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  • Tequila Shot Productions will be venturing into feature films and digital content creation in near future

    Nautanki’s Saurabh Tewari opts for Tequila Shot

    By a correspondent

     

    Saurabh Tewari, the creative brainchild behind setting up Nautanki Films Pvt. Ltd which produced soaps like Madhubala – Ek Ishq, Ek Junoon among others is set to launch his new production house – Tequila Shot Productions. The newly formed company is set to produce a new TV shows for a leading broadcaster, details of which will be revealed in the next quarter. In addition to this, Tequila Shot Productions will be venturing into feature films and digital content creation in near future.

     

    Commenting on the new venture, Saurabh Tewari said, “I am delighted to announce Tequila Shot Productions through which I aim to continue my promise of delivering entertaining and engaging content to my audience. Tequila Shot Productions will not only create content for television but will also be foraying into film production very soon.”

     

    A Bachelor of Arts from Lucknow University, Saurabh began his career directing ad films. Since then he has worked with a variety of television production houses primarily as a writer which have given him a completing understanding of the creative & production business. In 2006, he moved to Zee Telefilms as Assistant Vice-President of Programming for ZEE TV where he was instrumental in growing the market share of the channel. In late 2007, he moved to Viacom 18 as a part of the start-up team for the launch of Colors. In 2011, Saurabh Tewari joined hands with BAG Films to launch his Film & TV Production company Nautanki Films Pvt. Ltd.

     

  • Imagine TV’s Saurabh Tewari, quits and starts Nautanki Films, discloses his plans.

    Saurabh Tewari on life after Imagine

    By Dhara Salla

    Imagine TV’s Head of Programming-Fiction Mr Saurabh Tewari has quit Imagine to start his own venture ‘Nautanki films’ with Abhinav Shukla along with BAG films and Media Ltd. He discloses his plans to MxM in an exclusive conversation. On talking about the stakes that BAG films hold, Mr Tewari said, “It is highly confidential, but I can say that BAG has bought decent percentage of stakes in the company and would back up with a lot of funding activities.”

    The operation of Nautanki films starts this October in which they will start the pre-production for the two films they are working on, one is a rom-com and other is a social thriller. The films will hit the floor in January 2012, and parallel to this are some TV projects.

    The first thing that Mr Tewari plans to do in this new venture is, “Make a wish list for the stars to cast in the films.” On a long term basis he reveals, “We want to develop a parallel business model for films with path breaking concepts. We would finance a film with a budget of Rs 2-2.5 crore to film makers and provide a platform to create that pool of talent which still needs to be discovered like Anuraag Kashyup films.”

    On a lighter note, while discussing about the name ‘Nautanki films’ he laughs and says, “In our internal discussions we thought the name should be striking, which we use in our daily lives and which gives a very earthy feeling and not an English Corporate name so that everyone could remember it easily. That would help in branding our company.”

    Saurabh Tewari had joined Imagine TV of Turner General Entertainment Networks India Pvt. Ltd as Head of Programming – Fiction, a year ago with over a decade of experience in the media and entertainment industry. He was the brain behind unconventional shows like Gunahon Ka Devta, Chandragupt Maurya, Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo, Preeto, Dwarkadheesh, Uttaran, Balika Vadhu, Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Bhagyavidhata. Prior to his move to Imagine TV, he was Associate Vice President and Creative Director at Colors.