Looks like India is the next big market for digital entertainment. According to Yahoo!, Global brands such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have spent the past year scouting local talent in the country to create original content.
The latest buzz is that Bollywood film-maker and actor Farhan Akhtar has been roped in to helm a web series which will be an Amazon Original and the budget of each episode is being touted as a whopping INR8.5 million.
Sources in Farhan’s production house claim that he has been paid the amount to shoot the pilot of the web series, which will be titled Power Play. Amazon decided to join hands with the Luck By Chance star so that their first Indian offering creates a big splash.
Farhan has already shot the project’s first episode. The cast and other details of the web series have been kept under wraps but given the big budget and the big names involved, the expectations are quite high. The multi-talented superstar may be keeping his cards close to his chest for now but we are holding our breath for the big reveal!