'Asian Crisis Center', an India-Singapore-Korea TV co-production

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
Asian Crisis Center' is a 13 x 1-hour English language drama that will be filmed on location in India, Korea and Singapore.

Asia has recently been plagued with numerous disasters, while many lives were lost in these calamities, the human spirit has triumphed as people rally together to help each other. 'Asian Crisis Center' is a thrilling fictional story about a group of volunteer doctors who put their lives at risk to help out in rescue missions whenever any disasters strike in Asia.

This new US $5million adventure drama series is the first Singapore-Korea-India co-production. The partners of this collaboration are Upside Down Entertainment (Singapore), Dreamville Entertainment (Korea) and Clapstem Productions (India).

"Asian Crisis Center combines the renowned storytelling ability of Korean producers and the vast experience of Indian filmmakers with an original story from Singapore. Not only is it a great marriage of skills for the project, but also a partnership that will hopefully inspire more collaborations between our respective industries", enthuses Chan Gin Kai of Upside Down Entertainment. Gin Kai has every reason to be excited. India has the most prolific filmmaking industry in the world and produces more than 1,000 films a year. The K-wave has brought Korean drama to the TV screens of even far-flung countries like Africa and Egypt where there is a Bae Yong-jun fan club! For a local company to helm an international project involving companies from Asia's two strongest media industries is indeed a milestone for Singapore's short media history.

"Singapore is a natural hub for regional co-productions. You are renowned for your stability and efficiency and you have a talented pool of film professionals. All you need is a vision and a story with universal sensibilities and Gin Kai came with both when he approached me with 'Asian Crisis Centre'." Girish Malik of Clapstem Productions knows a good story when he sees one. He has produced and directed more than 3,000 hours of TV and film content for India and the international market.

Rose Han of Dreamville Entertainment, a leading Korean media company with branches in USA and Japan concludes, "I love stories with a message and that is why I want to produce 'Asian Crisis Center'. The Asian Tsunami that happened only a few years ago united the world like never before. It was a very tragic disaster, but the way the world responded gives us a glimpse of how wonderful our world can be if we care. I hope the stories in our series will touch the hearts of audiences worldwide."