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Film London teams up with Bob & Co for Shakespeare India initiative

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- One UK-India co-production will be greenlit from six shortlisted projects

Film London teams up with Bob & Co for Shakespeare India initiative

Film London has partnered with media investment firm Bob & Co to raise £200,000 in production financing for its Microwave International: Shakespeare India scheme. This is in addition to a deal struck with India’s Cinestaan Film Company in April to raise £250,000.

Six Indo-UK teams are currently in London receiving training under the aegis of Film London’s Microschool programme mentored by industry experts including producers Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland [+see also:
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) and Tristan Goligher (45 Years [+see also:
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), director Amit Gupta (One Crazy Thing) and script developer Angeli MacFarlane (Death of a President [+see also:
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). One Shakespeare-themed project will be greenlighted out of the six, and it will be produced and released in time to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the writer's death in 2016.

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The selected projects are Realism (based on Macbeth) - UK writer/director Ashish Ghadiali and Indian producer Umesh PawarCaesar (based on Julius Caesar) - UK writer/director Nirpal Bhogal, UK co-writer Mike Powell and Indian producer Achin JainThe Heart of the City (based on The Taming of the Shrew) – Indian director Pratyusha Gupta, UK writer Sharmila Chauhan, UK producer Ameenah Ayub and Indian producer Smriti JainMathura (based on As You Like It) – Indian writer/director Rajat Kapoor and UK producer Uzma HasanThe Crorepatis (based on Titus Andronicus) - Indian writer/director Bornila Chatterjee and Indian writer/producer Tanaji Dasgupta with UK producer Kurban Kassam; and Love and Longing in Rohtak (based on The Merchant of Venice) - Indian writer/director Vikas Chandra and UK producer Ajay Rai

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