Awedacious is a production company that is led by Apoorva Bakshi, who is one of the producers of the globally famous ‘Delhi Crime’, and Monisha Thyagrajan who was the associate producer of the show. ‘Delhi Crime’ director Richie Mehta, Anurag Kashyap and Priyanka Chopra Jonas have joined Awedacious for their next originals.
Richie Mehta, who has previously worked with Apoorva in the Emmy-winning series, is excited to work with him again. He is currently filming a documentary on illegal mining. That documentary will be an Awedacious Original too.
There are a total of 19 movies under development in Awedacious. The Pakistani Urdu film ‘Wakhri’ directed by Iram Parveen Bilal is one of the 19. It participated in several international film festivals including this years’ Busan’s Asian Project Market.
Another project from Awedacious will be the Malayalam movie ‘Dhanya’ which will be a cyber crime slasher. It will be starring Parvathy Thiruvothu and will be directed by Leena Manimekalai.
Anurag Kashyap, who is now busy with the pre-production of an Crime series is impressed with what Apoorva and the team did with Delhi Crime. Leena Manimekalai too expressed how her respect for the makers grew after Delhi Crime. She is excited to work with the team.
‘Alhamdulillah!’ a Malayalam language movie on the life of transgender activist Aneera Kabeer will be directed by Kamal K.M.
There are some completed films too that have already started their journey to various festivals. One of them is a joint production with Kazakhstan, ‘Madina’, the story of a single mother and dancer directed by Aizahn Kassymbek. Two others are ‘Paraasakthi’ directed by Sivaganesh and ‘Starch’ by Ajai Vishwanath.