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BULLET microdrama app hires Saatvik Goel to build its brand and drive user growth
ZEE Entertainment’s short-form video platform is betting on seasoned marketing firepower to win India’s nascent microdrama war
MUMBAI: India’s microdrama race is heating up, and BULLET is not hanging around. The short-form vertical storytelling platform, backed by ZEE Entertainment Enterprises, has brought Saatvik Goel on board to lead its marketing and growth push, a hire that signals the platform is shifting from product-building mode into all-out audience acquisition.
Goel has been appointed by ZEE as executive vice president for marketing and new initiatives, with a specific mandate to work closely with the BULLET team. He brings over a decade of experience scaling startups and new-age platforms, with a reputation for agile, insight-led, outcome-driven marketing. Beyond BULLET, his brief extends to overseeing marketing for other new initiatives within ZEE’s portfolio, including short-video platform Hipi.
At BULLET, Goel will focus on building a distinctive brand, driving user acquisition at scale, and cementing the platform’s position as the go-to destination for short-format, mobile-first storytelling in India. BULLET combines AI-powered personalisation with gamified engagement to sharpen content discovery and retention, positioning itself at the intersection of content and technology.
Goel made no attempt to undersell the moment. “BULLET Microdrama app is building in a space that is at an inflection point globally,” he said. “The opportunity to shape consumer behaviour and establish a new storytelling format in India is incredibly exciting. I look forward to building a strong brand, driving growth, and making BULLET Microdrama app a daily habit for audiences.”
Azim Lalani, co-founder of BULLET, was equally direct about what the hire is designed to do. “As a new and evolving format, microdrama demands speed, experimentation, and deep consumer understanding,” he said. “Saatvik’s experience in scaling new-age platforms will be instrumental in accelerating growth, strengthening our market presence, and helping us build this category in India.”
Microdrama, long a runaway hit in China where platforms such as ReelShort have clocked hundreds of millions of users, is only beginning to find its footing in India. The format, bite-sized serialised drama built for vertical mobile screens, is tailor-made for India’s data-rich, attention-scarce smartphone generation. The category is uncrowded, the appetite is unproven, and the window to define it is narrow.
BULLET has just hired the person it believes can slam it open.
