PRODUCCIÓN Reino Unido / India
Film London y Bob & Co unen sus fuerzas para Shakespeare India
- En inglés: Se aprobará la realización de una coproducción entre el Reino Unido y la India de entre una lista de seis proyectos
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Film London has partnered with media investment firm Bob & Co to raise £200,000 in production financing for its Microwave International: Shakespeare India scheme. This is in addition to a deal struck with India’s Cinestaan Film Company in April to raise £250,000.
Six Indo-UK teams are currently in London receiving training under the aegis of Film London’s Microschool programme mentored by industry experts including producers Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland [+lee también:
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The selected projects are Realism (based on Macbeth) - UK writer/director Ashish Ghadiali and Indian producer Umesh Pawar; Caesar (based on Julius Caesar) - UK writer/director Nirpal Bhogal, UK co-writer Mike Powell and Indian producer Achin Jain; The Heart of the City (based on The Taming of the Shrew) – Indian director Pratyusha Gupta, UK writer Sharmila Chauhan, UK producer Ameenah Ayub and Indian producer Smriti Jain; Mathura (based on As You Like It) – Indian writer/director Rajat Kapoor and UK producer Uzma Hasan; The Crorepatis (based on Titus Andronicus) - Indian writer/director Bornila Chatterjee and Indian writer/producer Tanaji Dasgupta with UK producer Kurban Kassam; and Love and Longing in Rohtak (based on The Merchant of Venice) - Indian writer/director Vikas Chandra and UK producer Ajay Rai.
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