Amtabh Bachchan Corporation (AB Corp), the revitalized production company of Big B has got the right partner for making its second innings a grand affair.
Relinace Big Entertainment (RBE) owned by Anil Ambani has fixed a deal with Amitabh's company to produce films, programes for the television, reality shows, contents for the new media like internet, live shows and mobile content.
The leading bollywood directors who will be at the helm of the first films coming out of the joint venture have also been decided.
The director of the hit film 'Bluffmaster', Rohan Sippy is to make a film with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role.
Film maker Chadrprakash Dwivedi who directed 'Chanakya' will be making a movie with Amitabh Bachchan.
Big B will also act in a film to be directed by Sujoy Ghosh who is the director of the forthcoming film 'Alladin'.
Advertisement film maker Balakrishna who made the film 'Cheeni Kum' with Amitabh will again work with him and Abhishek for a new film.
Reliance Big Entertainment is on a world wide signing spree and at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival it struck major production deals with Hollywood big shots like Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage and Jim Carrey among others.
It was also reported that Anil Ambani's company is in talks with the great filmmaker Stephen Spielberg to produce movies.
According to the deal, AB Corp and RBE will be equal partners in the production business and the multinational company will be taking care of the human resource needed for the management of the production and also be responsible for the distribution of the works.
Talking about the new deal, Amitabh Bachchan sais that the association is a progressive step towards the future and is a healthy marriage between creative output and professional corporate management.
The various new films will start the shooting towards the end of this year.
The officials of the Reliance Big Entertainment said that this deal is a part of the company's vision of making itself a leading entertainment company in the world by collaborating with various international and Indian companies.
Speaking about Amitabh Bachchan, the officials said that he is one of the legends and most creative personalities in Bollywood and when the persona and talent of Big B and the business plans of Reliance are combined, the entertainment sector will rise to a higher level.
Relinace Big Entertainment has already planned and decided upon producing over 70 films eyeing both Indian as well as global film markets.
