Can Roy Kapur Films and Pratilipi Transform Indian Storytelling on Screen?

Mumbai, May 28 (NationPress) — The production entity led by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Roy Kapur Films, has entered into a significant collaboration with the Indian digital storytelling platform Pratilipi. This partnership aims to co-create and produce a variety of films and series.

The inaugural project from this alliance is titled “Charitraheen,” a courtroom drama that has amassed over 21 million reads on the Pratilipi app, receiving more than 244,000 reviews with an impressive rating of 4.88/5, as reported by variety.com.

“Our collaboration with Pratilipi is based on a mutual understanding of the power of storytelling — to entertain, provoke thought, and mirror the multifaceted realities of India,” stated Roy Kapur.

“Through this partnership, Roy Kapur Films aims to harness a vibrant array of voices, languages, and experiences that often remain unheard. Our ambition is to create narratives that are deeply entrenched in local culture while also appealing to a global audience. In the rapidly evolving content landscape, this is our approach to connecting grassroots stories with a worldwide viewership.”

Roy Kapur emphasized that this initiative offers “a remarkable opportunity to discover and mold these voices into narratives that both entertain and resonate with audiences globally.”

The collaboration will entail jointly selecting stories from the Pratilipi platform, co-investing in their development, and collaboratively pitching and producing them for top-tier studios and streaming platforms. The objective is to co-produce a minimum of six films and series over the next three years, according to variety.com.

Pratilipi boasts a community of over 30 million monthly active users, 1.6 million writers, and an extensive library of stories across 12 Indian languages.

Roy Kapur Films brings significant production expertise and industry connections to this collaboration. Their notable works include “The Sky Is Pink,” which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Netflix original film “Yeh Ballet,” the Netflix crime thriller series “Aranyak,” and “Rocket Boys.”

Recent projects include “Deva,” “Pippa,” and “Tumse Na Ho Payega.”

Ranjeet Pratap Singh, co-founder and CEO of Pratilipi, remarked that this collaboration marks “a pivotal step to unlock the potential of Indian storytelling.”

“Millions of writers on Pratilipi are already shaping the future of Indian narratives, and now, with RKF, we have the ideal partner to bring these stories to the screen. We’re not merely adapting content; we’re establishing a system where powerful ideas can transition seamlessly from a writer’s vision to a global audience. ‘Charitraheen’ exemplifies that compelling stories can originate from unconventional sources and still reach a worldwide audience.”

Singh also highlighted that Pratilipi has “always maintained that impactful stories can emerge from anywhere — be it a small town, a thriving city, or from both seasoned and emerging creators.”