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India’s Jio Studios Chief Reveals Slate, Strategy: ‘We’ve Hit a Purple Patch, Like Tendulkar Hitting Centuries’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Jio Studios, the content arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited, is on a roll with several box office hits in a row.
2024 has already delivered Bollywood hits “Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya,” “Article 370” and “Shaitaan,” with Kiran Rao’s 2023 Toronto-playing feminist romp “Laapata Ladies” also scoring in its theatrical release. Menon and statesman Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel are faced with the challenge of uniting more than 500 princely states into India; and Prakash Jha’s “Sankalp,” revolving around the Indian civil service exams. We are looking to work with Ritesh Batra [“The Lunchbox”], Richie Mehta [“Delhi Crime”], trailblazers in the international markets as well, to say that, how can we take some of our Indian stories and put [them] on the world map, as well as have commercial and critical success here [India] as well as abroad,” Deshpande said.
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