India, Jan. 7 -- On Wednesday, leading film production and distribution house Panorama Studios announced a collaboration with Malayalam actor and producer Nivin Pauly to produce a slate of Malayalam feature films. The deal, valued at Rs.100 crore, is the first of its kind in Malayalam cinema, where the scale of film production is usually smaller than in other major Indian film industries. This makes Nivin Pauly the first Malayalam star with a Rs.100 crore deal.

The collaboration will see multiple films produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak, Abhishek Pathak for Panorama Studios, along with Nivin Pauly. According to a press release, "the multi-film slate will span multiple genres and sensibilities, combining content-driven narratives with mainst...