Exclusive: Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Crazy Rich Asians producer Sk Global, Jeff Sagansky and Florence Sloan have teamed to launch Jaya Entertainment, a content company focused on developing, producing and financing premium international series. Top TV producer Kaplan, prominent media investor Sagansky, Sloan and Sk Global (via Ivanhoe Pictures) previously partnered in a Mumbai-based venture that produces the hit Hindi-language Netflix series Delhi Crime, which won the International Emmy for Best Drama Series and returns for a second season on the streamer later this year.

Kilian Kerwin, formerly EVP International Production at Sk Global, will helm the day-to-day operations of Jaya, which will initially focus its efforts in India and Israel.

In the burgeoning Indian market, where the players already have a foothold, the company has six to seven projects in very active development, with four writers rooms up and running.

In most cases, Jaya Entertainment, named after the...