EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has picked up UK rights to Kaur, a brief movie that debuted final yr on British streamers ITVX and BritBox.
The movie is about to drop on Netflix within the second window on May 3 following the deal for movie, which is from Parvinder Shergill and Juggy Sohal. Shergill stars reverse Stephen Uppal (Hollyoaks).
Kaur payments itself as “the first film in history” to comply with the story of a British Sikh girl (Shergill), who decides to put on a turban for the primary time towards her father’s needs. Her mom (Nina Wadia), is supportive of the choice, however struggles with the tensions it causes.
A full-length function movie model is in improvement, Shergill instructed Deadline, together with her Pinder Productions and Sohal’s Flip The Script Network connected, the identical manufacturing set-up because the brief. Shergill, who together with filmmaking is an NHS physician, will once more play the lead function, Avani, whereas Sohal is casting for additional roles. Like the brief, it would tackle feminine empowerment and the way folks embrace their identities.
The brief is produced in affiliation with Raise Creatives, with Netflix UK now connected for the second window.
The information is available in a busy week for Netflix UK, which later in the present day is anticipated to unveil a number of new exhibits at its newest See What’s Next showcase in London.
As we revealed yesterday, anticipated among the many productions can be The Choice, a thriller collection starring Suranne Jones from The Mothership writer-director Matt Charman set within the higher echelons of of the British political sphere.
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