Ivanhoe Pictures to Co-Produce Priyanka Chopra's THE SKY IS PINK

Ivanhoe Pictures will co-invest and co-produce Priyanka Chopra's family drama "The Sky Is Pink," according to Variety.

"The Sky Is Pink" is written and directed by top director Shonali Bose and is based on the life of motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhury. The film is Chopra's first in India since her U.S. television series "Quantico."

Production is headed by Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP and Siddharth Roy Kapur's Roy Kapur Films. Chopra stars in and co-produces the movie.

The film stars Zaira Wasim, and Chopra and Farhan Akhtar appear as her parents.

The film is already in production, with location shoots in Mumbai, London and New Delhi completed earlier this year. A brief schedule in the Andaman Islands is planned for January, and the film is set to be released in mid-2019.

Siddharth Roy Kapur said in a statement, "Partnering with Ivanhoe will help us LEVERAGE their strong distribution prowess in non-traditional markets for Indian films, while in turn this collaboration strengthens their association with the Indian film industry,"

Wasim starred in "Secret Superstar," and breakout hit "Dangal."

Read the original article on Variety.