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DNEG Magnate Namit Malhotra On Navigating Hollywood, Success Of ‘The Garfield Movie’ & Controversy Around Employee ‘Loan’ Scheme
DNEG Boss Namit Malhotra addresses the Hollywood strikes, layoffs, ‘The Garfield Movie’s success and 'Ramayana'.
Hailing from a filmmaking family in India’s Mumbai, Malhotra holds immense influence in both Hollywood and Bollywood, where he is currently in production on Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana. From 1995 to 2005 we established ourselves in India, and then I thought, ‘Are we any good for the world?’ We listed our company, bought businesses in the UK, Canada and the U.S. and built a global network of studios. The only answer is to be more in control of our destiny, so the transition to producing our own content is driven by the ultimate desire not just to be a filmmaker but also to protect this thing we’ve built over the last 25-30 years — to steady the ship from a volatility standpoint.
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