Indian producer Siddharth Roy Kapur has acquired the audio-visual rights of William Dalrymple's best seller, ‘The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of The East India Company', which will now be adapted and created as one of the most ambitious global series on British colonialism by Roy Kapur Films. Roy Kapur, who has produced ‘Dangal’ and most recently produced the Priyanka Chopra Jonas-starrer, 'The Sky Is Pink' and the Netflix original, 'Yeh Ballet', is now looking to collaborate with international minds and creatives for this global production.
The book traces the history of East India Company from 1599 to 1802 and the decline and fall of Mughal Empire. It provides a remarkable account of how a provincial trading start-up became rulers of an entire sub-continent; in the process establishing the richest and most powerful empire in the history of the world. Since its publication, the book has received rave reviews from international media and critics.
Roy Kapur, former MD of The Walt Disney Company India and current President of the Producers Guild of India, will be bringing together a diverse, international team of writers to create a series of ambitious scale and quality. Roy Kapur says, “I believe that stories that are compelling, relevant and authentic have the potential to resonate with audiences across all nationalities and cultures.” The author, who is also on board as a consultant for the project says, “I don’t think I have ever written a book more obviously crying out to be adapted than The Anarchy and I can’t think of anyone in India better to adapt it than Siddharth Roy Kapur.”
