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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of Netflix’s noisy Indian series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, Taha Shah Badussha has set his sights on Hollywood — and he has a specific, seismic role in mind. "Let's put it out there, I want to be the first Indian James Bond. Why not?" he tells Deadline in an interview. With…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal a first look at writer-director Subhadra Mahajan’s debut feature, Second Chance, which will premiere at the upcoming Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The black-and-white film from India will compete in the festival’s Proxima section, which kicks off on June…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired Nachiket Pantvaidya as general manager of productions in India.  In the role, Pantvaidya will oversee local Indian production while working alongside Shony Panjikaran who is the general manager and head of Sony Pictures Releasing International in…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first in India: Disney+ Hotstar’s ratings charts have seen animated shows take the top two places on its Hindi-language viewing charts for the first time. According to exclusive data estimates from Ormax Media, The Legend of Hanuman season 4 and Baahubali: Crown of Blood occupied…

Lada Guruden Singh Steps Down From Sony Pictures India Role Lada Guruden Singh has stepped down from his role as General Manager, Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP), India, where he oversaw local production, and has entered a producing deal with the studio. At SPIP India, Singh has been…

Netflix has renewed big-budget Indian drama series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. After launching on the streamer on May 1, the Sanjay Leela Bhansali series became the most-watched Indian series on Netflix in its first week and trended in Top 10 charts in 43 countries. The series remains in the…

Of the many films set in India that premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Payal Kapadia's feature debut is the only one to hone in on the country and its character, which it does by focusing on its most populated city, Mumbai. Like London, Paris and New York, Mumbai is a city of contrasts, a…

NP Singh, the long-serving leader of Sony’s networks business in India, is stepping down from the C-suite. In an email seen by Deadline, he announced he is planning to step down as CEO and Managing Director of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) after 25 years with the company. “Having reached many…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ Hotstar isn’t done with the Criminal Justice franchise just yet — in fact, it might only just be getting started. We can reveal the streamer has ordered a fourth season of the Hindi-language series, which is from Applause Entertainment and was originally based on the 2008 BBC…

Major Indian distribution platform Tata Play will collaborate with Amazon Prime to offer Tata Play Direct-to-Home (DTH) and Tata Play Binge customers access to Prime Video’s content. As part of its DTH and Binge packs, Tata Play will offer Prime Lite subscription as a package option, providing…

EXCLUSIVE: RJ Malishka, Rajesh Kumar and KC Shankar are the latest Indian stars to board SonyLIV’s political drama series Freedom at Midnight. Malishka (aka Malishka Mendonsa) will portray Indian liberation activist Sarojini Naidu, Rajesh Kumar will play Muhammad Ali Jinnah associate and partition…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate India is teaming with Vikram Malhotra’s Abundantia Entertainment and Kavita Sharma Gandhi’s EFAR Films for a pair of movies. Lionsgate, Airlift producer Abundantia and content developer and distributor EFAR Films are lining up the films, which are billed as “a genre-bending…