Nat Geo is delving into the world of competitive Bollywood dance in its latest series.
The Disney-owned broadcaster has ordered Legends (w/t), which comes from Indian Matchmaking creator Smriti Mundhra and 100 Foot Wave producer Joe Lewis.
The six-part series follows on two key squads of Bollywood fusion dancers as they compete for the national title.
Every major university in the U.S. has a Bollywood fusion dance team — which mixes hip-hop, contemporary and pop with traditional Indian dance styles like bhangra, raas, kathak and bharatnatyam — but only the top 10 teams in the country convene each April to compete in the Legends National Championship.
It is produced by Mundhra’s Meralta Films, Amplify Pictures and 30West. It is exec produced by Smriti Mundhra, Maya Gnyp, Nina Anand Aujla, Joe Lewis, Rachel Eggebeen, Colin King Miller, Micah Green, Daniel Steinman, Sarah Hong, Betsy Forhan and Yari Lorenzo.
“This series is my ode to young adulthood,...
The Disney-owned broadcaster has ordered Legends (w/t), which comes from Indian Matchmaking creator Smriti Mundhra and 100 Foot Wave producer Joe Lewis.
The six-part series follows on two key squads of Bollywood fusion dancers as they compete for the national title.
Every major university in the U.S. has a Bollywood fusion dance team — which mixes hip-hop, contemporary and pop with traditional Indian dance styles like bhangra, raas, kathak and bharatnatyam — but only the top 10 teams in the country convene each April to compete in the Legends National Championship.
It is produced by Mundhra’s Meralta Films, Amplify Pictures and 30West. It is exec produced by Smriti Mundhra, Maya Gnyp, Nina Anand Aujla, Joe Lewis, Rachel Eggebeen, Colin King Miller, Micah Green, Daniel Steinman, Sarah Hong, Betsy Forhan and Yari Lorenzo.
“This series is my ode to young adulthood,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wayfarer Studios, Meralta Films and Inked Entertainment are teaming on Errands & Espionage, a feature adaptation of the forthcoming action comedy novel by Sam Tschida, after prevailing in a bidding war for rights to the book.
Set to release in November 2024 via Forever, the buzzy title follows an unassuming, recently divorced housewife who is recruited by the CIA to complete a secret mission her doppelganger died attempting, forcing her to balance her roles as a housewife and novice spy. This is the first installment of Tschida’s new Secret Agent Housewife book series. Pitch for the feature take is The Flight Attendant meets Miss Congeniality.
Errands & Espionage will be executive produced by Steve Sarowitz of Wayfarer Studios and David Purse of Inked Entertainment. Justin Baldoni and Andrew Calof will produce for Wayfarer along with Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, Nina Aujla, and Maya Gnyp for Meralta Films. Tschida will serve as a consulting producer,...
Set to release in November 2024 via Forever, the buzzy title follows an unassuming, recently divorced housewife who is recruited by the CIA to complete a secret mission her doppelganger died attempting, forcing her to balance her roles as a housewife and novice spy. This is the first installment of Tschida’s new Secret Agent Housewife book series. Pitch for the feature take is The Flight Attendant meets Miss Congeniality.
Errands & Espionage will be executive produced by Steve Sarowitz of Wayfarer Studios and David Purse of Inked Entertainment. Justin Baldoni and Andrew Calof will produce for Wayfarer along with Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, Nina Aujla, and Maya Gnyp for Meralta Films. Tschida will serve as a consulting producer,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A limited series about Beverley Schottenstein’s legal case against her grandsons is in the works at HBO Max, Variety has learned exclusively.
The drama is based on the upcoming book “Beverley’s War: A Fractured Family Dynasty. Elder Abuse. Millions in Financial Fraud” by Cathy Schottenstein, which is set to be released in November.
Per the official logline, “Beverley Schottenstein said two grandsons who managed her money at JPMorgan forged documents, ran up commissions with inappropriate trading and made her miss tens of millions of dollars in gains. So she decided to teach them all a lesson.”
Julia Ruchman is attached to write and executive produce the series. Susanna Fogel will direct the pilot and executive produce.
Smriti Mundhra and Nina Anand Aujla of Meralta Films will also executive produce along with Gigi Pritzker for Madison Wells. Cathy Schottenstein will serve as co-executive producer.
Mundhra previously directed and produced the documentary short “St.
The drama is based on the upcoming book “Beverley’s War: A Fractured Family Dynasty. Elder Abuse. Millions in Financial Fraud” by Cathy Schottenstein, which is set to be released in November.
Per the official logline, “Beverley Schottenstein said two grandsons who managed her money at JPMorgan forged documents, ran up commissions with inappropriate trading and made her miss tens of millions of dollars in gains. So she decided to teach them all a lesson.”
Julia Ruchman is attached to write and executive produce the series. Susanna Fogel will direct the pilot and executive produce.
Smriti Mundhra and Nina Anand Aujla of Meralta Films will also executive produce along with Gigi Pritzker for Madison Wells. Cathy Schottenstein will serve as co-executive producer.
Mundhra previously directed and produced the documentary short “St.
- 1/25/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Meralta Films, the Mumbai-based co-producer behind Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking, has hired Nina Anand Aujla and Maya Gnyp to supercharge its LA division.
Meralta, also known for Shelter, a DGA-winning episode of HBO Max’s Through Our Eyes, and Mundhra’s Academy Award-nominated short doc St. Louis Superman, focuses on premium content that brings South Asian representation into the mainstream. It will now seek to achieve goal that in Hollywood.
Aujla will be Head of Film and Television and Gnyp Vice President, Production at the firm, which is self-funded.
Aujla most recently produced Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Productions horror feature Evil Eye and before that helped to launch Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s Purple Pebble Pictures banner in the US and went on to work on various film and TV projects, including the Untitled Mindy Kaling/Priyanka Chopra Project for Universal Pictures. She also worked at Barry Jenkins’s...
Meralta, also known for Shelter, a DGA-winning episode of HBO Max’s Through Our Eyes, and Mundhra’s Academy Award-nominated short doc St. Louis Superman, focuses on premium content that brings South Asian representation into the mainstream. It will now seek to achieve goal that in Hollywood.
Aujla will be Head of Film and Television and Gnyp Vice President, Production at the firm, which is self-funded.
Aujla most recently produced Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Productions horror feature Evil Eye and before that helped to launch Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s Purple Pebble Pictures banner in the US and went on to work on various film and TV projects, including the Untitled Mindy Kaling/Priyanka Chopra Project for Universal Pictures. She also worked at Barry Jenkins’s...
- 7/11/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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