Abundantia Leisure introduced on Tuesday the Hindi remake of the favored Israeli collection The Hood. Based on a press launch, Israel-based media firm Ananey Studios, which is a part of Paramount World, has signed a cope with Abundantia to develop an Indian adaptation.
Filters, the manufacturing banner’s younger grownup content material vertical, will produce the teenager drama collection.
The unique present, which was titled Shchuna in Israel, was created by Giora Chamizer. The plot follows the kids of a small slum positioned within the coronary heart of the wealthy settlement and explores the variations and issues between the poor and the wealthy.
“It’s a nice honor to associate with a inventive powerhouse like Ananey Studios and I’m very excited to develop the massively widespread and profitable The Hood into an Indian avatar for native audiences.
“Partnering with Ananey Studios underscores our imaginative and prescient to associate with high-quality international creators to deliver impactful tales and distinctive storytelling voices to progressive Indian viewers. I’m additionally excited so as to add to our slate of content material for the fast-growing youth and younger grownup segments,” mentioned Vikram Malhotra, founder and CEO of Abundantia, in a press release.
Orly Atlas Katz, CEO, Ananey, EVP Paramount Israel, mentioned the corporate is wanting ahead to the Indian adaptation of The Hood, which was one in every of Israel’s most profitable and beloved teen dramas.
“(We’re) assured that with their rising checklist of hits, Abundantia is the proper manufacturing firm to make The Hood an enormous hit in India as effectively. The Hood joins an inventory of titles from the Ananey studio which have reached viewers world wide and we’re delighted to deliver our content material to Asia as effectively with this deal,” he added.
Abundantia not too long ago launched two new verticals, Psych and Filters, to give attention to high-growth, high-potential segments and genres.
Beneath the Filters label, the manufacturing banner can also be engaged on Indian diversifications of the Israeli younger grownup drama The Lacking and Alongside Got here a Spyder, based mostly on creator Apeksha Rao’s younger grownup ebook of the identical title.
Upcoming titles on the manufacturing banner embrace Hush Hush, a collection starring Juhi Chawla, and Akshay Kumar’s OTT present debut The Finish.
