Netflix Boosts Indian Content With 8 New Films & Series

According to reports by the Daily Mail, Mahatma Gandhi will become the first non-white person to be coined on the British currency.

Three original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday. The “12 Years a Slave” director will get the opening night slot for the 1980s-set music romance “Lovers Rock” in addition to two other premieres for films in his anthology series.

Naman Ramachandran The lucrative and hugely popular Indian Premier League cricket tournament, a programming mainstay for streamer Disney Plus Hotstar, has confirmed that the 2020 edition will take place in the United Arab Emirates, due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis in India.Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo will remain as the tournament’s title sponsor, despite simmering tensions between India and China over a deadly border dispute.

A special minted coin to commemorate India’s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi is being considered in the UK.Chancellor Rishi Sunak has written to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) asking it to recognise contributions of people from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) groups.“RMAC is currently considering a coin to commemorate Gandhi,” the UK Treasury announced late on Saturday, Reuters reports.In his letter to the RMAC, Mr Sunak said members of BAME communities had made a "profound

“Indian Matchmaking” has been taking the world by storm and now the cast is back together.

STX Entertainment and Indian movie major Eros International have closed their stock-for-stock merger, forming film and TV company Eros STX Global Corp., which looks to play in Hollywood, Bollywood and China. The combined company "creates a financially robust global studio leader across three continents with strategic content and distribution partnerships for an unprecedented global footprint," Eros said in a statement on Thursday, as it announced completion of the deal.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEros International and STX Corp. have formally closed their merger and said the combined firm plans a listing on the New York Stock Exchange in September.The combined entity, which blends the film and TV operations of large-scale indie STX with the production and streaming assets of India-based Eros, will trade under the symbol ESXI.

Naman Ramachandran The merger of STX Entertainment and Indian studio Eros International, first announced in April, is now complete.The newly minted Eros STX Global Corporation is planning a brand and website launch in September 2020, accompanied by a bell-ringing event at the NYSE to launch a new ticker symbol.

Indian Matchmaking as soon as it hit the streaming service. Being that I’m Indian, 31, and unmarried, the subject matter hit close to home—and frankly, was triggering.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIndian streaming platform Zee5 Global is poised to launch its first Pakistan-made original series, “Churails” at the beginning of next month. It will play on Zee5’s Zindagi world cinema strand.The 10-part show, consisting of 55-minute episodes, will be uploaded from Aug.

Naman Ramachandran There’s a degree of irony in the fact that Netflix unscripted dating show “Indian Matchmaking,” the most distinctly Indian content to originate from a platform aggressively expanding operations in India, was commissioned out of Los Angeles, rather than Mumbai.Netflix launched in India in 2016, but it took a while to warm up to homegrown commissions in a market that thrives on local fare.

Rebecca Davis editorSony Music India (SMI) has appointed Jagjit Singh Bhogal as its head of A&R, as New York-headquartered Sony Music Entertainment (SME) seeks to flesh out new regional hubs in Asia and the Middle East to better connect with local markets. Bhogal comes to SMI after stints at Viacom18 India, where he led the A&R, music IP and music content business for MTV India.

new reality TV hit, “Indian Matchmaking.”The 32-year-old from Morris Plains, NJ, has become a fan favorite after the show debuted Thursday, although many viewers were confused as to why the fragrance marketer and event planner needed to turn to a matchmaker to find love in the first place.“I was on the apps, and I wasn’t finding anyone interesting or that I clicked with. My cousins tried to set me up.

“Indian Matchmaking” has viewers hooked on its addictive blend of dishy drama and budding romance — with a modern twist on arranged marriage.After dropping on July 16, Twitter is already awash with hot takes and memes about the eight-episode saga led by Mumbai-based matchmaker Sima Taparia, known as Sima Auntie to her clients.Taparia — who travels between India and the US in search for the perfect matches for her picky patrons — seems to have her work cut out for her as she sets up six lovelorn

Tom Grater, Andreas Wiseman We can reveal exclusively that Uncork’d Entertainment has taken North American rights to horror feature Demigod for North America. Writer-director Miles Doleac (The Dinner Party) is behind the film, which reunites much of the team behind The Dinner Party and is aiming to shoot in late 2020 in Mississipi for Doleac’s Historia Films and Artist Vodka Films.

Naman Ramachandran War drama “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl,” starring Janhvi Kapoor, comedy-drama “Ludo,” starring Abhishek Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao, and suicide bomber tale “Torbaaz,” starring Sanjay Dutt, are amongst Bollywood titles that will bow directly on Netflix India, as cinemas across the country remain shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic.On Thursday, the giant streamer announced a raft of titles that will make their India debut on the service, including Mira Nair’s BBC

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNetflix has acquired rights to Bombay Rose, Gitanjali Rao’s animated film that last year became the first Indian animated pic to open Venice Critics Week.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorThe 20th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival will go online, powered by Movie Saints, following in the footsteps of many other fests.Running July 24-Aug. 2, the digital NYIFF will open with the streaming of Geetha J’s Malayalam-language “Run Kalyani,” about a woman who works as a cook while caring for her ailing aunt.