Banijay Asia Continues Push Into Scripted Originals With ‘The Donkey Route,’ Reveals Unscripted Plans (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran The combined Banijay Asia and Endemol Shine India entity has ambitious plans in both the scripted and unscripted spaces, founder and group CEO Deepak Dhar has revealed.
Coming up is “The Donkey Route,” “a cross-border immigration story that is locally based out of Punjab,” Dhar told Variety. “It is about people who think they can travel all the way to the U.S.
on foot and it’s inspired by a true story.” Alongside Indian adaptations of international IP like “Call My Agent,” “The Night Manager,” “Hostages,” “The Good Wife” (“The Trial”) and “Fall” (“Vertige”), Banijay’s Indian scripted originals include “Rani,” “Shrikant Bashir” and “Dahan.” There are four more scripted originals that have been commissioned by streamers.
Banijay Asia recently signed with CAA for representation. “We are really getting ourselves organized to tell Indian stories globally.
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