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From ‘Bhola Shankar’ to ‘Dasara’, Netflix announces 16-film slate of Telugu releases

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From ‘Bhola Shankar’ to ‘Dasara’, Netflix announces 16-film slate of Telugu releases

A galaxy of stars feature in a 16-strong Telugu-language film slate that will bow on Netflix after their theatrical release, reports ‘Variety’. Several of the titles will also be made available on the service in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada as well.

Mahesh Babu headlines Haarika & Hassine Creations’ project known at present as ‘SSMB28’, directed by Trivikram Srinivas and co-starring Pooja Hegde.

Megastar Chiranjeevi, whose ‘Waltair Veerayya’ is currently in cinemas, stars in AK Entertainments’ ‘Bhola Shankar’, directed by Meher Ramesh and co-starring Tamannaah Bhatia and Keerthy Suresh.

‘Baahubali’ star Anushka Shetty leads UV Creations’ production No. 14, directed by Mahesh Babu P. and co-starring Naveen Polishetty, and Netflix will also stream the company’s untitled film, which is actor Kartikeya Gummakonda’s eighth, directed by Prashanth Reddy.

Ravi Teja stars in People Media Factory and Abhishek Agarwal Arts’ ‘Dhamaka’, directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, while Sundeep Kishan leads Studio Green’s ‘Buddy’, directed by Sam Anton.

Mythri Movie Makers, according to ‘Variety’, is contributing two films to the lineup — ‘Amigos’, starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Ashika Ranganath, directed by Rajendra Reddy; and alongside Clap Entertainment, ‘Meter’, starring Kiran Abbavaram, directed by Ramesh Kaduri.

Sithara Entertainments has three films in the lineup — alongside Fortune Four Cinemas, ‘Butta Bomma’, starring Anikha Surendran, Surya Vasishta and Arjun, directed by Shourie Chandrasekhar Ramesh; alongside Srikara Studios a project currently identified as ‘PVT04’, starring Panja Vaisshnav Tej and Sreeleela, directed by Srikanth Reddy; and alongside Srikara Studios and Fortune Four Cinemas ‘Tillu Square’, starring Sidhu Jonnalagadda and Anupama Parameswaran, directed by Mallik Ram, reports ‘Variety’.

Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra LLP has two titles — ‘VT12’, starring Varun Tej, directed by Praveen Sattaru; and alongside Sukumar Writings, ‘Virupaksha’, starring Sai Dharam Tej and Samyuktha Menon, directed by Karthik Varma Dandu. Sukumar Writings, alongside GA2 Pictures and Allu Arvind Presents, has ’18 Pages’, starring Nikhil Siddhartha and Anupama Parameswaran, directed by Surya Pratap Palnati.

Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Cinemas also has two titles — their untitled sixth production starring Naga Shaurya, directed by Pawan Basamsetti; and ‘Dasara’, starring Nani and Keerthy Suresh, directed by Srikanth Odela.

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‘Gangubai…’, ‘RRR’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ on Netflix’s global top 10 lists

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‘Gangubai…’, ‘RRR’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ on Netflix’s global top 10 lists

Netflix India’s Vice-President (Content) Monika Shergill has said five Indian titles have featured on Netflix’s global top 10 lists so far this year. Viewership of Indian films on the streaming service has gone up by 50 per cent from last year, reports ‘Variety’.

Hits for the service include Alia Bhatt’s ‘Gangubai Kathiyawadi’, pan-India blockbuster ‘RRR’ and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, starring Kartik Aaryan and Tabu.

Shergill also pointed out in an interview with ‘Variety’, coinciding with the streamer’s Films Day on Monday, that Indian movies featured in the Netflix non-English charts for 31 of the last 34 weeks.

Another hit Alia film has been ‘Darlings’, whose story revolving around domestic abuse, which debuted as the biggest non-English language original film opener for the service worldwide. The movie, co-produced by Alia with Red Chillies Entertainment, also features powerful performances by Shefali Shah and Vijay Verma.

Other titles showcased during Films Day included: ‘Chakda �Xpress’, inspired by the life of cricketer Jhulan Goswami, starring Anushka Sharma; heist thriller ‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’, starring Yami Gautam and Sunny Kaushal; ‘Jogi’, which is set against the backdrop of the 1984 Delhi anti-Sikh riots, starring Diljit Dosanjh and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar; the satire ‘Kathal’, starring Sanya Malhotra; Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller ‘Khufiya’ featuring Tabu, Ali Fazal, and Azmeri Haque Badhon; and Anurag Kashyap acolyte Vasan Bala’s whodunnit ‘Monica O My Darling’, with Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi and Radhika Apte.

Also a part of the showcase were Shashanka Ghosh’s romantic comedy ‘Plan A Plan B’, starring Riteish Deshmukh and Tamannaah Bhatia; the intense drama ‘Qala’, directed by Anvita Dutt, which will see Irrfan Khan’s son Balih making his film debut; Zoya Akhtar’s comic book adaptation ‘The Archies’; and the Indian version of Keigo Higashino’s Detective Galileo novel, ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’, headlined by Kareena Kapoor Khan and directed by Sujoy Ghosh (“Kahaani”).

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Disney Plus Hotstar has a shock for Netflix

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Disney Plus Hotstar has a shock for Netflix

Netflix is undoubtedly the leading OTT player and the digital platform is having millions of subscribers across the globe. Disney Plus Hotstar dethroned Netflix and emerged as the new leader. Disney Plus Hotstar is on the top with 221.1 million paid subscribers while Netflix stands second with 220.7 million subscriptions. Disney is a collaboration of Hotstar, HULU and ESPN. Out of the 221.1 subscribers, Disney Plus Hotstar has 152 million subscribers and others are contributed by HULU and ESPN. Netflix lost a million subscribers this year in its second quarter and it is struggling.

The shares of Disney Plus Hotstar came up by 6.9 percent. Netflix is having a bad year as the shares and the subscriptions came down. Disney Plus Hotstar has been rolling out its service on a faster note in all the nations and the promotional campaign worked big time. In India, Disney Plus Hotstar gained millions of new subscribers because of IPL and Bigg Boss majorly. The subscription prices of Netflix are higher while Disney Plus Hotstar is affordable. Keeping all these aside, Disney Plus Hotstar generates less per subscription revenue when compared to Netflix.

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Documentary on Nayanthara-Vignesh’s love story in the works at Netflix

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Documentary on Nayanthara-Vignesh’s love story in the works at Netflix

A documentary based on the love story of southern superstar Nayanthara and actor-director Vignesh Shivan, who recently tied the knot, will premiere soon on Netflix.

In this yet-to-be-titled documentary, the audience will get a view of Nayanthara and Vignesh’s love story, which culminated in a fairytale wedding at a famous resort in Mahabalipuram on June 9.

Tanya Bami, Series Head, Netflix India, said in a statement, “We are the home for unscripted content that is fresh and compelling, and has the power to connect with audiences in India and beyond.”

“Nayanthara has been a true superstar with a career spanning nearly 20 years. With our amazing creative partners, director Gautam Vasudevan and Rowdy Pictures, we cannot wait for our members to finally get to see Nayanthara’s journey that led to this fairytale wedding with Vignesh,” Tanya added.

Earlier, media reports had claimed that the newly-wed couple was served a legal notice by the OTT giant after posting of wedding pictures by Vignesh led to the violation of contract terms.

The reports, which said Netflix had exclusive rights to posting wedding pictures of the couple, also claimed that the OTT platform had paid for the wedding arrangements.

The latest development at Netflix seems to put an end to such unverified reports.

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Shocker: Netflix loses a Million Subscribers

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Shocker: Netflix loses a Million Subscribers

Top digital streaming platform Netflix has lost close to 1 million subscribers in the second quarter of this year and Netflix has a total of 221 million subscribers. The digital platform lost 9,70,000 subscribers in the second quarter till June and this is the highest loss for the streaming platform in the last decade. When compared to the first quarter of 2021, Netflix lost 2 lakh subscribers during the first quarter of the year. The shares of Netflix kept plunging. Netflix also hinted at a new and cheaper plan that will be available with advertisements between streaming.

For countries like India, Netflix’s plans are not affordable for everyone. Netflix also announced strict guidelines for logins and they are in plans to charge for password sharing. To draw new subscribers, Netflix is working with Microsoft and will launch a cheaper subscription with advertisements. The cheapest plan is expected to be priced at 10 USD per month in the United States. Microsoft will design and manage the platform for advertisements.

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‘Craziest thrill ride’: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos all praise for ‘RRR’

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‘Craziest thrill ride’: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos all praise for ‘RRR’

Ram Charan and Jr. NTR in the lead roles in S.S. Rajamouli’s recent outing ‘RRR’ gained enormous popularity after its OTT premiere on Netflix, especially in western nations. Numerous celebrities also discussed the film’s excellence. The CEO of the massive OTT provider Netflix, Ted Sarandos, has just revealed his opinion on the magnum opus.

Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix posted on his Facebook page: “If you have not yet checked out RRR on Netflix, you must. It is the craziest thrill ride of a movie you will see this year. (In Hindi with English subtitles) it is a blast.”

Ted also shared a review of RRR by Rolling Stone magazine, and wrote: “Rolling Stone says, ‘Best and Most Revolutionary Blockbuster of 2022’. Now streaming on Netflix.”

RRR attracted millions of viewers worldwide and earned more than Rs 1100 crores at the box office. Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Ajay Devgn, and others have significant roles in the D.V.V. Danayya-produced movie. This biggie had a music by M.M. Keeravaani.

RRR has been on screens everywhere for 100 days. The S.S. Rajamouli-directed Tollywood masterpiece is still on the rampage, inviting excellent reviews from all over the world.

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RRR re-release: Packed Houses and Appreciations

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RRR re-release: Packed Houses and Appreciations

RRR happens to be one of the biggest hits of Indian cinema and the film fared well in all the Indian languages. The film is now streaming on Netflix and it surpassed several Hollywood biggies and is trending across the top slot on the digital platform. It is quite crazy to hear about the film’s re-release after RRR is available on digital platforms. RRR is released again for a day across USA and the film witnessed packed houses. The foreigners have been enjoying the film to the core in theatres. Twitter witnessed a heap of appreciation from the Americans about the film’s content and the presentation.

SS Rajamouli who broke the international barriers with Baahubali: The Conclusion is now back with a bang with RRR. There are inquiries made about the next theatrical screening of RRR. The film features two Superstars NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles. The film is set in 1920s in India before the Independence. The story narrates the revolt of two youngsters against the British. The hashtag #encoRRRe is now trending across Twitter. The special theatrical screening and Netflix streaming will pave a platform for the next Rajamouli’s film to have a wide international release.

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Shocking: Netflix loses 2 lakh subscribers in 2022

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Shocking: Netflix loses 2 lakh subscribers in 2022

Digital giant Netflix has lost 2 lakh subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 and the top OTT platform never suffered such a huge setback in the last decade. Netflix predicts that it would lose many more subscribers this year. The stock of Netflix lost by 26 percent bringing a 40 billion USD loss to the stock market. The suspension of the services of Netflix in Russia resulted in losing 7 lakh subscribers. Netflix has 221.6 million subscribers by the end of the first quarter of the year.

Netflix has been facing tough competition from Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hostar, Apple and others. Though Netflix lost subscribers, the revenue was higher when compared to last year. The revision of the plans, the impact of coronavirus and tough OTT competitors made Netflix lose subscribers. There are large number of people who have been sharing their Netflix accounts with the non-paying households. Netflix announced restrictions to prevent sharing accounts in countries like Costa Rica, Peru and Chile. Netflix is keen to implement the same in other countries.

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Shyam Singha Roy Third Most-Watched Film On Netflix

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Shyam Singha Roy Third Most-Watched Film On Netflix

Natural Star Nani’s Shyam Singha Roy is one of the very few hits in the Telugu film industry in the Pandemic hit 2021. The movie has brought profits to everyone involved in its trade. Shyam Singha Roy got premiered on Netflix on the 21st of this month and has bagged a sensational record on the platform.

In the first two days of its release, the movie has recorded 3,59,000 viewing hours. It is ranked third in the most-watched non-English films globally on Netflix for the week (Jan 17th to 23rd). Interestingly, except for Shyam Singha Roy, no other Indian film is on the Top-10 list for that week.

Also, this is the first time an Indian film found its way into the Top-3 of the most-watched films on Netflix Global list. This is also the first time a Telugu film has got into the Top 10 of Netflix which speaks about Nani’s popularity and the reception the movie has been getting.

Rahul Sankrityan’s vision, the performances of Nani and Sai Pallavi along with Niharika Entertainment’s Production Values are being appreciated by one and all.

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Shocking: Netflix shelves Baahubali: Before the Beginning

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Shocking: Netflix shelves Baahubali: Before the Beginning

After the super success of Baahubali franchise, top digital giant Netflix planned a web series named Baahubali: Before the Beginning. The web series narrates the story of Shivagami and Wamiqa Gabbi was roped in for the role. Netflix was not impressed with the content and Praveen Sattaru, Deva Katta are on the board as the directors. Kunal Deshmukh and Ribhu Dasgupta are brought on to the board as the new directors and the scriptwork was completed. Mrunal Thakur is the new lead actress roped in for the role of Shivagami. The budget was revised after the new teams stepped in.

After shooting for almost 6 months, Netflix decided to shelve Baahubali: Before the Beginning completely. The proposed budget of Baahubali: Before the Beginning is Rs 150 crores. The visuals and the output were not convincing after which Netflix decided to shelve the project completely.

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Netflix Indian plans are Slashed and are Affordable

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Netflix Indian plans are Slashed and are Affordable

Digital platforms like Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hostar and Zee5 made it to most of the households in India because of the affordable subscription prices. Netflix is quite expensive for the Indians when compared to the other subscriptions and Netflix has subscribers close to just 50 lakhs in the country. To expand their market and increase the subscribers, Netflix slashed down the prices of the subscriptions. The basic Netflix plan was priced at Rs 499 per month and it will now cost Rs 199 per month. The standard plan is dropped down from Rs 649 to Rs 499 a month.

The basic mobile plan is slashed from Rs 199 to Rs 149. The premium plan is dropped from Rs 799 to Rs 649 per month. The users will have an option to Confirm Upgrade. The basic plans just offer 480p standard resolution and can be watched on any device. The other plans will get you upgraded to 1080p video and the premium plans helps you to stream videos with 4K resolution. Amazon Prime too hiked the price from Rs 999 to Rs 1499 in India per year.

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Exclusive: Top digital platforms put Indian Originals on Hold

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Exclusive: Top digital platforms put Indian Originals on Hold

Top digital platforms like Amazon Prime and Netflix are focused on the Indian film industry after the sudden rise in subscribers and the innovative content the Indian filmmakers are producing. Netflix and Amazon floated their offices in Mumbai and they roped in talent to finalize the scripts. Netflix was aggressive and produced several originals in Hindi. Pitta Kathalu was the only Telugu project that came from Netflix. The top giant shelved Baahubali web series after spending crores as they weren’t impressed with the content.

Amazon was successful with the franchise of The Family Man and had several projects on board. Several other projects are in discussion stages. The digital giants have invested huge and acquired the digital rights of several big-budget projects in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil languages. With most of the films yet to hit the screens, the digital premieres are delayed by almost months. After this, digital giants like Amazon and Netflix decided to hold the upcoming originals for a while.

There would be no productions from Amazon and Netflix in the upcoming months. But they would continue to acquire the digital streaming rights of notable Indian films that will feature stars. The coronavirus pandemic and the results of some of the Indian originals made these giants take the call.

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Rana to close Virata Parvam deal for Netflix

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Rana to close Virata Parvam deal for Netflix

Rana Daggubati is done with the shoot of Virata Parvam and the film was announced for summer release this year. The digital rights are picked up by Netflix for a decent price. Rana Daggubati has inked several deals with Netflix for future collaborations in association with his production house Suresh Productions. With the theatres yet to reopen and experts warning of the third wave of coronavirus, Rana Daggubati decided to close the deal of Virata Parvam and head for a direct digital release.

He is currently negotiating with Netflix for the final deal which will be closed soon. The film is expected to stream on Netflix next month if the talks are successful. Virata Parvam is directed by Venu Udugula and Rana Daggubati, Sai Pallavi are the lead actors. Suresh Productions and SLV Cinemas are the producers. The deals of Narappa and Drishyam 2 featuring Venkatesh are closed recently and they are heading for a direct digital release. Now its the turn for Rana Daggubati’s Virata Parvam.

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Netflix to put film lovers on cloud nine with Navarasa

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Netflix to put film lovers on cloud nine with Navarasa

Netflix has brought together top names of south Indian film industry for its nine-part Tamil anthology film – Navarasa.

The movie presented by filmmaker Mani Ratnam and writer and filmmaker Jayendra Panchapakesan, is based on the nine ‘rasas’ (human emotions) – anger, compassion, courage, disgust, fear, laughter, love, peace and wonder.

It will release exclusively on Netflix on August 6 2021 across 190 countries. Netflix has launched the teaser of Navarasa, which is winning accolades from various quarters.

The directors who have helmed the nine ‘rasas
are- Arvind Swami, Bejoy Nambiar, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Karthick Naren, Karthik Subbaraj, Priyadarshan, Rathindran Prasad, Sarjun, and Vasanth Sai.

Say Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan, “The project was executed in the thick of the pandemic, under the most difficult conditions by the different teams. Putting the utmost safety measures in place, nine films were completed. Today Navarasa is ready for the world to see. Navarasa will showcase the talent and creativity of our industry. It will also support 12000 of our colleagues to tide through the pandemic.”

The teaser was conceptualized by filmmaker Bharat Bala and it gives a glimpse of human emotions as captured in the nine short films.

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Netflix brings a new team for Baahubali Before The Beginning

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Netflix brings a new team for Baahubali Before The Beginning

After the super success of Baahubali franchise, Netflix decided to produce a web series Baahubali Before The Beginning. Deva Katta and Praveen Sattaru are on the board as directors but Netflix scrapped the project after 80 percent of the shoot got completed as they weren’t impressed with the content. Netflix formed a new team that reworked on the script and Baahubali Before The Beginning is all about the life story of Sivagami and her remarkable journey as the Queen of Mahishmathi.

The latest update is that Jannat fame Kunal Deshmukh and The Girl On the Train fame Ribhu Dasgupta are on board to direct Baahubali Before The Beginning. Mrunal Thakur is replaced with Wamiqa Gabbi to play Sivagami in this periodic film. The entire scriptwork of Baahubali Before The Beginning is completed and the shooting commences from September. A massive budget is allocated for Baahubali Before The Beginning and it will release in all the Indian and international languages.

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Samantha in talks with Netflix?

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Samantha in talks with Netflix?

Samatha Akkineni is winning accolades for her performance in The Family Man 2. One should have guts to sign a role like Raji and the actress did it with utmost perfection. Amazon Prime is in talks with Samantha for one more project but things are yet to be finalized. Now, one more digital giant Netflix approached Samantha for a web series and the actress is expected to play the lead role. The actress is yet to go through the assignment and sign the deal. Samantha is not in a hurry for now.

She has Gunasekhar’s Shaakuntalam which will resume shoot in July. But Samantha made up her mind to sign more web-based projects and do challenging roles in the future. The actress decided to sign films and web series simultaneously. Samantha is also considered for the role of the heroine in Pawan Kalyan’s next film that will be directed by Harish Shankar.

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Samantha becomes OTT queen

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Samantha becomes OTT queen

Samantha is definitely going through the best phase of her life right now. Usually when heroines stop playing glamorous roles on silver screen, they gradually fade away. But Samantha , at this time, is getting very good performance oriented roles not only on silver screen but also on OTT. Details as below.

Samantha’s recent web series, ‘Family Man’ Season 2, is receiving rave reviews and the series is one of the biggest hits in OTT history of India. Samantha played the role of a militant fighting for a separate Eelam in Sri Lanka. This web series released on Amazon Prime and was an instant hit. Now news is circulating that another leading digital company Netflix is planning to do a web series with Samantha. Reportedly, Netflix is ​​planning to do a series in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi with Sam in the lead role. Of course, Samantha is yet to respond on this news. Samantha has already done a show Sam Jam in Aha OTT.

At this moment Samantha is the most sought after actress by OTT platforms like Amazon, Netflix and Aha.

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Hundreds of web-based projects struggling to see light

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Hundreds of web-based projects struggling to see light

Top digital giants Amazon Prime and Netflix ventured into the Indian market and they are producing web series and web-based movies. They have strict guidelines and a project starts after the script gets approved. A corporate style of filmmaking will be followed right from scripting to the production of the project. There are several enthusiastic filmmakers who locked the scripts and produced such projects. They are keen to ink a deal with these top digital streaming platforms and release their completed projects.

There are hundreds of completed projects and the filmmakers are negotiating to release these projects. Digital giants like Netflix and Amazon are against these completed projects. Several upcoming writers and directors worked on projects and there are an ample number of web-based projects that completed shoot but they are unable to see the light. Several small digital platforms have been floated in the recent months and some of the completed projects are released on these platforms on pay-per-view basis.

After the arrival of the first wave of coronavirus, several top directors were focused on web-based projects but most of them are kept on hold and they never materialized after the shoots resumed. Though some of them released, the response was limited. Telugu digital platform Aha is picking up some of the interesting projects while most of the completed projects will struggle to hit the digital platforms.

There are hundreds of completed projects that are yet to have a release and they are stalled as there are not viable financially.

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Netflix spending a Bomb on Content in 2021

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Netflix spending a Bomb on Content in 2021

Top digital platform Netflix announced that it would be spending 17 billion USD on the content this year. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Netflix is keen to deliver more and more innovative content for the subscribers. Several projects delayed due to the pandemic as the shoots are kept on hold. But Netflix had a record growth in the number of subscribers and the top streaming giant added 4 million new subscribers this year. There are speculations that 1 millon new subscribers will be added in the second quarter. Netflix announced that there would be upcoming seasons for several impressive projects.

Netflix also announced its strong lineup for the upcoming months recently. With the new subscribers increasing at a fast pace and considering the pandemic situation, Netflix decided to spend more on the shows and films. Netflix spent 11.8 billion USD last year and 13.9 billion USD was spent in the year 2019. The most-watched shows on the platform are said to be Fate: The Winx Saga (57 million), Ginny and Georgia (52 million), Firefly Lane (49 million) and Cobra Kai: Season 3 (45 million). The most-watched films on Netflix are Outside the Wire (66 million), Yes Day (62 million), I Care a Lot (56 million). 

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Allu Aravind’s deal with Netflix

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Allu Aravind’s deal with Netflix

Mega Producer Allu Aravind floated his own digital platform Aha. Though the response was poor initially, the Telugu digital platform acquired the rights of several films after which the digital platform picked up. Aha acquired the digital rights of Krack, Naandhi, Zombie Reddy, Gaali Sampath and several other films recently. Allu Aravind’s recent production Chaavu Kaburu Challaga too will stream on Aha after it completes the theatrical run. Allu Aravind recently inked a deal with Netflix.

He sold the streaming rights of Akhil’s Most Eligible Bachelor to Netflix after he received a decent quote. The deal is closed recently. Most Eligible Bachelor is directed by Bommarillu Baskar and it features Akhil, Pooja Hegde in the lead roles. The film is heading for a June release and is touted to be a romantic family entertainer.

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