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Jojo to stream detective comedy ‘Gadbad Gotalo’ packed with chaos, crime and comic timing
MUMBAI: Two rookie detectives, one dead-silent village, and a case that blows up into a bizarre circus of lies, secrets, and laughter. Jojo, the Gujarati content platform, has announced its new original comedy-thriller series Gadbad Gotalo, set to stream from 27 June 2025. The five-episode series spins a tangled yarn of village oddities, unexpected twists and eccentric suspects, served with dollops of humour and suspense.
Set in a sleepy village that would give Agatha Christie’s countryside settings a run for their cryptic money, Gadbad Gotalo follows two well-meaning but wildly clueless detectives. What begins as a seemingly simple investigation quickly spirals into a comedy of errors as the duo stumbles into the middle of a full-blown kidnapping plot — surrounded by townsfolk who each carry secrets stranger than fiction.
Starring Kushal Mistry and Parth Parmar as the bungling detectives, the series also ropes in an ensemble of familiar Gujarati faces including Jatin Prajapati, Maulik Nayak, Vishal Pithadiya, Jay Wadhwani, Jiyansh Changela, Chetan Chhaya, Michelle Trivedi, Rajal Pujara, Urvi Vyas and Dhruvika Sai. Each character adds a twist of chaos to the tightly-wound whodunnit — or rather, who-didn’t-do-it.
“At Jojo, we’re always looking for stories that feel new but familiar, the ones that bring people together, spark laughter, and leave a little something behind. Gadbad Gotalo does just that. It’s fun, fresh, and rooted in the kind of storytelling that Gujarati audiences have always loved. We’re proud to bring this Jojo Original to screens and can’t wait for viewers to experience the madness for themselves”, said Jojo founder & CEO Dhruvin Shah.
Tapping into the cultural quirks of small-town India, the show pairs Gujarati flavour with tight writing, brisk direction and performances that switch between slapstick and sharp. The showrunners promise not just laughs, but layered storytelling hidden under the cloak of chaos.
With Gadbad Gotalo, Jojo continues its push to deliver original Gujarati-language content tailored for digital-first audiences hungry for humour and heart.
Gadbad Gotalo starts streaming from 27 June exclusively on the Jojo App.
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
