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Saif, Kareena tune in as Spotify proves it knows listeners best
MUMBAI: Sometimes your playlist gets you better than your partner and Spotify isn’t afraid to say it out loud. The streaming giant has rolled out a cheeky new campaign featuring movie royalty Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan, proving that when it comes to mood swings and music cues, the app has couples beat.
Launched over the weekend, the campaign revolves around the idea “Spotify gets you,” spotlighting three of its most personalised features Daylists, Spotify Mixes, and Song Radio. Each ad uses humour to highlight how Spotify’s recommendations adapt seamlessly to every listener’s tastes and shifting moods, often with uncanny accuracy.
Whether it’s a Daylist that morphs through the hours, curated mixes that cater to genres and vibes, or song Rrdio that spins off from a single track into an entire listening journey, the campaign underscores Spotify’s USP: personalisation at scale.
Running across digital and social media platforms, the films aim to drive awareness and adoption of these features, while reinforcing Spotify’s role as not just a music app but a near-psychic companion in daily life.
With Kareena and Saif’s playful chemistry anchoring the ads, Spotify is betting big on the message that in a world full of choices, sometimes the algorithm knows you better than the love of your life.
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Applause Entertainment partners with Story TV for premium microdramas
Collaboration to produce and adapt content for mobile-first audiences starting 2026.
MUMBAI: Applause Entertainment just shrunk the drama screen because when stories fit in your pocket, even the biggest plots feel like a quick binge. Applause Entertainment, the Aditya Birla Group-backed content powerhouse behind hits like Black Warrant, The Hunt, Criminal Justice and Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, has entered an exclusive partnership with Story TV, India’s leading microdrama platform, to create a slate of premium short-form series for mobile-first viewers.
Under the agreement, the two companies will co-produce new-age microdramas across multiple genres. Story TV will also acquire rights to Applause’s romantic-thriller series Hello Mini and adapt it into a vertical microdrama format.
Story TV, which launched in July 2025, has quickly become a dominant player in the microdrama space with a library exceeding 1000 titles in romance, thriller, action and family drama across Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The platform ranks as the second most downloaded entertainment app worldwide, according to Sensor Tower data.
Story TV founder and CEO Saurabh Pandey said, “As an early entrant into microdramas in India we are at the forefront of blending storytelling and technology to expand this emerging format into mainstream territory. Our partnership with Applause Entertainment will further expand the audience of microdramas with a focus on premium storytelling that is yet to be seen in the Indian entertainment industry.”
Applause Entertainment chief business officer Prasoon Garg added, “At Applause, our focus has always been on building strong stories across formats. As newer storytelling formats like microdramas gain momentum, we see value in engaging with them through meaningful collaborations. Our unique partnership with Story TV enables us to explore this emerging space alongside a platform that has demonstrated strong understanding of the format and its audiences.”
The tie-up positions both companies to capitalise on the rapid rise of bite-sized, vertical content tailored for smartphone consumption, where attention spans are short and global reach is instant.
In a screen-sized world where stories now race against the scroll, Applause and Story TV aren’t just making microdramas, they’re proving that the smallest screen can still deliver the biggest emotional punch, one vertical episode at a time.
