Kaushal is a popular content creator among millennial audiences; Prit Kamani featured in the hit film “Maska”; Anshuman Malhotra won accolades for his role in “Haider” and Mihir Ahuja recently featured in the mini-series “Feels Like Ishq”.

    “At Lionsgate Play we are looking to create a fantastic mix of premium content from global to Indian. Our Indian original slate is well rounded with stories from an urban family to a college drama and now a sneak peek into the lives of four boys who our viewers will love,” said Lionsgate South Asia and Networks, managing director – emerging markets Asia, Rohit Jain. “We want to tell more local stories and bring them to a global audience by continuing to expand our slate of Indian Originals across languages and genres. We are proud to add our latest original series featuring cutting-edge young talent that will resonate with our audience.”

    “Feels Like Home is a show revolving around four youngsters and how they deal with what life is throwing at them. We have a very talented cast on board, and we’re so happy to have the series presented exclusively on Lionsgate Play, which has become the new go-to entertainment platform for young adults,” said Writeous Studio, founder, Sidhanta Mathur.

  • Just Human Things and Qyuki launch ‘Overtime’

    Just Human Things and Qyuki launch ‘Overtime’

    MUMBAI: What would happen if aliens took over the world and two employees who hate each other and tired of their daily routine are stuck with each other inside their office? Just Human Things along with Qyuki presents Overtime, India’s first ever a rib-tickling tale on alien invasion and about how the end of the world can either bring unlikely people together or tear humanity apart. The five-episode series will release on 29 January and is promised to be a laugh riot! Written and directed by Ashwin Lakshmi Narayan, this horror-comedy series features Ramya Saxena– lead coder- and Manoj Bhardwaj– the intern essayed by Ronjini Chakraborty and Harsh Mayar respectively.

    ‘Overtime’ revolves around two IT employees who try to survive the horror of the outside world as well as survive each other. As human civilization nears it disastrous fate, Manoj, an intern and his not-so-cooperative boss Ramya are left with no option but to stay inside their office and tolerate each other. What follows are moments of humor and uncertainty as both of them explore ways to endure their encounters with mundane tasks as aliens take on planet Earth.

    Speaking on the release of India’s first ever Alien Invasion Office comedy, Director Ashwin Lakshmi Narayan says, “Sid and I were thinking of doing something around aliens for a while. It was just a matter of understanding the budgets we had, the audience that only knows Jadoo as an alien, and bearing both in mind making something cool and fun. And then one fine day the idea struck. I thought that if an alien attack were to happen, I would never leave my home or space. If I were to go out into the real world, I will die, the aliens will eat me or looking at them I would surrender. As in why do all movies or shows have these people fighting these creatures. Why not make a show where they are just constantly avoiding them and at the same time dealing with problems like living without Wi-Fi, electricity, entertainment, food and so much more. Will a vegetarian become non veg to survive? Will I do drugs knowing I’m going to die tomorrow? Such things became fun to explore. In the end I think we all came together to try and make a very Indian show, with a western influence.”

    Overtime co-producer and Just Human Things founder Sidhanta Mathur shares, “For years I’ve wanted to see a dystopian world in India. I’m heavily inspired by what if situations and how regular people will be affected by it. The idea for an alien invasion being the backdrop is to see what I would do. What would I eat? Would I survive? I think the idea of this while scary is ridiculously funny and we have tried to achieve that balance with Overtime”.

    India’s first disaster comedy, Overtime is about Alien Invasion and those people who want to survive and reinvent themselves as the world nears its end. It is about how there is always a ray of hope and a way to move forward even when humanity may not see another tomorrow.