Following the announcement of its feature film, Letters to Mr. Khanna, Lionsgate India Studios now ventures into comedy with its second film, ‘Nausikhiye’. Directed by Santosh Singh, the rib-tickling entertainer brings together renowned new-age youth actors, Abhimanyu Dassani, Amol Parashar and Shreya Dhanwanthary. Building on its unique content slate, Lionsgate India Studios strengthens its commitment to bringing diverse content to its wide audience in India.
Produced by Ellipsis Entertainment, the film is written by Chirag Garg and Avinash Dwivedi. The laugh-caper chronicles the story of two wedding crashers who accidentally steal a bride, triggering a zany cat-and-mouse chase across the countryside.
Rohit Jain, MD, Emerging Markets Asia, Lionsgate said, “Lionsgate India Studios is constantly investing in curated content for our dynamic audience in India. Staying true to this, we’re back with another exciting feature film in the comedy genre that is urban, relatable, and fun – we believe this genre is the need of the hour, post-pandemic. We aim to explore new and exciting genres to diversify our slate of content to provide our audience with a holistic entertainment experience. We’re sure that this film, helmed by Santosh Singh and a stellar cast, is going to be a full-house entertainer and will be one of the many successful stories produced by the Lionsgate India Studios.”
Tanuj Garg and Atul Kasbekar, Managing Partners – Ellipsis Entertainment said, “Ellipsis and Lionsgate India Studio’s first association together is a popcorn fest by a young team – director, actors, and writers. This is our first out-and-out comedy, which promises to travel across geographies and age groups. We look forward to regaling the audience with a fun, unpretentious comedy, which is going to be a riot to shoot!”
This new film comes as an addition to Lionsgate India’s exceptional content catalogue slate that caters to its contemporary audience includes global film and television franchises like The Hunger Games, The Twilight Saga, John Wick, Orange is the New Black, La La Land, and Saw, among many others.
