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SonyLIV Goes Regional with ‘Full Tight’- Launches its second Marathi Web-Series
MUMBAI: With 180.3 million* active online video viewers and almost 4 million* registered subscribers, the OTT companies today are making huge investments in language content to spur growth from regional markets. According to a KPMG and Google report in 2017, Indian language users adapt to digital entertainment at a much quicker pace and the rate is deemed to rise in future.
Catering to this discerning viewer, SonyLIV aces up its regional content offering with the launch of Marathi web-series ‘Full Tight’ today. A 7-episode series, Full Tight is a heartfelt yet realistic take on the youth directed by Shriprasad Pawar and produced by Vijay Barse. The web-series stars popular faces like Yatin Karyekar and Sneha Raikar along with Akshay Kelkar, Sayli Salunkhe, Vanashree Joshi and Sumukhi Pendse.
Full Tight touches upon the concepts of friendship, romance and parenthood with a comical undertone. The story revolves around Adi (Akshay Kelkar) and his weird encounters with his parents (Yatin Karyekar and Sneha Raikar) in what looks like a perfect family setting. All goes well until one evening the father and the son bond over alcohol and all hell breaks loose. Twists, turns and ironies of life weave together in this well-crafted script.
Full Tight is the second Marathi offering by SonyLIV after the massive success of ‘YOLO- You Only Live Once’. Starting July 18, it premieres every Wednesday and will also be available with English subtitles on the platform. Media Partner – Lokmat.com, India’s No.1 Marathi News & Infotainment Portal.
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Tips Music CEO Hari Nair to step down
Girish Taurani and Sushant Dalmia to jointly steer the company as the hunt for a new chief begins
MUMBAI: A leadership shuffle is under way at Tips Music. Hari Nair, the company’s chief executive, will step down on April 30 as the music label begins the search for a successor.
The company said Girish Taurani, executive director, and Sushant Dalmia, chief financial officer, will jointly oversee operations during the transition while the board identifies a permanent replacement.
Nair joined Tips Music in 2023 and set about reshaping the veteran music label into a more digital, data-led enterprise. During his tenure, the company secured licensing and partnership deals with global platforms including Sony Music Publishing and TikTok, while renewing agreements with Warner Music Group.
Drawing on earlier experience in technology and entertainment, including a stint at ByteDance, Nair pushed the organisation towards a performance-driven culture. He built a brand partnerships division and introduced proprietary software systems aimed at strengthening digital distribution and data capabilities.
Kumar Taurani, chairman and managing director, credited Nair with embedding a data-led culture within the company and driving revenue growth in line with shareholder commitments.
In his resignation note, Nair said that after helping transition the label into a modern, digitally focused and process-driven organisation, the time had come to pursue his next leadership challenge.
The leadership change comes as the broader Tips Films group shows signs of financial stabilisation. In the third quarter of FY26 the company reported a net loss of Rs 2.86 crore, narrowing sharply from Rs 14.2 crore in the previous quarter. For the nine months ended December, losses stood at Rs 12.37 crore.
Yet revenue told a more volatile story. Income from operations slid to Rs 4 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 56 crore in the preceding quarter, taking total operating income to Rs 4.56 crore.
For a company built on a catalogue of more than 34,000 tracks and decades of Bollywood hits, the next chief will inherit both a digital engine and a volatile music market. The playlist may be familiar, but the next act at Tips Music is only just beginning.
