New Delhi: Eye-opening! Thought-provoking! Hard-hitting! At a particular screening of the upcoming Amazon Original Poacher in London, the company heaped reward on the crime collection, with overwhelmingly constructive and promising reactions. Written, created, and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Richie Mehta and produced by QC Entertainment, Poacher options an achieved ensemble forged together with Nimisha Sajayan, Roshan Mathew, and Dibyendu Bhattacharya. The collection is a riveting fictionalized dramatization of real-life occasions based mostly on a bunch of Indian Forest Service officers, NGO employees, police constables, and good Samaritans who risked their lives making an attempt to trace down and convey to justice the largest elephant ivory poaching ring within the historical past of India.
Richie Mehta, together with Manish Menghani, director, content material licensing at Prime Video India, Executive Producer, Alia Bhatt, and QC Entertainment’s principals Raymond Mansfield and Sean McKittrick visited London for the publicity of the collection forward of its international streaming premiere. Celebrities together with Freida Pinto, Gurinder Chadha, Meera Syal, Anu Menon, Soni Razdan, Shaheen Bhatt together with esteemed filmmakers, members from wildlife safety organizations and media attended the particular preview, adopted by a tete-e-tete with the Poacher group, together with Lionel Hachemin, Program Manager – Wildlife Crime, IFAW UK. The dialog centered on the making of the investigative crime collection, the analysis undertaken by Richie, and the way he balanced reality and fiction to keep up authenticity to the actual occasions that transpired. The group bolstered that whereas Poacher is a crucial story that’s partaking and thought-provoking, it would additionally entertain and affect change.
Richie Mehta, author, director and creator shared, “While working on a project in 2015, I received a video of the largest raid on ivory poaching in the history of India from the folks at Wildlife Trust of India, which completely shook me and I called them back to understand it. And just then I knew this subject needed the right context to fairly and accurately depict the gravity of wildlife poaching. I spent the next few years researching and writing the story in a way that not only does justice to the altruistic efforts of the wildlife crime fighters but also spreads awareness through an engaging and entertaining narrative.”
Manish Menghani, director, content material licensing at Prime Video India, shared, “Apart from Poacher being gripping, it is also thought-provoking. It is a universal, important subject that needs to be told. Besides being a genius filmmaker, Richie is also a researcher that puts in years into a project. We are confident that this series will have viewers on the edge of their seats, when we premiere all eight episodes on 23rd February on Prime Video for a global audience.”
Executive Producer of Poacher, Alia Bhatt shared, “I met Richie nearly two years ago and we happened to speak about Poacher. Watching the series as an audience, me and my sister Shaheen, who is also my partner at Eternal Sunshine Productions, were so moved that we instantly knew we had to be a part of it in a meaningful way. What we watch and consume has the power to slowly seep into the mindset and DNAs of our audience, especially young minds who aspire to become a force for good. Entertainment has the power to influence minds and I believe I could use my voice to spread awareness about such a crucial message.”
Raymond Mansfield and Sean McKittrick, Producers, QC Entertainment mentioned, “Poacher is all about ‘entertainment with purpose’. It is about people who are fighting criminals who are destroying the planet.”. When requested to share three causes to observe the collection, they shared, “While there are many reasons, Poacher promises to be exciting, meaningful and unforgettable.”
Following the extraordinarily encouraging response to the trailer that launched earlier this week, the episodes screened at Sundance and now on the particular preview in London, have heightened the anticipation for Poacher forward of its launch on February 23 in over 240 nations and territories.
