SVF to invest ₹100 cr to make 25 big-budget Bengali movies

Plans are also afoot to expand into Bangladesh with the release of the first film starring Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan

SVF (previously Shree Venkatesh Films), eastern India’s largest film production house, has earmarked ₹100 crore for producing 25 big-ticket Bengali films over next three years.

The movie production house also launched SVF Stories, which aims to be an annual gathering that brings together notable personalities from the industry under one roof, to announce the upcoming projects of the production house.

List of films

The 25 films include director Arindam Sil’s detective films, Asche Abar Shabor and Byomkesh Gotro; Sandip Ray’s Feluda and Professor Shonku O El Dorado.

The list also includes notable projects from the national award-winning directors, including Srijit Mukherjee and Aparna Sen. Some of the other projects would include Siraj Ud Daulah and Tong Ling, by director Raj Chakraborty, and Finally Bhalobasha and Ami Asbo Phire, by Anjan Dutt.

According to Mahendra Soni, SVF co-founder & director, plans are afoot to expand into Bangladesh with the release of the first film starring Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan.