Profile of Netflix's Bela Bajaria, who is leading the company's content growth outside of the US as its VP of local language originals
She relished the development process and reading the latest drafts of scripts, which she calls the most formative part of her early Hollywood education.
Bajaria, who grew up in the UK, Zambia & LA, is the TV exec behind The Mindy Project and Queer Eye reboot. “When I read a script, I imagine a brown girl as the hero of the story... I'm being an advocate and really wanting people's authentic stories told” https://variety.com/...
Lots of interesting data in this story about viewing habits in the US when it comes to non-English fare and some stats on India market penetration, which is still far behind competitors. #Netflix https://variety.com/...