Endemol India,the largest production house in India, and known for making
shows on Indian television like Bigg Boss and Fear Factor recently
announced their foray in Film Production Business in south with the remake
of a successful bollywood film “Kahaani” in Tamil & Telugu language.
Endemol India has now joined hands with the reputed Tamil production house Nemichand Jhabhak Productions, for their maiden venture in Tamil and Telugu.
V Hitesh Jhabak of Nemichand Jhabak Productions known for hit films like Nan Avan Illai, Mysskin’s Anjathae, Pandi and Dhanush’s Mappillai says “Endemol is known to provide quality entertainment and have created a name in Tamil & Telugu television with shows like Deala No Deala, Kaiyyil Oru Kodi -Are you Ready? They have now announced their plans to venture into film production in south for the first time and have appropriately chosen to do the remake of much acclaimed Hindi blockbuster Kahaani.We are very happy to be associated as Co-Producer with a brand like Endemol and their choice of the film Kahaani. Considering the stiff competition Endemol had from prominent local producers to acquire the rights, we know this will be a winner at the box office and we have full faith in the product and hence are investing in the film”
Elaborating further on this venture, CEO-Endemol India Deepak Dhar said
“Kahaani is our first venture in south and we wanted a local player, who
understands our mindset and the film business in south but at the same
time has a credible production bandwidth, who could partner with us. We
are happy that we found these in our Co-production partner V Hitesh
Jhabak and we hope to take this association further for our future
business in film production”
Kahaani starring Vidtya Balan, is a thriller Directed and co-written by
Sujoy Ghosh. Balan portrayed the role of Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman in
search of her missing husband in the city of Kolkata. The movie won rave
reviews and collected huge revenue at the box office crossing over Rs 100
crore.
For the south remake, talks are on with top talents and formal announcement is expected soon.
