Mumbai, March 30 -- Designer-turned-producer Manish Malhotra, who has been in the industry for 35 years, opened up about his journey into film production and how his production house, Stage 5 Productions, came to be.

While speaking to ANI at the Lakme Fashion Week, Malhotra shared, "Actually, the idea of production came to me 10 years ago, and when Mughal-e-Azam: The Play was offered to me, I was so excited because Mughal-e-Azam is one of my favorite films. I offered to co-produce it, not even knowing where the money was going to come from. But I am that person, right? Jump in a well, and you learn to swim."

Malhotra officially launched his production company about four years ago and spent time building a team before starting the search...