Flourishing Films Boards Sales on Singapore-India Company Mumba Devi’s ‘Grand Sugar Daddy’ and ‘Not Today’ at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Los Angeles-based Flourishing Films has boarded Singapore- and India-based Mumba Devi Motion Pictures‘ “Grand Sugar Daddy” and “Not Today” at the Cannes Film Festival‘s market.
Flourishing is focused on expanding access to Black, diverse and female-driven filmed content originating from the U.S., Africa, the U.K.
and worldwide. Mumba Devi, headed by producer Sweta Chhabria and producer-director Aditya Kripalani, makes issue-based films focusing on stories that are mostly to do with gender and burning topics like suicide prevention and mental health.
The outfit makes it a point to minimize the male gaze by bringing on board heads of department who are all women. The Singapore-set film “Grand Sugar Daddy” follows a 70-year-old widower who is introduced to the world of Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies.
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