‘Rana Naidu’ producer Locomotive Global expands creative team

Rana Naidu

Locomotive Global, the Indian production firm behind local Ray Donovan remake Rana Naidu, has expanded its creative team with three new appointments.

Binitesh Baruri has been named creative producer for films, while Meghna Joshi has been appointed as creative producer for series, non-fiction and films, while Yuvika Sharma is joining as associate creative producer, series.

Baruri joins Locomotive with more than 20 years as a writer and filmmaker of short fiction and feature documentaries and previously headed the direction department at Whistling Woods International for over three years.

Joshi has worked on shows including Rising Star, Jhalak Dikhla Ja and IIFA Awards, while Sharma has worked with production houses channels and platforms including Sony Pictures Network, Discovery Communications, Zee TV, Eros International, and ALT Balaji.

Sunder Aaron, co-founder, and managing partner, at Locomotive Global, said, “We are thrilled to widen the scope of our activities in India, by starting to develop and produce small and mid-size budget fiction and non-fiction shows.

“The new additions to our team will allow Locomotive to maintain with any new projects the same level of excellence in storytelling and execution that has defined Locomotive Global’s work up till now.

“We are committed to delivering captivating and diverse entertainment to audiences both in India and worldwide, and believe our expanded team will allow Locomotive to create even more content that will captivate, entertain and inspire.”

Rana Naidu was recently renewed for a second season by Netflix India, with Aaron speaking to TBI about the making of the series last year.

The company has also partnered with Applause Entertainment on two projects, an international drama series Seeker, co-produced with Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Films, and an episodic crime procedural co-produced with Simon Mirren, the showrunner for the US series Criminal Minds.