📌 Key Points
- Telangana CM aims to transform Hyderabad into a global film hub, attracting Hollywood.
- Netflix’s Eyeline Studios innovation hub inaugurated in Hyderabad, featuring cutting-edge VFX.
- Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos praised Eyeline Studios’ work on ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ ‘Wednesday,’ and ‘Stranger Things’.
- Rana Daggubati highlights AI’s role in bringing imaginative stories to life on screen.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy envisions Hyderabad as a future hub for Hollywood, not just Bollywood and Tollywood. The inauguration of Netflix’s Eyeline Studios signals a major step, combining technology and cinema to elevate Hyderabad’s film industry.
Hyderabad’s Ambition: A Global Film Hub
The CM inaugurated Eyeline Studios, Netflix’s innovation hub, in Hyderabad on Thursday, in the presence of Eyeline CEO Jeff Shapiro and Rana Daggubati
Hyderabad has long been India’s IT hub. The city saw the arrival of Silicon Valley giants at the turn of the millennium and has since grown into a centre of innovation in South Asia. Parallelly, the city’s cinema has also grown by leaps and bounds, emerging from the tag of ‘regional cinema’ to becoming a ‘pan-India’ behemoth. But for Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, this is just the beginning.
Speaking at the launch of a state-of-the-art VFX studio in the city on Thursday, the CM said marrying tech and cinema will allow Hyderabad to become the home for even Hollywood productions.
Netflix’s Eyeline Studios Opens in Hyderabad
The CM pitched Hyderabad as a hub for innovation in films with more state-of-the-art VFX studios coming up in the city, inviting Netflix to set up a bigger facility in the ‘Bharat Future City’ being developed by the state government on the city outskirts.
A message from Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was played at the event, where the streaming boss highlighted Eyeline Studios work. “They have worked on titles like Happy Gilmore 2, Wednesday, and Stranger Things, and have been absolutely world-class.”
Rana Daggubati on the Future of VFX and AI
Also present at the inauguration were actor and former VFX artist Rana Daggubati, along with Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Jeff Shapiro, CEO of Eyeline Studios; and Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu.
Speaking on stage, Rana said, I have been seeing the journey of VFX evolve, and the AI pipeline take shape. I believe this is the best time for such stories because what you can imagine can come alive on the screen now.”
With state-of-the-art VFX studios and support from industry leaders like Netflix and Rana Daggubati, Hyderabad is poised to become a major player in the global film industry. The future looks bright for the city’s cinematic ambitions.
