The Buddy Project: Difference between revisions

Producer Sudhir Sharma wanted the production team to relate to the ideas and thoughts of today's youth and wanted to work with people who could think the way today's youth does (the entire team is under 30 years of age). "We want to think the way today's youth is thinking. We are working with the people who can think the way today's youth thinks," said Sharma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news/buddy-project-loosely-based-chak-india-072725329.html|title='The Buddy Project' loosely based on 'Chak De! India'|publisher=in.movies.yahoo.com|date=16 July 2012|access-date=13 December 2012}}</ref> Hence, the story of the show has been written by Sajid Ali,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=243930&subcatg=&keyword=Television&nid=243930|title=The Buddy Project loosely based on Chak De! India|publisher=movies.ndtv.com|access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref> The series has been conceptualized by [[Anand Sivakumaran]], who is also currently writing the story for Channel V's ''[[Suvreen Guggal – Topper of The Year]]'' and has earlier worked with Sunshine Productions on its highly successful TV series, ''[[Miley Jab Hum Tum]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Television/New-faces-to-revamp-popular-show/Article1-552043.aspx

|title=New faces to revamp popular show|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|first=Anushka|last=Venkatram|date=3 June 2010|access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref>