Eros International Media
Ltd (Eros International), a leading global film company in the Indian film entertainment
industry, has announced a four-film co-production deal with leading production
house, Drishyam Films.Drishyam
has over the years made a mark by producing content driven films that have
received worldwide acclaim including Masaan, Rukh, Kadvi Hawa and India’s entry
to the Oscars in the Foreign Film category this year, the highly celebrated
Newton. In 2018,
Eros and Drishyam will jointly produce four films to pave way for presenting a
new wave of cinema that the companies have come to stand for.The
first of the four projects, titled Kaamyaab starring Sanjay Mishra along with
Deepak Dobriyal and directed by National-Award winning filmmaker Hardik Mehta
has already gone on floor and commenced shooting on November 25. The human drama is based on an interesting
premise of a seasoned character actor who decides to come out of retirement and
begin a quest for a record of some sorts, that elusive 500th role, the one for
which he shall be remembered forever.
Speaking
on the alliance, Jyoti Deshpande, Group CEO, Eros International said, “We feel
the kind of cinema Drishyam makes and the agenda we have for the next five
years at Eros perfectly match. At Eros, we believe that our future slate should
have a mix of blockbusters like Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Bajirao Mastani as well
as beautiful stories made on smaller budgets like Aligarh, Nil Battey Sannata
and Newton. We’ve already started our relationship with Drishyam by
distributing Newton, Rukh and Kadvi Hawa and with this new co-production slate,
we are hoping to present some very compelling stories to our audiences
worldwide”.
Manish
Mundra, founder of Drishyam Films added, “We are very excited to associate with
a leading studio like Eros who are backing our kind of content-driven cinema,
and happy that our stories have found a home here. It’s heartening that they
have come forward to not only distribute our films but also create a vision to
tell stories together. We at Drishyam have built a brand of cinema that we are
very proud of and we hope the association with Eros will take our films to a
much wider audience”.
About
Eros International Media Ltd
Eros
International Media Ltd. (BSE Script Code: 533261; NSE Script Code:
EROSMEDIA) is a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment
industry that acquires, co-produces and distributes Indian films across all
available formats such as cinema, television and digital new media. Eros
International is part of Eros International Plc, which became the first Indian
media Company to raise capital and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Eros International has experience of over three decades in establishing a
global platform for Indian cinema. The company has a competitive advantage
through its extensive and growing movie library comprising of over 2,000 films, which include
Hindi, Tamil, and other regional language films. Eros International has built a
dynamic business model by combining the release of new films every year with
the exploitation of its film library. For more information please visit:
www.erosintl.com
About
Drishyam Films
A
company born out of love for cinema, Drishyam Films aims to build a platform
for unique voices of Indian independent cinema and create global content with
rich Indian flavours. Our filmmaking journey started with the award-winning
film Ankhon Dekhi directed by Rajat Kapoor. Its success was followed by Umrika
directed by Prashant Nair, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2015 and bagged the Audience
Choice Award. Soon after, Dhanak directed by Nagesh Kukunoor won the Grand Jury
prize at Berlinale 2015, and Masaan directed by Neeraj Ghaywan picked up
two big awards at Cannes 2015. Waiting directed by Anu Menon, premiered at the
prestigious Dubai International Film Festival 2015.
Their
biggest hit this year is the critically and commercially acclaimed Newton
directed by Amit Masurkar, starring Rajkummar Rao which was also selected as
India's entry to the Oscars 2018. It premiered at the Berlin International Film
Festival winning the CICAE Art Cinema Award followed by the Hong Kong
International Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize for Best film. The film
also had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The success
of Newton was followed by Atanu Mukherjee's Rukh, starring Manoj Bajpayee and
Adarsh Gourav in the lead roles. Their latest film Kadvi Hawa is by National
Award Winning director Nila Madhab Panda. It won the Special Mention at
National Awards this year and is the only Indian film on climate change.They
have an array of films in production, including Kamyaab to be directed by
National Award-winning director Hardik Mehta, starring Sanjay Mishra and Deepak
Dobriyal in the lead roles. For more information please visit:
www.drishyamfilms.com
