T Series and Prabhleen Kaur Sandhu of Almighty Motion Picture in association with Karma Media Entertainment have acquired the adaptation rights of the upcoming book Coffee King: The Swift Rise and Sudden Death of Cafe Coffee Day Founder V. G. Siddhartha. It pieces together the story of Siddhartha’s “dynamic rise as a businessman and his fall from grace, unravelling the reasons that led to his financial crises and eventually his shocking death”.
Sharing the news, T-Series' Instagram page wrote, "Showcasing the life account of Coffee Mogul who brewed millions! T-Series Films ,Prabhleen Sandhu & Almighty Motion Picture in association with Karma Media Entertainment are delighted to have acquired the AV rights to the biography of Entrepreneur par excellence and India's Coffee King VG Sidhartha "Coffee King: The Swift Rise & Sudden Death Of Cafe Coffee Day Founder VG Sidhartha" authored by Prosenjit Datta & Rukmini Rao."
Coffee King: The Swift Rise and Sudden Death of Cafe Coffee Day Founder V. G. Siddhartha has been written by investigative journalists, Rukmini BR and Prosenjit Datta. It will be published by Pan Macmillan (India).
Siddhartha, who co-founded the country’s largest coffee retail chain CCD, was found dead on July 31, 2019, near Mangalore. He died by suicide due to huge financial losses in his businesses.