Beyond Bollywood: WB pacts for regional Indian pics.

From: Daily Variety | Date: April 23, 2008| Author: Frater, Patrick | Copyright information

Warner Bros. has pacted with India's Ocher Studios to produce pics in four regional Indian languages, but not Hindi, the language of Bollywood films.

Pact covers production and distribution of live-action South Indian films to be released by Warner. It is the studio's second film production initiative in the country after "Made in China" with Ramesh Sippy Prods. and Orion Pictures. New titles were not unveiled, though pair said they would work in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada a...

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