Alia Bhatt sheds light on her production venture Don't Be Shy

Actor Alia Bhatt virtually marked her presence at Prime Video Presents International Originals showcase where she spoke about the film Dont Be ShyShe was joined by Nikhil Madhok director amp head of Originals Prime Video India They talked about how the characters in the film are written through a distinct female gaze the importance of fresh voices and the thinking behind backing Dont Be Shy which is produced under Alia and her sister Shaheens banner Eternal Sunshine ProductionsWe just are naturally driven towards fabulous women and fabulous characters that are women that happen to be women But there are also a lot of cool male characters in the film that Im also very excited about An interesting new gaze for the two boys that are in the film Alia saidThe film follows Shyamili Shy Das a 20yearold girl who believes she has her life perfectly figured out until an unexpected turn sends everything spiraling out of her controlOpening about it Alia further shared I said Sreeti director give it to us but give it to us in your voice and then thats what came out of Dont Be Shy I think even now that I see the film shaping up a certain way its got the classic feeling of a holiday film the classic feeling of a summer film like its got a lot of those classic tones but its in a new voice Its got a new energy to it and thats Sreetis the directors energy and her new sort of take on it and I feel that theres something there which the audience is in for a surprise forMeanwhile at the event Kelly Day Vice President of Prime Video amp Amazon MGM Studios International revealed that the Spanishlanguage movies in the Culpables franchise Culpa Mia Culpa Tuya Culpa Nuestra have been watched by over 100 million viewers worldwide The three films based on Mercedes Rons New York Times bestselling book trilogy were number one in more than 170 countries at launch with over 90 per cent of viewers coming from outside Spain read a press noteShe commented Prime Video is where international storytelling is thriving What were seeing now is that audiences all over the world are finding content from lots of other countries that they really enjoy watching This is happening more frequently and Prime Video is where thats happeningDemonstrating Prime Videos commitment to investing in book IP and franchises Nicole Clemens Vice President of International Originals Amazon MGM revealed Amazon MGM Studios is developing the latest book in Rons work titled 30 sunsets para enamorarte from the Bali series marking the first US adaptation of the bestselling Spanish authors work The development deal is part of Prime Videos collaboration dubbed the House of Ron which includes 10 booktoscreen adaptationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever