Over the weekend, reports were making the rounds that Amazon Prime Video and Netflix are slashing budgets on shows commission. However, Amazon Originals The Family Man creators Raj and DK denied the reports by tweeting, "We've been getting calls about the news that we are facing budget cuts on #TheFamilyMan. We have NOT been asked to cut budgets on either this show or any of our upcoming shows. We have finished the shoot on TFM, so the topic of budget cuts is not even relevant."
Now, Excel Entertainment has reacted to the reports by clarifying it on their Twitter page. The production company owned by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani has produced several Amazon Original shows namely Inside Edge, Mirzapur and Made in Heaven.
The tweet read as "There has been a great deal of speculation doing the rounds since the weekend about budget cuts on Amazon Originals produced by Excel Media. We would like to clarify that these assumptions are not true. They have been great partners and we continue to collaborate with them on multiple shows."
Check out the tweet below:
Meanwhile, Amazon recently announced two Bollywood films being directly released on their streaming platform. Yes, they are Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Gulabo Sitabo directed by Shoojit Sircar. Even Vidya Balan starrer Shakuntala Devi will be streamed on the OTT platform.
Last week, Anushka Sharma co-produced Paatal Lok finally streamed on Amazon Prime Video and it stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Abhishek Banerjee, Ishwak Singh, Gul Panag among others.
