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Anil Ambani’s film production and distribution outfit Reliance Entertainment has tied up with French film production and distribution house Pathe to distribute director Gurinder Chaddha’s next movie titled Viceroy’s House.
This is the first time that Pathe has collaborated with an Indian outfit for the distribution of a film.
Pathé will distribute the film in the UK and France and will handle sales throughout the rest of the world while Reliance Entertainment will distribute the film in India.
This is the first time that Pathe has collaborated with an Indian outfit for the distribution of a film.
Pathé will distribute the film in the UK and France and will handle sales throughout the rest of the world while Reliance Entertainment will distribute the film in India.
The company holds leadership position in the art-house and indie film distribution space in the UK and France.
Apart from producing and distributing films (in cinema and home video), the company also owns cinema halls in France, Netherlands and Switzerland (total of 1,000 screens).
Viceroy’s House, which went on floors last week, is directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham) who is also doing the screenplay on the film along with Paul Mayeda Berges and Moira Buffini.
The cast is led by Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington) as Lord Mountbatten with Gillian Anderson (The X Files, House of Mirth) playing his wife, Lady Mountbatten. Other roles are played by Manish Dayal (The Hundred-Foot Journey), Huma Qureshi (Gangs of Wasseypur), Lily Travers (Kingsman) and Sir Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Quartet).
Apart from producing and distributing films (in cinema and home video), the company also owns cinema halls in France, Netherlands and Switzerland (total of 1,000 screens).
Viceroy’s House, which went on floors last week, is directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham) who is also doing the screenplay on the film along with Paul Mayeda Berges and Moira Buffini.
The cast is led by Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington) as Lord Mountbatten with Gillian Anderson (The X Files, House of Mirth) playing his wife, Lady Mountbatten. Other roles are played by Manish Dayal (The Hundred-Foot Journey), Huma Qureshi (Gangs of Wasseypur), Lily Travers (Kingsman) and Sir Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Quartet).
The film is a Pathé, Reliance, BBC Films, Ingenious and BFI presentation of a Bend It Films/Deepak Nayar Production in association with the FilmVast and Filmgate Films.
