Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP and Siddharth Roy Kapur’s
Roy Kapur Films have brought in Golden Globes nominated Ivanhoe Pictures,
producers of the recent blockbuster Hollywood romantic-comedy Crazy Rich
Asians, as a co-producer and co-investing partner for their much anticipated
Hindi language family drama, The Sky is Pink (tentative title).
The Sky is Pink is written and directed by
National Award winning filmmaker Shonali Bose and is based on the true life
story of the young motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary and her parents. It
marks Priyanka Chopra’s much awaited comeback to Bollywood after her appearance
in a leading role in ABC’s Quantico, and she is also a co-producer on the film.
Alongside Priyanka, the film stars actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar and Dangal and
Secret Superstar sensation Zaira Wasim in lead roles. While Zaira plays the
role of Aisha, Priyanka and Farhan play her parents in the movie.
The film’s music is scored by ace music composer
Pritam and the lyrics will be penned by the legendary Gulzar.
The project is already in production, with shoot
schedules in Mumbai, London and New Delhi completed earlier this year. A brief
schedule in the Andamans is planned for January, and the film is slated to
release mid-2019.
"We have produced a variety of content for the
Indian market and it is wonderful to collaborate with such highly regarded
partners as RSVP and Roy Kapur Films on this compelling film," Ivanhoe
Pictures President and CEO John Penotti said. “Ronnie and Sid’s understanding
of Indian audiences is beyond compare and I am sure that this is the start of a
long association.”
"We are incredibly excited about forging this
alliance with Ivanhoe and are looking forward to taking this wonderfully moving
and inspiring story to audiences worldwide," said Ronnie Screwvala.
Siddharth Roy Kapur said, “This is the perfect
coming together of complementary strengths. Partnering with Ivanhoe will help
us leverage their strong distribution prowess in non-traditional markets for
Indian films, while in turn this collaboration strengthens their association
with the Indian film industry.”
Roy Kapur Films (RKF) is a film and digital media
production house founded by producer Siddharth Roy Kapur. RKF produces movies
and digital content across scales and genres and has various noteworthy
projects in the pipeline. Siddharth Roy Kapur is also the President of the
Producers Guild of India and has been consecutively featured on Variety's list
of most influential leaders in entertainment.
RSVP is Ronnie Screwvala’s production house that
has set itself up to make entertaining and substantive movies. Producer Ronnie
Screwvala believes in presenting content-driven films and is focused on
delivering films backed by power packed performances by talented actors and directors.
RSVP has an exciting slate of films to release over the next 12
months.
Ivanhoe Pictures is a Los Angeles, New York, and
Beijing-based motion picture and television financing and production entity.
Ivanhoe develops, produces, and acquires content for a global audience, and now
has local-language production deals in India, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Latin
America, Vietnam and Indonesia.
In March 2017, Ivanhoe merged with
the Los Angeles-based production/finance company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to
create SK Global; a new entity that produces and finances film and television
projects globally. The venture-backed and co-founded by Sidney Kimmel (Jones
New York) and Robert Friedland (Ivanhoe Mines), is led by President John
Penotti, who has led companies including GreeneStreet Films, Ivanhoe Pictures,
and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. SK Global has retained the labels “Sidney
Kimmel Entertainment” and “Ivanhoe Pictures” in their respective markets.
Past Ivanhoe projects include the enormously
successful comedy Crazy Rich Asians, a co- production with Warner Bros. from
director Jon Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) and starring Constance Wu and Michelle
Yeoh, which has grossed over $235M to date worldwide,
the South Korean hit The Wailing from director Na Hong-jin, which remains the
second highest- grossing opening weekend for Fox in Korea behind Avatar; and
the popular Hindi-language horror series Ghoul for Netflix India. They have
been nominated for Golden Globes in two categories- Best Film and Best Actress.
Ivanhoe’s upcoming projects include the
Spanish-language feature La Caja developed in partnership with Mexico
City-based Lucia Films; an upcoming adaptation of Ryan Graudin's best selling
young adult action-adventure novel The Walled Cityset in China's fabled Kowloon
City; and a slate of features developed for audiences in Indonesia.
Additionally, Ivanhoe has established a number of
key partnerships to produce local- language films for global audiences,
including a deal with Blumhouse Productions to develop local-language genre
content in India.
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