Film Production
One Life Studios acquires 3 crime thriller shows from ZDF
MUMBAI: One Life Studios (OLS), a subsidiary of Swastik Productions, has been on a roll, racking up big series one after the other. The premium content creation and distribution company has acquired 3 crime thrillers shows from Germany based ZDF Enterprises these include ‘London Kills’(2 Seasons, 5 Episodes), ‘The Team’(1 Season, 8 Episodes), and ‘Team Reloaded’(1 Season, 8 episodes). OLS has acquired all TV rights and digital rights along with subtitling and dubbing for English, Hindi and all Indian languages across the SAARC territories including India.
What’s more, One Life Studios is also the exclusive distributor of the award-winning American series “Breakers – Saving Harper Ross”, a Deo TV original. This is a 10-episode nail-biting thriller about Jack who is reliving the same day over and over again. A crime series wrapped around mystery and mind-boggling events, Breakers has won numerous awards, including “” Platinum Remi Winner for Best TV Series at the 51st Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2018”.
Speaking on these exciting developments, One Life Studios Producer/Managing Director Rahul Kumar Tewary stated “It has always been our endeavour on enthralling audiences across geographies with engaging content. We will continue to connect people across borders by bringing these stories on their screens. These acquisitions are a testament to this very focus of our organization.”
Film Production
Priyanka Kaur Dhillon joins SVF Entertainment as lead for music distribution
A seasoned content dealmaker with 16 years in digital and satellite media joins the Bengali entertainment powerhouse as it pushes into the pan-India music market
Mumbai: Priyanka Kaur Dhillon has made her move. The content acquisitions and commercials veteran, most recently commercial manager at Sony Pictures Networks India, has joined SVF Entertainment as lead for music distribution, stepping into one of the more interesting briefs in regional entertainment right now.
SVF is no ordinary regional label. Over 30 years it has built a formidable legacy in Bengali cinema and music, driven by culturally resonant storytelling and a catalogue that consistently punches above its weight. Its recent success with Chiraiya underlines the point. But the Kolkata-based powerhouse now has its sights firmly set beyond Bengal, most visibly through Legacy, a rap reality series produced in collaboration with hip-hop label Kalamkaar that signals a deliberate push into the pan-India music ecosystem.
Dhillon brings precisely the kind of muscle SVF needs for that expansion. At Sony Pictures Networks India, she led film acquisition and commercials and handled music licensing across the entire satellite network. Before that, she spent nearly 15 years at Hungama, rising to assistant general manager and leading strategic content licensing for the platform’s digital entertainment business, with a particular focus on international markets. Her label relationships span the full roster: Sony Music, Universal Music, Warner Music, Believe International, Tunecore, The Orchard and a clutch of smaller aggregators. She has negotiated and closed deals with Hollywood studios, Bollywood production houses and regional content players alike, building pricing models and deal structures off data analysis rather than instinct.
Announcing the appointment, Dhillon said she was “thrilled to begin this journey with an iconic Bengali music label and content powerhouse,” adding that SVF’s “constant drive to push boundaries” was what drew her to the role.
SVF has spent three decades proving that regional does not mean limited. With a sharp commercial operator now steering its music distribution, its bid to go national just got a good deal more serious.
