Kumar Coca

Kumar Coca, Inc. (formerly named Shova Sudha) is a Indian in-house development studio and production company that is a division of Movie Land. Kumar Coca's first feature, Two Brothers, was released in 2021 by Netflix. On April 7, 2022, Kumar Coca was bought by Warner Bros. Discovery, in response of AT&T announced a merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc., as a result.
== History ==
=== Shova Sudha (2006-2016; as VFX services, 2018-2020; as production company) ===
It all starts with Ted-LaPai Productions' Stick-Creative Studios extended its production pipeline into Bangalore, India, where they established a special unit within MLDPS, named Shova Sudha. The unit is owned by Stick-Creative Studios India, but Shova Sudha hires and trains the animators, who then contribute to Ted-LaPai projects.
=== MLDPS India (2016-2020) ===
On November 23, 2016, it was announced that Shova Sudha will rebrand as "MLDPS India", which will start working on Go Touching 13 in 2017, with the final one being Famous 5 on March 5, 2021 before was rebranded into "Kumar Coca" on October 31, 2020. The studio was then founded by Naveen Selvanathan on Thanksgiving Day of 2016.
=== Kumar Coca (2020-present) ===
On October 31, 2020, MLDPS India announced that it will be currently rebranded as "Kumar Coca", with its first work on Two Brothers in 2021. On July 9, 2021, Kumar Coca launched its new logo to match Movie Land as Futura font. In June 2021, Kumar Coca announced to reopen its facility in Bangalore, as "Kumar Coca Bangalore", alongside its subsidiary in New Delhi. On April 7, 2022, AT&T announced that Warner Bros. Discovery would acquire Kumar Coca, in response of the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger deal.
With the release of Cool Girls 2 in January 2022, it was credited as MLDPS India, making it the first film from Movie Land Animation Studios to use the "MLDPS India" credit since Famous 5.
=== Sale to Sony ===
As following the box-office success of every Sony's Movie Land Universe films, in December 2022, Sony announced plans to purchase most of Movie Land, including Kumar Coca. On March 24, 2023, it was officially announced that Kumar Coca will be acquired by Sony for $52.4 billion, subject to regulatory approvals and other routine closing conditions; with the studio continuing to operate as a label under Sony's existing content arm, complementing Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios and Columbia Pictures.
== Shova Sudha ==
Shova Sudha is a Indian visual effects and animation production company founded by Movie Land and by Naveen Selvanathan.
In March 2007, Shova Sudha was first worked on Ted-LaPai's feature films, beginning with Go Touching 2 on November 21, 2008. On November 23, 2016, it was announced that Shova Sudha will be closed down as a visual effects vendor and will be rebrand as "MLDPS India", with its last work was Loppy the Dog in June 2016.
In April 2018, Shova Sudha was revived as a production company and produced only two films such as Makoo and Roarmageddon, which were both released on Disney+ in 2020, after it was previously schedule for theatrical release by Lionsgate and StudioCanal. On October 4, 2020, Movie Land announced that Shova Sudha will be closed down on October 31, 2020, as the company will rebrand as Kumar Coca.
== Filmography ==
=== As Shova Sudha ===
#	Film 	Director 	Distributor	Release date
1	Makoo 	James Yang 	Disney+ 	
2	Roarmageddon	Fabricio Baessa	Disney+ 	
=== As Kumar Coca ===
# 	Film 	Director 	Distributor 	Release date
1 	Two Brothers 	Rajiv Chilaka 	Lyca Productions (India)StudioCanal (International)Tencent Pictures (China)Netflix (Worldwide)	
2 	Krishna and the Last Lion 	William RenschenCarlos López Estrada	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
3 	Shankie 	Chris McKay 	Huayi Brothers (China)Netflix (International)Disney+ (United States) 	
4 	The Amazing Lyca 	Tony Bancroft 	Netflix 	
5 	3.0 	Kabir Khan 	Reliance Entertainment/PVR Pictures (India)Tencent Pictures (China)Netflix (Worldwide) 	
6 	Sally Bollywood 	Peter Ramsey 	Sony Pictures Releasing (US)Tencent Pictures (China) 	
7 	Jungle Tales 	Carlos Saldanha 	Warner Bros. Pictures (US)Tencent Pictures (China) 	
8 	Bolly Land 	Ayan Mukerji 	Sony Pictures Releasing (India & China)Netflix (International) 	
9 	Krishna and the Twelve Elements 	Jared SternCarlos López Estrada 	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
10	Welcome to Mumbai 	Guillaume Rocheron 	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
11	Etienne and Gretchen: A True Life Story	Kirk DeMicco 	MGM 	
=== Additional production work ===
==== As Shova Sudha ====
* Go Touching 2 (2008)
* Go Touching 3 (2011)
* Go Touching 4 (2012)
* Go Touching 5 (2013)
* Go Touching 6 (2013)
* Go Touching 7 (2014)
* Go Touching 8 (2014)
* Go Touching 9 (2015)
* Reggie and the Penguin (2015)
* Go Touching 10 (2015)
* Go Touching 11 (2015)
* Go Touching 12 (2016)
* Loppy the Dog (2016)
==== As MLDPS India ====
* Go Touching 13 (2017)
* Birds (2017)
* The Street of San Francisco (2017)
* Tom the Hand: The Movie (2017)
* Major Lazer: The Movie (2018)
* Tom the Hand 2: Tom Returns (2018)
* The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018)
* Sarcastics (2018)
* The Animals in the Attic (2019)
* Tom the Hand 3 (2019)
* The Crown (2019)
* Carmen Sandiego (2019)
* The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
* Chocolate Fever (2019)
* Spider-Gwen (2019)
* Everest (2019)
* Grossology (2019)
* Bunny (2019)
* Twister (2020)
* Cool Girls (2020)
* Las Vegas (2020)
* The JH Movie Collection Movie: The Fate of the Tour (2020)
* Overwatch (2020)
* Tom the Hand 4 (2020)
==== As Kumar Coca ====
* Famous 5 (2021) (credited as MLDPS India)
* The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation (2021)
* Animals vs. Monsters (2021)
* Panko the Dragon (2021)
* Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021)
* 6teen (2021)
* The Crown 2 (2021)
* The Hollow (2021)
* Grossology 2 (2021)
* Go Touching (2021)
* Super Bowl (2021)
* Tom the Hand 5 (2021)
* Cool Girls 2 (2022) (credited as MLDPS India)
* The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022)
* The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022)
* Red (2022)
* League of Techs (2022)
* Voltron (2022)
* Bunny: The Rise of Dylan (2022)
* Ghost in the Shell (2022)
* Chinatown (2022)
* Spider-Gwen 2 (2022)
* Mira: A Hollow Story (2022)
* Famous 5: A New Mystery (2022)
* The JH Movie Collection Movie: Homecoming (2022)
* Tom the Hand 6 (2022)
* Arcane (2022)
* Spy Land (2022)
* The Tibet Code (2023)
* The Pencilmation Movie (2023)
* Animals vs. Monsters: Most Wanted (2023)
* Carmen Sandiego 3 (2023)
* Need for Speed (2023)
===== Upcoming films =====
* The Hollow: A New World (2023)
* Grossology: The Final Chapter (2023)
* Final Fantasy (2023)
* The Dragon Prince Movie (2024)
* Smash of Claws 2 (2025)
=== As animation services ===
* JH Valentine Collection (2022)
== See also ==
* Movie Land Digital Production Services
* Pixomondo
* Sony Pictures Imageworks
== References ==
== External links ==
* Official website
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