Exclusive: For Banijay Asia’s Deepak Dhar, 2023 is shaping up to be one of the busiest in a three-decade career in Indian media. He has just launched The Night Manager India on Disney+ Hotstar, is delivering several scripted and unscripted shows and is also working to position India has Banijay’s Asian production hub.
“There are four pillars to our business,” he tells Deadline. “Unscripted, scripted formats, original scripted and developing India as the outsourcing hub for a lot of the rest of Asia.”
The theory is countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, which share professional and audience taste similarities to India, will use Banijay’s Indian production assets for remakes of formats such as Temptation Island and Survivor. “They can be easily produced here,” says Dhar, who can tap local tax credits to help finance series.
His team is now at an “advanced stage of...
“There are four pillars to our business,” he tells Deadline. “Unscripted, scripted formats, original scripted and developing India as the outsourcing hub for a lot of the rest of Asia.”
The theory is countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, which share professional and audience taste similarities to India, will use Banijay’s Indian production assets for remakes of formats such as Temptation Island and Survivor. “They can be easily produced here,” says Dhar, who can tap local tax credits to help finance series.
His team is now at an “advanced stage of...
- 3/1/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
By Simran Sethi
New Delhi, Oct 1 (Ians) Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Sakshi plan to score in a very different game than cricket. They are foraying into Ott space with a web series.
Sakshi and Msd launched their banner Dhoni Entertainment in 2019 with the documentary "Roar Of The Lion". Now, they are coming up with a web series, which is an adaptation of an unpublished book written by a debutant author.
Sakshi spoke to Ians on the Dhonis' decision to venture into the entertainment world,
"I have paid more attention to the process of putting a thought and idea into creative action. The joy of seeing a concept being brought to life on screen keeps me engrossed, and we ensure the process is quality driven. When we were developing 'Roar Of The Lion', we thought it was the perfect time to venture into the entertainment industry,...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (Ians) Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Sakshi plan to score in a very different game than cricket. They are foraying into Ott space with a web series.
Sakshi and Msd launched their banner Dhoni Entertainment in 2019 with the documentary "Roar Of The Lion". Now, they are coming up with a web series, which is an adaptation of an unpublished book written by a debutant author.
Sakshi spoke to Ians on the Dhonis' decision to venture into the entertainment world,
"I have paid more attention to the process of putting a thought and idea into creative action. The joy of seeing a concept being brought to life on screen keeps me engrossed, and we ensure the process is quality driven. When we were developing 'Roar Of The Lion', we thought it was the perfect time to venture into the entertainment industry,...
- 10/1/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Sakshi plan to score in a very different game than cricket. They are foraying into Ott space with a web series.
Sakshi and Msd launched their banner Dhoni Entertainment in 2019 with the documentary "Roar Of The Lion". Now, they are coming up with a web series, which is an adaptation of an unpublished book written by a debutant author.
Sakshi spoke to Ians on the Dhonis' decision to venture into the entertainment world,
"I have paid more attention to the process of putting a thought and idea into creative action. The joy of seeing a concept being brought to life on screen keeps me engrossed, and we ensure the process is quality driven. When we were developing 'Roar Of The Lion', we thought it was the perfect time to venture into the entertainment industry," she explained.
"The new project...
Sakshi and Msd launched their banner Dhoni Entertainment in 2019 with the documentary "Roar Of The Lion". Now, they are coming up with a web series, which is an adaptation of an unpublished book written by a debutant author.
Sakshi spoke to Ians on the Dhonis' decision to venture into the entertainment world,
"I have paid more attention to the process of putting a thought and idea into creative action. The joy of seeing a concept being brought to life on screen keeps me engrossed, and we ensure the process is quality driven. When we were developing 'Roar Of The Lion', we thought it was the perfect time to venture into the entertainment industry," she explained.
"The new project...
- 10/1/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Ipl 2020The cricketer's wife Sakshi Dhoni, who is the Managing Director of the production house, called the upcoming series a ‘thrilling adventure’.Ptims Dhoni, who took his first step into the entertainment industry in 2019 as a producer of a documentary will next produce a web series. The former skipper of Team India produced the ‘Roar of the Lion’ in 2019, which was a documentary series. Dhoni Entertainment, the media company founded by the two-time World Cup-winning captain, will now produce a series which is an adaptation of an unpublished book by a debutant author. The cricketer's wife Sakshi Dhoni, who is the Managing Director of the production house, called the upcoming series a ‘thrilling adventure’. We ll need all your love and blessings ! @DhoniLtd pic.twitter.com/ElDH3dq8ch — Sakshi Singh (@SaakshiSRawat) September 30, 2020 "The book is a mythological sci-fi which explores the journey of a mysterious Aghori who has been captured at a high-tech facility.
- 9/30/2020
- by Meghak
- The News Minute
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