Lionsgate India hires Mrinalini Khanna as Content Head for Indian Originals

Lionsgate India has announced the appointment of Mrinalini Khanna as the Content Head for Indian Originals. Khanna joins Lionsgate after 14 years at Endemolshine India, with the aim of developing, creating, and producing content for both the studio as well as the platform, Lionsgate Play.

During her stint at Endemolshine, she set up a robust content slate and set the foundation for their venture into premium scripted production by identifying books, partnerships, and collaborations as well as with productions, which include The Test Case, M.O.M, Bombay Begums and Aarya. Prior to that, Khanna worked in content and production for Miditech and NDTV.

Rohit Jain, Managing Director Lionsgate South Asia and Networks- Emerging Markets Asia, said, "We are delighted to have Mrinalini Khanna as the content head at Lionsgate India. She brings strong domain expertise on consumer centric business to this role combined with an in-depth understanding of the content development in the OTT space. Her creative experience and commitment will be very valuable in shaping and developing content strategy for the Lionsgate Play in India.”

Khanna said, "I am excited to join Lionsgate India and be a part of this solid team. Lionsgate Play is a brand with a distinctive identity that echoes with today’s viewers. I look forward to this new chapter in my life and support the team through the next phase of content expansion journey.”

Lionsgate Play, a premium streaming service from Lionsgate India and Starz, offers Hollywood content for Indian consumers. It provides premium Hollywood content, including premieres, billion-dollar franchise movies and binge worthy box sets. Lionsgate Play has a widely distributed network in the region spanning across partnerships such as Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Jio FTTH, Apple TV+, Amazon Firestick, etc. Lionsgate Play also develops and produces a diverse slate of high-budget premium Indian originals.

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