“We’ve at all times been trying to attain out to firms whose worldwide codecs we will reimagine for Indian audiences. The first criterion is for us to be intrigued by the idea after which see if it may be retold protecting in thoughts our social cloth and native settings,” Sameer Nair, chief govt officer, Applause Entertainment mentioned. Sharon Levi, managing director of sure Studios mentioned the corporate is open to collaborating with all streamers and broadcasters in India and isn’t signing any unique offers.

In an earlier interview, Nair had mentioned Applause is trying to enhance investments by 5 to 10 occasions over the following decade to provide 6-8 movies and 12-15 internet reveals yearly.

The content material studio, which accomplished 5 years of operations in August, will diversify into regional language content material and has purchased the rights for Amar Chitra Katha comics and graphic novels to provide animated internet collection.

Upcoming internet collection from its steady embrace a biopic on the lifetime of Mahatma Gandhi, to be headlined by Pratik Gandhi based mostly on historian Ramachandra Guha’s books and the returning season of Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. Nair mentioned it’s also taking a look at documentaries. Applause has introduced a slate of characteristic movies, together with Jab Khuli Kitaab starring Pankaj Kapur and Dimple Kapadia, Zwigato directed by Nandita Das with Kapil Sharma within the lead, and one other mission that includes Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Ileana D’cruz.