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EXCLUSIVE: Indian director Dibakar Banerjee's Tees has been shelved by Netflix and the auteur is now seeking a new home for the feature. Netflix confirmed it has no plans to release the feature, but has not commented on the reasons for shelving it.  Tees was announced in 2019 as a Netflix…

Amazon Prime Video today has struck an exclusive, multi-film licensing deal with the Housefull franchise producer Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The deal will see six Bollywood movies from Sajid Nadiadwala’s company made available worldwide, with Amazon becoming the home to NGE's upcoming movies, soon after their…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video India bosses Aparna Purohit and Gaurav Gandhi have outlined their strategy for super-serving the country's diverse audiences, and revealed a plan to push into true crime and investigative doc series. In their first interview since unveiling a 40-strong slate of original films and TV shows…

Amazon's top U.S. and international execs are banking on even bigger things in India after launching the streamer’s biggest ever slate in the country. The streamer's Head of Local Originals James Farrell told a packed room in Mumbai at Amazon's massive film and TV slate launch that one in five Amazon Prime Video…

Amazon is strengthening its ties in India by unveiling a 40-strong slate of original TV series and films and an on-demand rentals service. Having already made significant in-roads in the multi-lingual country, Amazon used an event at the JW Marriott Sahar in Mumbai to reveal plans for 22 scripted series, four…

Vijay Subramaniam, the former Amazon India and Disney India executive, has launched an independent venture that will develop, produce and finance content for the Indian market. 29SeptemberWorks will have a focus on the Southern Indian region, a booming hub for content that has been growing in influence in recent…

Amazon Prime Video is stepping up its content offering in India with the launch of Channels, which will feature a variety of add-on streaming services available at additional cost to subscribers. In total there are eight premium streamers being added to the platform: Discovery+, Lionsgate Play, DocuBay, Eros Now…

Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru, the creators of Amazon Prime Video's Indian original series The Family Man, have backed the show after the regional Tamil Nadu government called for it to be banned. Federal government minister Prakash Javadekar, whose responsibilities include information and broadcasting, was contacted…

Indian film star Akshay Kumar says he has been hospitalized as a precaution after contracting coronavirus during production on his latest project, Amazon's Hindi movie Ram Setu. According to widespread local reports, 45 members of the film’s crew have also tested positive for Covid in routine checks and are now…

EXCLUSIVE: As the world's fastest growing streaming market, India has become a key battleground for the major online players as they try to carve out loyal subscriber bases. The U.S. giants compete with local broadcasters and VOD upstarts in a territory that has a way to go before it reaches saturation – a PWC report…