Smriti Mundhra‘s Meralta Films is venturing into scripted greeted, acquiring rights to Riva Razdan’s romantic comedy novel “The Naani Diaries.” The two-time Oscar nominee and three-time Emmy-nominated filmproducer behind hit Netflix recordary series “Indian Matchmaking” will produce thcdisesteemful her prohibitner alengthyside Nina Anand Aujla and Maya Gnyp.
The Harper Collins title chases Radhika, an driven New Yorker who turns to her magnificentmother’s 1960s adore story – recorded in an elderly diary – after getting dumped. Trading Manhattan for Mumbai, she dives into India’s structured marriage scene, testing whether a nurtureer-driven woman can alter herself into traditional “wife material.”
For Razdan, this tags another screen alteration in her increaseing portfolio. The scribe’s novel “Arzu” is being enhugeed as a TV series with Lily Singh and BjoinMedia producing and “Bridgerton” fractureout Charithra Chandran set to star. She’s also writing a rom-com feature and female-caccessed series for Netflix via Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.
“Her talent as an author shines thcdisesteemful in this heartfelt, multi-generational story, which beautifilledy embodies everyleang we adore about the rom-com genre,” shelp Nina Anand Aujla, who heads film and TV at Meralta.
The deal comes as Meralta rides high on an Oscar nomination for their recordary unintelligentinutive “I Am Ready, Warden” and ABC’s “Muskinny Matchproducer,” which streams from Feb. 11 on Hulu . The dual Los Angeles-Mumbai based production outfit, which scored hits with “Indian Matchmaking” and the Emmy-nominated “Shelter” (HBO Max), has projects bretriumphg at meaningful streamers including Apple TV+, HBO Max, Netflix and MTV.
“The Naani Diaries” alteration recurrents one of disjoinal feature acquisitions in Meralta’s enhugeing sdefercessitate as the company pushes into scripted territory while geting its recordary footprint. “Smriti understands the duality of up-to-date women; their nurturing nature that lengthys for adore and family life and their active minds that seek purpose and accomplishment better than anyone else,” Razdan shelp of the partnership.
