Shiva Trilogy to be tailored into internet sequence; Preity Zinta to make directorial debut with The Kitty Party

Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is ready to direct the sequence adaptation of creator Amish Tripathi’s critically-acclaimed ebook sequence Shiva Trilogy. The sequence is the primary undertaking from international studio International Art Machine, which on Wednesday introduced its plans to enterprise into the Indian market. Led by Roy Price, the studio has additionally lined up initiatives from Bollywood star Preity Zinta and critically acclaimed filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee.

International Art Machine has acquired the rights of Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy, which incorporates the books — The Immortals of Meluha (2010), The Secret of the Nagas (2011) and The Oath of the Vayuputras (2013). The first ebook The Immortals of Meluha might be tailored right into a digital present, to be directed by Kapur.

Suparn S Varma of The Family Man 2 fame will function showrunner and in addition direct the sequence.

Kapur, finest recognized for Elizabeth and Bandit Queen, stated he’s excited to direct the sequence adaptation of Shiva Trilogy, which he stated was “India’s great publishing sensation crossing every age and class”.

“It’s not just mythology, it’s modern storytelling at its best. Lending itself to a beautiful international series,” the filmmaker stated in an announcement.

Varma stated the trilogy is a genre-defining ebook and has turn out to be a part of the popular culture of the nation. “I loved the reimagining and the world-building involving two of my favourite gods! The scale of vision and the ambition of our show visually and emotionally is as huge a task but we want to bring to audiences a vision that has never been seen before on screens,” Varma added.

Tripathi stated he’s thrilled to collaborate with Kapur, Varma and Roy.

“One couldn’t have asked for a better team than this to take my books into the audio-visual world. I am sure that with a team like this, we will create a web series that is worthy of Lord Shiva,” he added.

As it enters India, International Art Machine stated it’s dedicated to creating credible, artistic, industrial tales throughout theatrical and digital platforms and partnering with the highest brass within the enterprise for a large launch slate.

The studio will comply with a sequence adaptation of the Shiva Trilogy with the political thriller Gods, to be directed by Dibaker Banerjee, and The Kitty Party, a dramedy which is able to mark the directorial debut of Zinta, recognized for movies like Dil Se.., Dil Chahta Hai, and Veer-Zaara.

“We are coming into a brand new peak period for Asian unique cinema and tv. Everything we do helps that imaginative and prescient. India particularly, with its many individuals and tales, is poised to be a frontrunner in a brand new multi-polar leisure world.

“I could not imagine a better project to start IAM’s life than Shiva, and there is no better dream team to fully realize the potential of Amish’s novels than Shekhar and Suparn. We are very excited about Shiva, The Kitty Party with Preity Zinta and Gods with Dibakar Banerjee as our first slate in India,” Price added.