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Click and Toh Baat Pakki releasing this week
MUMBAI: Two small-budget movies, Toh Baat Pakki and Click, will have to wrestle against Shah Rukh Khan‘s blockbuster My Name Is Khan as they hit the theatres tomorrow.
Produced by Tips, Toh Baat Pakki marks the Hindi directorial debut of Marathi filmmaker Kedar Shinde. The film is about a middle-class woman Rajeshwari (Tabu), who is obsessed with getting her younger sister Nisha married to a well-settled boy. How the choice of groom oscillates from Sharman to Vatsal and vice versa forms the crux of the film.
On the other hand, Sangeet Sivan‘s Click is a horror film produced by Pritish Nandi Communications and stars Shreyas Talpade, Sneha Ullal, Sada and Chunkey Pandey.
The film is the story of a young photographer and his girlfriend. He takes beautiful pictures but when they are printed, they hide a secret. A secret that is so dark, terrifying and menancing that he hides it from his better half in the fear that his past if revealed may ruin not only his life but that of his family as well.
Among the English films releasing tomorrow are Up In The Air that bagged 6 Academy Award nominations, Lightning Thief directed by Chris Columbus who earlier directed the first two instalments of Harry Potter, and an SPE Films India release Year One.
Meanwhile, My Name Is Khan is doing strong business. Says trade analyst Taran Adarsh, ” Monday onwards, the Shah Rukh Khan starrer has held well at plexes of big centres, especially Delhi-U.P, Punjab, Bengal and South circuits but has witnessed a marginal decline in C.P., C.I. and Rajasthan circuits. Results from the Mumbai circuit have been extremely mixed. At places, it‘s holding well, while it isn‘t at some.”
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Hansa Entertainment launched to produce across OTT, TV and film
New venture from R K Swamy Hansa Group eyes multi-language stories for digital-first audiences.
MUMBAI: Hansa Entertainment has just stepped into the spotlight because when a legacy media house decides to script its next act, even the credits get excited. Hansa Entertainment Private Limited has been incorporated to develop and produce original programming across digital, television, OTT platforms and theatrical features. The company will create short-running series, long-running series and original films for OTT, alongside standout theatrical ventures. It will also launch a podcast platform called Hansa Spotlight and produce content for the fast-growing vertical drama format. Stories are initially planned in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and Kannada.
The venture is founded by Sruti Swamy and Siddharth Swamy, drawing on the rich legacy of Hansa Vision and the broader R K Swamy Hansa Group. Sruti brings creative expertise with a master’s in architecture, interiors and design from Milan and a postgraduate degree in business management from the Indian School of Business. Siddharth contributes a data-driven perspective, having studied data science at Imperial College London.
Sujatha Narayanan has been appointed CEO of Hansa Entertainment. With over two decades of experience in creative content curation and production across film and OTT, she is also a well-known film columnist and media entrepreneur.
R K Swamy Hansa Group executive chairman Srinivasan Swamy said, “The launch of Hansa Entertainment marks an exciting new chapter. The new entity is the brainchild of the next generation and will be independently managed by Sruti Swamy, who is the Director and the newly appointed CEO.”
Hansa Entertainment director Sruti Swamy added, “I am very optimistic about the future of Hansa Entertainment, given the content explosion and the opportunities offered by new technologies for production.”
Hansa Entertainment director Siddharth Swamy noted, “The idea is to grow a contemporary production house that creates compelling stories for today’s multi-platform audiences while drawing inspiration from the rich storytelling traditions that audiences have appreciated over the years.”
Hansa Entertainment CEO Sujatha Narayanan said, “Hansa Entertainment will evolve as a story-first, IP-driven entity. We have already put together a smart team of interesting and dynamic creators who will helm our vertical dramas, shows and films.”
In the ever-evolving world of Indian entertainment, where stories now travel faster than the scripts that birth them, Hansa Entertainment is stepping onto the stage with fresh ink and big ambitions proving that even the best legacies know when it’s time for a compelling sequel.
