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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Rhymes now available in Gujarati and Bhojpuri
Mumbai: The widely acclaimed and loved Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) Rhymes YouTube channel are now available in Gujarati and Bhojpuri. The channel’s entertaining and educational content has gained a huge fan following among children and families worldwide.
Featuring the famous characters from the TMKOC show, the inclusion of Gujarati and Bhojpuri versions expands this cultural enrichment to a broader audience that has already won the affection of more than 36 lakhs families and aiming to connect with 100 million families by 2024.
Creator, producer and Neela Film Production and Neela Mediatech MD Asit Modi said, “We are overjoyed by the love and support our Rhymes have received. This has inspired us to create more engaging content for our viewers. We’re aiming to reach a wide and diverse audience, creating a multicultural experience and spreading joy and knowledge through our content, always.”
Having garnered a daily viewership of 56,000, TMKOC Rhymes has become a household favourite among toddlers and parents.
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
