Wave Cinemas and Eros International forge a big Bollywood alliance
Their two-film deal included the remake of Hollywood hit, 'Chef' to star Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham's 'Rocky Handsome'.
Mumbai: Raju Chadha Chairman Wave Group, Sunil Lulla MD Eros International and Parag Sanghavi have signed a multi film joint production and distribution deal. Seen as a big development in the Indian entertainment and film arena, this deal will see the three large players come together to create and produce an exciting and diverse array of content.
As a first step of this strategic alliance, the trio has joined hands with Abundantia Entertainment for a two-film deal that includes the remake of Hollywood hit, 'Chef' to star Saif Ali Khan and Nishikant Kamat's next film after John Abraham starrer 'Rocky Handsome'. The alliance has also green-lit the third edition of the much-loved and successful 'Sarkar' franchise.
"Marrying good content with box office success will be our focus and we are happy to partner with like minded big players," said Raju Chadha.
"We are excited at this collaboration and are happy to leverage the individual strengths of all partners. More importantly the audiences should look forward to some entertaining content arising from this collaboration, " said Sunil Lulla.
"Businesses thrive on synergy and I am glad that we were able to forge such a wonderful consortium which will bring forward some exciting and engaging cinema, " said Parag Sanghavi, who along with Rahul Mittra, filmmaker & CEO Wave Cinemas was instrumental in structuring this deal.
Mittra and Parag are now busy planning the production of the above mentioned films, apart from locking other coveted big film projects for the coming year.