Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and [Guneet Monga Kapoor’s Sikhya Leisure have reportedly entered a strategic alliance to provide content material throughout theatrical and digital codecs. As per Deadline, the events would reveal particulars within the subsequent couple of months, and intention to set new benchmarks throughout the trade. The 2 manufacturing corporations beforehand labored collectively on 2013’s Irrfan Khan-led The Lunchbox, which was co-distributed in India by Dharma, following its debut on the Cannes Movie Competition. Extra lately, Sikhya Leisure gained the Oscar for Finest Documentary Quick Topic for The Elephant Whisperers.
“We’re extraordinarily excited to collaborate with Sikhya Leisure. As a filmmaker, I’ve all the time believed within the energy of storytelling to encourage, entertain, and problem audiences,” Johar mentioned in a ready assertion to Deadline. “With this alliance, we have now the chance to deliver collectively our shared ardour for creating modern content material and telling tales that resonate with folks from all walks of life.” Dharma Productions is one among Bollywood’s greatest and most mainstream studios, recognized for producing absolute classics reminiscent of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai — Karan’s directorial debut — to one thing extra blockbuster like Brahmāstra: Half One – Shiva.
Its subsidiary, Dharmatic Leisure was centered solely on digital content material, starting from Netflix’s Responsible to actuality exhibits like Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. For now, it is unclear how this new collaboration with Sikhya Leisure would change the course for digital content material. Whether or not Dharmatic and Sikhya proceed to co-exist and performance as two separate studios for his or her respective initiatives or start to collaborate, solely time will inform.
In the meantime, Monga Kapoor’s Sikhya Leisure is thought for smaller, impartial productions, grabbing its first Oscar for 2018’s ‘Interval. Finish of the Sentence’, directed by Rayka Zehtabchi, adopted by The Elephant Whisperers, which marked Kartiki Gonsalves’ directorial debut. The latter adopted an indigenous couple in Southern India, as they dedicate their lives to caring for an orphaned child elephant. Each documentary shorts at the moment are accessible to observe on Netflix. The studio pivoted to digital codecs in 2020 with Zindagi in Shorts, the anthology movie portraying seven distinctive tales, highlighting topics reminiscent of on-line romance, infidelity, marital rape, and extra. It was launched in partnership with Flipkart.
“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Dharma Productions, India’s main manufacturing home, and produce collectively our expertise and experience to create impactful and unforgettable cinema,” Monga Kapoor mentioned in a ready assertion. “This partnership is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between two distinct and distinctive manufacturers within the trade, and we’re excited to work collectively to create content material that resonates with a wider viewers.”
