Roy Kapur Films, Pratilipi Partner to bring Indian stories to the screen
Indian Digital Storytelling Platform Pratilipi has forged a strategic content partnership with production house Roy Kapur films to develop together and produce a series of films and use series that use its extensive story universe.
Through the collaboration, the companies will jointly identify stories of the Pratilipi platform, co-invest in their development and pitch and produce them together for leading studios and streamers. The aim is to produce at least six projects in films and series for the next three years.
The first project under the partnership is ‘Charitrahen’, written by Priti Jadhav, a drama in the courtroom that has generated more than 21 million lectures on the Pratilipi app, with more than 244,000 reviews and a 4.88/5 -rating.
Pratilipi has more than 30 million monthly active users, 1.6 million writers and a catalog of millions of stories in 12 Indian languages.
Roy Kapur films, founded by experienced producer Siddharth Roy Kapur, brings production expertise and industrial relationships with the alliance. The company’s credits include “The Sky Is Pink”, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, original Netflix film “Yeh Ballet”, Netflix Crime Thriller series “Aranyak” and Sonyliv series “Rocket Boys”. Recent productions include “Deva”, “Pippa” and “Tumse Na Ho Payega.”
“Our collaboration with Pratilipi is rooted in a shared belief in the power of telling stories – to entertain, to fill and display the various reality of India,” said Roy Kapur. “Through this collaboration, Roy Kapur films enters a rich carpet of voices, languages and lived experiences that are often unheard of. Our goal is to make stories that are deeply rooted in local culture but resonate in today’s rapidly changing content landscape, this is our way of connecting grass roots with worldwide audions.”
Roy Kapur also said that the partnership “offers an incredible opportunity to detect and form these voices in stories that the public all over the world ‘and move’.
Ranjeet Pratap Singh, co-founder and CEO of Pratilipi, said that the collaboration represents: “The next step to unlock the potential of Indian stories. To a global audience. ‘Charithe’ is the proof that great stories no longer have to come from traditional places to reach the worldwide audience.”
Singh also noted that Pratilipi “has always believed that powerful stories can go anywhere – a small city, a bustling city, of makers both seasoned and new.”
The upcoming projects of Roy Kapur Films include series “Matka King” for Prime Video and the internationally mounted historical epic “The Anarchy”, based on the best -selling book by William Dalrymple.
Pratilipi also possesses and operates Pratilipi FM, Pratilipi Comics, Westland Books and IVM Podcasts. The Platform likes stories to ecosystem partners for adaptation in streaming shows, TV series and films.
