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Indian film production company
Tiger Baby
is an Indian film production company owned by film directors
Zoya Akhtar
and
Reema Kagti
.
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The company was founded in October 2015.
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Productions
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Tiger Baby made its debut production with the musical-drama
Gully Boy
.
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The film premiered at the
Berlin International Film Festival
on 9 February 2019. Released on 15 February 2019, it is directed by Zoya Akhtar.
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Gully Boy
is co-produced by Tiger Baby, and
Farhan Akhtar
and
Ritesh Sidhwani
's Excel Entertainment Productions. The film won the Best Feature Film Award at Asian Academy Creative Award.
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Gully Boy
was selected as
India’s official entry
for the
92nd Academy Awards
in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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However, the movie didn’t make it to the final shortlist of 10 International Feature Films announced by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
.
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The production house released its first web series,
Made in Heaven
, on
Amazon Prime Video
India on 8 March 2019. The web series starred
Arjun Mathur
and
Sobhita Dhulipala
as the protagonists ? Karan and Tara, who run a wedding planning agency by the titular name Made in Heaven.
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The web series is co-produced by Tiger Baby and Excel Entertainment. It is created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, and the duo has written the screenplay along with scriptwriter and director Alankrita Shrivastava. It is directed by Zoya Akhtar, Nitya Mehra, Alankrita Shrivastava, and Prashant Nair.
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Tiger Baby also produced
Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
for Netflix, a story about an awkward 24-year old named Ray, navigating through life with the help of his 'inner voice'. The show was directed by Rahul Nair and starred Vihaan Samat in the lead role.
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