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MX Player promotes Abhishek Joshi to business head – SVoD
New Delhi: Video streaming service MX Player has elevated Abhishek Joshi as business head – SVoD (subscription business).
“I have been given an additional mandate and responsibility of building the SVoD business from ground up as the business head while managing my existing portfolio,” he stated in a LinkedIn post.
Joshi joined MX Player in October 2018 as head of marketing and business partnerships and lead marketing function (brand & digital performance) for new business launches like MX TakaTak. Before this, he worked with Sony Pictures Network India as SVP and head-marketing, subscription and content licensing- digital business.
He became a part of SPNI in June 2015 as VP and head – marketing and analytics, digital business – OTT and led a digital business leadership team. Joshi was also responsible for shaping overall business strategy with core focus being on marketing and communications (online and offline). He handled some of the most talked about campaigns and format brands like Indian Idol 6, IPL, Kaun Banega Crorepati 5, X Factor and a few fiction shows as well.
In his career spanning over two decades, he has worked with Reliance Big Pictures, Sab TV, ABP Group, Zenga Media and Max.
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Subedaar puts Indian original cinema on the global map with record-breaking Prime Video debut
MUMBAI: Prime Video has a runaway hit on its hands. Subedaar, the gritty action drama starring Anil Kapoor, has stormed to become the most-watched Indian original movie on the platform in its opening weekend, cracking the Top 10 across 31 countries and landing in 91 per cent of India’s pin codes within days of its March 5 premiere.
The film, a visceral, emotionally-charged story of a retired soldier, Subedaar Arjun Maurya, wrestling with civilian life amid crime and corruption, has struck a nerve. Directed by Suresh Triveni and co-starring Radhikka Madan, Mona Singh, Saurabh Shukla, Aditya Rawal, Faisal Malik, and Khushboo Sundar, the film is already being hailed as a showcase for what Indian original storytelling can achieve on the world stage.
“Subedaar’s success is a reflection of the growing scale and global resonance of Indian storytelling,” said Nikhil Madhok, director and head of originals at Prime Video India. “The film’s emotional narrative, its rooted portrayal of a soldier confronting his toughest battles beyond the battlefield, has struck a chord. Anil Kapoor delivers an acting masterclass, while Suresh Triveni’s solid direction and great performances from the ensemble cast have resulted in love and appreciation from customers across the world.”
Kapoor, 62, has been here before, but rarely at this altitude. Written by Triveni and Prajwal Chandrashekar, with dialogues by Triveni, Saurabh Dwivedi, and Chandrashekar, the film is a production by Opening Image Films in association with Anil Kapoor Film & Communication Network (AKFCN), produced by Vikram Malhotra, Kapoor, and Triveni.
Subedaar streams exclusively on Prime Video in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu across India, and in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.
For Prime Video, the numbers tell the real story: one weekend, one film, a global footprint, and a very loud signal that Indian original cinema is no longer just travelling well. It’s arriving.
