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  • The new season includes 20 episodes featuring 41 budding comedians and is hosted by the actor Pranav Raorane

    Hungama Play launches second season of ‘Comedycha Raada’

    By A Correspondent

     

    Hungama Play, a leading video on demand platform owned by Hungama Digital Media, has launched the second season of ‘Comedycha Raada’, a Hungama Original featuring stand-up comedy acts in Marathi. The new season will include 20 episodes featuring a total of 41 aspiring comedians from Maharashtra. The show is hosted by the actor Pranav Raorane and is created and produced by CafeMarathi.

     

    Said Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hungama Digital Media:“The digital medium has emerged as the greatest asset in the recent times. Besides enabling access to information and essential services, the medium has also become key to offering people the option to entertain themselves from the safety of their homes. We are pleased to launch a new season of our Marathi stand-up comedy special, a genre that is increasingly being appreciated by audiences speaking regional languages, and are certain that our users will find the content to be humorous and relatable.”

     

    Added Nikhil Raibole, Co-founder & CEO, CafeMarathi: “It gives us great pleasure to work with Hungama Play again for the new season of Comedycha Raada. The show has won appreciation for its originality, fresh performances and topicality. Coupled with Hungama Play’s strong distribution network, the show’s format offers budding comedians a huge platform to showcase their talent and reach a wide audience.  We are certain that the audience will appreciate the humour that the new season has to offer.”

     

     

  • Award winning shows from BBC Studios include Happy Valley, Top of the Lake, Almost Royal, Fleming: The Man Who Would be Bond and Yes, Prime Minister

    Hungama Play expands library with new TV shows from BBC Studios

    By A Correspondent

     

    Hungama Play has premiered a slate of TV shows from BBC Studios. Available as a result of a long-standing partnership with BBC Studios, these shows include Happy Valley, Yes, Prime Minister, Top of the Lake, Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond and Almost Royal.

     

    Hungama will leverage its distribution strengths to give the shows a wide release. Besides Hungama Play, the shows will be available to stream through Hungama Play on Vodafone Play, Idea Movies & TV, Airtel TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Tata Sky Binge, SHAREit and Android TVs. Additionally, Hungama’s strategic association with Xiaomi will also enable users to watch the shows via Hungama Play on Mi TV.

     

    Speaking about the new BBC content, Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hungama Digital Media, said: “Hungama Play offers a diverse, multi-lingual and multi-genre library of content. Our partnership with BBC has helped us strengthen our library further by adding award-winning and critically acclaimed TV shows to our content offerings. We are certain that the new shows will offer our audiences a chance to explore content that is enriching, distinct and unique.”

     

    Added Stanley Fernandes, Sales Director, South Asia at BBC Studios: “BBC’s content is well-appreciated by viewers and critics alike, around the world. Our shows are known to be path-breaking and driven by strong stories and characters. We are glad to premiere five of our most-watched shows on Hungama Play. We are certain that Hungama Play’s strong distribution network will make the content available to the viewers readily and easily.”