WEB SERIES

THE FRONT PAGE MURDERS

(Documentary Services)

It takes a fearless mind to harbor such a dark heart, a heart that knows no nobility, no apology… Mumbai, April 2012. The gruesome murder of a senior citizen in a wealthy Mumbai neighborhood leads the city’s Crime Branch to unearth several half-naked, mutilated and dismembered bodies.

In The Front Page Murders, Puja Changoiwala, who covered the incidents as they unfolded, recounts in gripping detail the story behind the sensational case of multiple murders that shocked the country. Startling and intensely sobering by turns, her compelling narrative explores not just the murky depths of a serial killer’s mind but, tellingly, the media’s frenzy for a juicy story and the insatiable human appetite for horror.

– In Collaboration with Wild Sheep Content

– Platform: Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Apple

– Number of Episodes: 1 season (6-7 episodes)

– Director: Paddy – Screenplay/Writers: Paddy & Pooja Changoiwala

CELEB SAUCHALYA

(Web Series)

Celeb Shauchalay is a story about the Hindia of the future where diverse group of strange & local superheroes protect the community of the last standing chawl in Bombai City. They do this not because they are noble but only for the publicity because they all just want to be CELEBS.

Their motto: “Community service for celebrity status”. Because of its location, Celeb Shauchalay is prime property for corporations to acquire and is especially targeted by the megalomanic corporate company called Fa Corp.

– Platform: Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Apple

– Number of Episodes: 7-8

– Director: Tarsem Singh

– Show runner: Remo D’souza

– Screenplay writers: Vaibhav Vishal

DACOITS OF CHAMBAL

(Web Series)

India’s film industry has romanticised the exploits of Chambal’s dacoits in much the same way Hollywood idolizes the gunslingers of the Old West. The country has its Chicago style criminal underworld, gangsters, ruffians and teddy boys who kill, rob and intimidate in the same manner as their opposite numbers in the west do. However, the largest section of India’s criminal activities is committed by the most traditional criminals – the age-old terrors of the countryside – the dacoits.

They were the ruffian kings of the gullies and hills. The looted but if you were poor, they may have also paid your medical bills and bankrolled your wedding. Their favourite tactic: Kidnap the rich, cut off their fingers, noses or ears to nudge wealthy relatives to meet demands for ransom. The organised violence of the Chambal has largely faded today. The bad men are now mostly dead or doddering. By the early 2000s, massive police operations, the use of helicopters, and inexorable road building left the lawless with no place to flee. This series focusses on the rise and fall of the era of dacoity in India through the entire century starting from the 1880s.

– Razorblade and Picture thoughts production

– Platform: etflix, Amazon, HBO, Apple tv

– Number of Episodes: 3 seasons (10-12 episodes per season)

– Director: TBC

– Story Writers: Akbar & Azam Quadri

– Screenplay writer: Sanjay Chauhan