{"id":19580,"date":"2025-09-16T09:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/19580\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:25:07","slug":"indias-first-ray-films-marks-decade-milestone-with-six-picture-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/19580\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s First Ray Films Marks Decade Milestone With Six-Picture Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFirst Ray Films<\/a>, the Mumbai-based independent production company founded by actor-producer-director Anshuman Jha<\/a>, has unveiled a six-film slate as it marks its 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company has produced genre films including social media thriller \u201cMona_Darling\u201d (2016), LGBTQ+ road trip film \u201cHum Bhi Akele, Tum Bhi Akele\u201d (2020), and action film \u201cLakadbaggha\u201d (2023).<\/p>\n

\n\tThree films are scheduled for theatrical release over the next six months. Jha\u2019s directorial debut, the black comedy thriller \u201cLord Curzon Ki Haveli,\u201d followed by Harish Vyas\u2019s \u201cHari Ka Om\u201d and sequel \u201cLakadbaggha 2,\u201d which completed production earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company will also begin production on three new projects in 2026, working with both established and debut directors. The slate includes an untitled noir-thriller set in Mumbai at the cusp of the millennium about twins, to be directed by \u201can award-winning firebrand Indian film maker,\u201d \u201cBajrangi,\u201d directed by Parth Saurabh (\u201cPokhar Ke Dunu Paar\u201d), and \u201cOvi & The Monk,\u201d the debut feature from Jasraj Padhaye.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOvi & The Monk\u201d centers on a boy who travels across the Himalayas to reunite a dog with its owner following his father\u2019s death during the pandemic. \u201cBajrangi\u201d is set in Bihar and examines themes of service and tradition in contemporary India.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI have always believed that films don\u2019t fail, budgets fail,\u201d said Jha. \u201cFor us to have survived for over a decade is a testament to the audiences who are willing to embrace stories that are fresh, disruptive, and honest. I am deeply grateful to our investors whose faith has kept us going \u2014 their belief proves that films can not only make a cultural impact but also be a profitable game in the long run, much like what A24 has shown globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJha added: \u201cMy hope is to turn it into an ecosystem that survives beyond me. We aren\u2019t creating projects, we are creating honest cinema \u2014 in collaboration with talent from all around the globe \u2014 which will stand the test of time \u2014 hopefully. Our slate is bold, disruptive and hopefully unforgettable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Ray Films, the Mumbai-based independent production company founded by actor-producer-director Anshuman Jha, has unveiled a six-film slate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18722,146,18723,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-19580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-anshuman-jha","tag-entertainment","tag-first-ray-films","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}