New Production Venture Targets OTT Market in India

Jeff Sagansky, Aaron Kaplan and Apoorva Bakshi are among the executives backing the launch of Golden Karavan, a new Mumbai-based entity set to create and finance a slate of original content for OTT platforms.

Golden Karavan is the vision of Sagansky and Florence Sloan of Goldenpeak Productions; Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment; and Bakshi, Pooja Kohli and Sanjay Bachani of FilmKaravan Originals. It is being billed as a first-of-its-kind, Indian-focused OTT television production company.

With two productions greenlit and ten more in active development, the outfit intends to create a steady supply of content from the region, targeting OTT and digital services, including Netflix India and Amazon India.

“Given the access to broadband that is transforming the Indian media landscape, the timing is ideal to launch Golden Karavan, a studio that will provide provocative and high-end, Indian-themed content,” said Sagansky.

Added Kaplan: “We recognize the opportunity to focus on the underserved Southeast Asian market with amazing storytellers and talent, both in front of and behind the camera, and we couldn’t have stronger partners leading the creative than we do with Apoorva, Pooja and Sanjay.”

“Given our extensive knowledge and distribution experience of the Indian film business, Film Karavan wanted to use that expertise to expand into the TV sector,” said Bakshi. “We are hitting the ground running with two series projects greenlit and many others in development.”