~The company has picked up the rights for this crime-fiction novel about a small-town private investigator pegged as an Indian Johnny English and Pink Panther~
NEW DELHI: Harper Collins India is thrilled to announce that author Richa Mukherjee’s new novel, Kanpur Khoofiya Pvt. Ltd, published in August this year, has been purchased by Endemol Shine India in a pre-empt. Mumbai-based agency The Story Ink was the advisor on the deal.
Published in partnership with Black Ink, bestselling writer Ravinder Singh’s imprint, Kanpur Khoofiya… is a crime-fiction adventure laced with humour and intrigue. It involves two protagonists – a small-town private investigator, Prachand Tripathi and his wife, Vidya Tripathi. When a curious new case requires them to tail a movie actress, and she goes missing, the couple find themselves under the glare of the police and must put their skills to the test before they become victims of a dangerous game.
Abhishek Rege, CEO, Endemol Shine India, said, ‘We at Endemol Shine India are always on the lookout for stories and characters that are authentic, relatable and enjoyable. For a while now we have been focused on developing quality content, not just for the Indian market but something that would elicit curiosity across the world. Kanpur Khoofiya… is such a story that works across mediums and geographies. This book’s wide appeal is what caught our attention when we were first introduced to it by The Story Ink. Richa S. Mukherjee has brought alive a wonderfully earthy and vibrant tale set in a small-town milieu, rarely seen in the detective genre, that is such an international favourite. Authentically Indian yet globally relevant, Prachand Tripathi, is a character from the heartland of the country that everyone will identify with and definitely want to watch.’
Author Richa S. Mukherjee said, ‘The relentless dreams of this intrepid detective from Gwaltoli aren’t his alone. We’ve toiled, laughed and cried together! And there can be no greater joy for a writer to witness the characters and stories they’ve conjured, take form and materialize on screen and reaching a wider audience. I’m humbled that so many wonderful people share this dream and I can’t wait to see the Tripathis thrill and entertain viewers with their antics!’
Ravinder Singh, publisher, Black Ink Books, said, ‘The reviews of this book online would tell why the story deserves to be taken to those who don’t read books. This combination of humour and thriller, so well crafted by Richa S. Mukherjee, must unfold in an audio and video format. Prachand Tripathi, the clumsy detective and protagonist, can make the adaptation of Kanpur Khoofiya…stand at par with Johnny English and Pink Panther.’
Diya Kar, publisher and rights director, HarperCollins India, said, ‘We are delighted that the Tripathis of Kanpur will soon come alive on screen. Richa S. Mukherjee is a natural storyteller—Endemol Shine India has picked a winner!’
This is the first-ever option deal for Mukherjee, whose debut novel, I Didn’t Expect to Be Expecting, a hilarious take on pregnancy, was published in 2018.
Endemol Shine India has previously optioned several books published by HarperCollins India, including Yudhanjaya Wijeratne’s Numbercaste, Arjun Raj Gaind’s Maharaja Mystery trilogy and Shweta Taneja’s Anantya Tantrist trilogy.
About Endemol Shine India
Endemol Shine India is one of the leading and most valuable content production companies in India across television, film and digital content. The company is a 51:49 strategic alliance between Endemol Shine Group – a joint venture between Endemol, Shine & CORE Media and CA Media – the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group (TCG). Endemol Shine India is currently the premier content provider in the Sub-Continent, producing over 800 hours of programming annually for the biggest broadcasters; mainstream & regional. With a penchant for bringing in the Biggest Bollywood names on the small screen, Endemol India, ever since its conception in 2006 – has steadily emerged as a market leader with successful television shows like Bigg Boss (Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and Bangla), Fear Factor, MasterChef India, So You Think You Can Dance, The Voice India, The Voice India Kids, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Love School, Life Mein Ek Baar and The Money Drop and over 450 episodes of Deal or No Deal for Sun Network amongst others.
Internationally, Endemol Shine Group is a global content creator, producer and distributor with a portfolio of international hits like Broadchurch, Black Mirror, MasterChef, Peaky Blinders, Penoza, Wipeout, Bridge The Island, Humans, Hunted, The Brain, Tin Star, Your Face Sounds Familiar and many more, with creative operations in over 28 markets. The Group’s portfolio enthralls and inspires across scripted and non-scripted genres; coupled with digital, gaming, brands and licensing and distribution operations. Last year Endemol Shine Group produced more than 800 productions, in 79 territories airing on more than 287 channels around the world.
About HarperCollins India
HarperCollins India is a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers. HarperCollins India publishes some of the finest writers from the Indian subcontinent and around the world, publishing approximately 200 new books every year, with a print and digital catalogue of more than 2000 titles across 10 imprints. HarperCollins India authors have won almost every major literary award including the Man Booker Prize, the DSC Prize, the New India Foundation Award, the Atta Galatta Prize, the Shakti Bhatt Prize, the Publishing Next Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Crossword Book Award. HarperCollins India also represents some of the finest publishers in the world including Oneworld, Bonnier Zaffre, Usborne, Dover and Lonely Planet. HarperCollins India is also the only publisher to have been awarded the Publisher of the Year Award three times: at Publishing Next in 2015, and at Tata Literature Live! in 2016 and 2018.
About The Story Inc
The Story Ink, founded by Sidharth Jain is India’s first story company and has now become India’s No.1 Book to Screen Company, with over 75+ Book to Screen Adaptation deals.
About Black Ink
Black Ink is a publishing venture started by the bestselling author Ravinder Singh. The unique thing about this venture has been that it only publishes debut authors. Set up with the sole purpose of discovering and supporting new talent, Black Ink, which is now operating in a co-publishing model with HarperCollins India, has published eight titles till date and agented three books to other leading publishers in the country. This is a go to place for budding authors.
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