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Vikatan Televistas & Motion Content Group set to bring new digital series
Mumbai: Vikatan Televistas in association with Motion Content Group and YouTube is all set to bring digital daily series Aadhalinaal Kaadhal Seiveer (AKS) for the audience.
The show directed by Rajiv K Prasad with a screenplay penned by Ve Ki Amirtaraj & Joe George, is a slice-of-life drama that features the lives of six flatmates as they maneuver through the highs and lows of life to fulfill their millennial dreams.
AKS is being launched as 120 episoder on Vikatan TV’s YouTube channel, building on the learnings of the successful run of Vallamai Tharayo, which also went on to light up the language markets of ETV Telugu and Flowers TV Malayalam, the production company said in a statement.
“We are constantly innovating to keep our audience entertained, engaged, and informed,” said Vikatan Group MD, B Srinivasan. “Team Vikatan has always been coming up with the most interesting and entertaining ideas. From providing exclusive and innovative video content to the most happening and trending stories for the magazine, we have been giving the best of entertainment for our audience. And now, we are setting up the bar even high. For all who enjoyed Vallamai Tharayo, it’s now time for another enthralling, roller coaster ride of emotions with AKS, focussed on the inter-personal relationship between friends in a chummeryand its impact on their respective families and the society at large, AKS’s narrative will be a first of its kind in the South Indian content space.”
“We are very excited to launch our newest show AKS in partnership with Team Vikatan,” said Motion Content Group India head Sudip Sanyal. “With this show, we are exploring the depths of relationships set in the young adult space which is vibrant, energetic, and contemporary. The daily fiction format, which we started as an experiment is now integral to our content strategy and AKS is another step in keeping to the promise of delivering great stories, as a daily show to our digital audience.”
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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.
