Netflix To Invest In First Live Action Post-Production Facility

Five years ago, Netflix started on an exciting journey in India, bringing stories of the world to India and taking Indian stories to the world. India’s vast diversity and cultural heritage presents a spectacular window of storytelling, from books and songs to plays and folktales. 

In a step forward in its journey in India, Netflix will be opening its first fully owned, live-action, full-service post-production facility in Mumbai. This is Netflix’s commitment to develop the creative community in India and enable Indian stories to be told on a global platform.

To be fully operational by June 2022, the facility will have 40 offline editing rooms designed as a flexible, collaborative and inspiring environment for showrunners, directors, editors and sound designers to create their best work. With innovation and collaboration as the key focus, the facility will pioneer advanced media management workflows that will allow a seamless partnership with India’s post-production community. 

In a statement, Vijay Venkataramanan, Director, Post-production, Netflix India said, "We are excited that Mumbai will be home to this wonderful creative space. This reinforces our commitment to India’s entertainment industry as we continue to empower creators with the best resources to tell great stories." 

Indian audiences love high quality and diverse stories available on-demand to suit their tastes and moods. We saw this last year with an increase in viewing of stories across formats, genres and languages. Some of its successful original shows and films include 'Sacred Games', 'Delhi Crime', 'Guilty', 'Ludo', 'Bulbbul', 'Pagglait', 'Lust Stories', 'Choked', 'AK vs AK' and 'Paava Kadhaigal' 

Netflix has invested ₹3,000 crores in local programming over 2019 and 2020 to build a universe of Indian stories. This March, the platform unveiled its lineup of 41 titles featuring more variety and diversity - from the biggest films and series to gripping documentaries and reality, and ingenious comedy formats. NetFX, a platform launched last year, enables multiple Indian artists to work on VFX for titles globally. 

With an aim contribute to the Indian creative community, Netflix continues to invest in the latest technologies and skill development through multiple certifications and training workshops in post-production, script-writing and other aspects of creative production.