Kumar Mangat Pathak’s Mumbai-based Panorama Studios is teaming with South Korea’s Anthology Studios, co-founded by former Warner Bros exec Jay Choi, Cobweb director Kim Jee-woon and Parasite star Song Kang-ho, on a Korean-language remake of India’s Drishyam franchise. 

The two studios will collectively produce the remake, marking the primary collaboration between an Indian and a Korean studio, and the primary time a Hindi movie is being formally remade within the Korean language. Anthology plans to remake all three movies within the Drishyam franchise, with manufacturing on the primary installment anticipated to begin subsequent yr. 

US-based Jack Nguyen, who beforehand labored with Pathak on comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge, is on board as Executive Producer.  

Panorama produced the Hindi variations of Drishyam (2015) and its sequel Drishyam 2 (2022), which each starred Ajay Devgn and had been large hits in India. Originally a Malayalam-language movie, the franchise has been remade in a number of Indian languages.

Panorama is lining up a 3rd installment within the Hindi model of the franchise, and has remake rights to all three movies for all territories exterior of India. Remakes in Japan and the US are additionally within the works.

Pathak mentioned: “I’m excited that the Drishyam franchise is being made in Korean, a first for a Hindi film. This will not only increase its reach outside India but will also put Hindi cinema on the global map. All these years, we have been inspired by Korean fare, now they have found a muse in one of our films.”

Choi mentioned: “We are thrilled to have an opportunity to remake a massively successful Hindi film with a touch of originality from Korean cinema. And the remake has greater significance as the first major co-production between Korea and India. Through our partnership, we will be able to bring the best of both Indian and Korean cinema and make a meaningful remake that is as excellent as the original.” 

Separately, China Film Group produced a Chinese model of the primary Malayalam-language installment of the franchise, Sheep Without A Shepherd, which was an enormous hit in China in 2019. 

Anthology Studios was co-founded by former Warner Bros Korea exec Jay Choi, director Kim Jee-woon (Cobweb) and Parasite star Song Kang-ho, who gained greatest actor at Cannes final yr for Broker. The firm is a subsidiary of Korea’s SLL (previously often known as JTBC Studios). 

Before founding Anthology, the trio labored collectively on The Age Of Shadows, which premiered at Venice movie competition in 2016, and The Good, The Bad, The Weird, which premiered in Cannes in 2008. 

Founded by Pathak, who can be Ajay Devgn’s supervisor, and his son Abhishek Pathak, Panorama is a number one producer and distributor in India. In addition to blockbusters like Drishyam, Pathak has produced smaller, critically-acclaimed movies together with Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara. 

The firm has additionally arrange a world distribution outfit, Panorama Studios International (PSI), headed by worldwide Murli Chhatwani and Rajat Goswani, which is dealing with movies from Panorama Studios, Ajay Devgn Films and Luv Ranjan’s Luv Films. Panorama has additionally launched a music division, Panorama Music, to launch its personal soundtracks. 

“We believe in producing a slate of blockbusters, across different languages, and acquiring smaller films as a way to support new talent,” mentioned Pathak. “We can take smaller films to international markets. In some cases, we’ve acquired independent films, which has enabled the director to make their second film.”

An instance of that’s comedy drama Love & Shukla, which Panorama  acquired when its Netflix license expired, which enabled Siddhartha Jatla to complete his second movie, In The Belly Of The Tiger.

PSI’s slate right here in Cannes additionally contains Hindi-language drama Pachhattar Ka Chhora, starring Randeep Hooda and Sanjay Mishra, and Gujarati-language horror Vash, which Panorama is remaking in Hindi.