The ‘1 OTT’ app, (Bharat Ka Apna Mobile OTT) a hybrid regional streaming platform, is joining hands with Whistling Woods International (WWI) film communication and creative art institute, to telecast the films made in various language by the students of the latter on the OTT platform. Whistling Woods International’s founder and Chairman Subhash Ghai and 1 OTT’s founders, Narendra Firodia and Swwapnil Joshi made the announcement.

Some of the films to be telecast on ‘1 OTT’ were made by some of the leading directors in the films industry as the students of the WWI a few years ago. WWI will provide ‘1 OTT’ with fresh and entertaining content developed by its students.

‘1 OTT’ is a venture by actor Swwapnil Joshi and industrialist-philanthropist Narendra Firodia, ‘1 OTT’ is widely known as Bharat Ka Apna Mobile OTT. Along with the Narendra Firodia and Swwapnil Joshi the 1OTT platform has been supported by noted name in DTL activation Vinayak Satpute with founder members Venkatesh Shrinivasan, Rajiv Jani, leading banker Satish Utekar and noted name in entertainment industry Chetan Maniar.

While speaking about the joint venture Subhash Ghai, the showman of Bollywood and Chairman of Whistling Woods International, said, “There are more than 10,000 scripts from our ancient era, from Walmiki to Tulsidas, but only 2000 of them have been converted into films. The acting school founded by us is to cater to this untapped stuff. I will keep producing films in my second half of the life. I keep telling my students at Whistling Woods to work on the untapped stories and understand their nuances, the point of view behind them. I can proudly say that my students have been working on it for last 15 years. I am proud to be associated with ‘1OTT’ because it will give recognition to my students and budding talent by showcasing their works through mobile App.”

“I used to make films in Hindi, but today the films are produced in various Indian languages and they are doing good amount of business. Now, you cannot make films any one particular language, but they have to be in maximum Indian languages and it is the future of the film industry. The changes we have witnessed in last two decades have stormed the film industry. I am happy to learn about the OTT App my friend Swwapnil has come up with to cater to various Indian languages. Though India has various languages, we have more than 5000 dialects in use and we should always keep it in mind while producing content,” said Ghai.

Swwapnil Joshi said, “We are thankful to Whistling Woods and Subhash Ghai ji for this association which is just the beginning of very long-term partnership. Through this partnership audience will get an opportunity to watch the very first projects of now well-known directors in Bollywood. These films are from all genres and are made by the students of Whistling Woods. It’s a great platter of entertaining cinema for the audience. They are in 4 to 5 Indian languages, and of course in English.”

Swwapnil Joshi has thanked Whistling Woods International for the association with ‘1OTT’ and Ghai for gracing the occasion. “I thank Ghai sir for having shown faith in an upcoming platform like us. It swells our hearth with pride and gives us a lot of positivity and encouragement to do bigger and better projects in the future. When you think about the legendary director Ghai saab, the first and foremost words come to your mind are craftmanship, grandeur, storytelling, world class stuff among others,” he said.

Narendra Firodia said, “India is a huge market for the contents on OTT and it has been proven in the last two years. Since the regional languages were not getting the due participation on these platforms, we decided to launch ‘1 OTT’ for the content in Indian languages. The platform will benefit the contents from all the Indian languages. We are aiming at giving quality content in Indian languages to our viewers and that way it will be India’s OTT. The joint venture with WWI is nothing but showcasing the upcoming and one of the best talents from industry on this platform.”

Chetan Maniar said, “We at 1OTT, a hybrid regional streaming platform are very pleased to announce the tie up with Whistling Woods International which is Film Communication and Creative art institute located in Mumbai promoted by the Mr Subhash Ghai. Whistling Woods will provide 1OTT with fresh and entertaining content developed by its students. In my personal opinion there shall be lots of opportunities created within the industry. The synergy creates an ecosystem that allows aspiring content creators to showcase their talents and viewers getting fresher content to view. 1OTT looks forward to this new initiative which we are certain will be of mutual benefit. In many ways it's a perfect fit.”

After the logo of ‘1 OTT’ was launched by Maharashtra governor B S Koshyari in January, the OTT platform joined hands with Padhega Bharat drive in February to offer the syllabus for students of Classes V to X on the digital platform. The 1 OTT platform will cater to the regional content covering all major Indian language to become truly ‘Apne Bharat Ka Apna Mobile TV’. The platform will prove the OTT of India by telecasting films and series in regional languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali among others.

The two entities working on the regional languages at the national level by producing the content in these respective languages have announced plans to make these programs available to all at a very affordable price

Superstar from film and TV industry Swwapnil Joshi and leading industrialist and philanthropist Narendra Firodia have jointly founded ‘1OTT’ and they are joined by Vinayak Satpute, founding member Venkatesh Srinivasan, Rajiv Jani, noted banker Satish Utekar, well known personality from entertainment sector Shri Chetan Maniyar and Sandeep Ghuge. Their joint venture ‘1OTT’ is the digital platform to produce and telecast the entertainment contents from various Indian languages. By producing the programs in various regional languages such as Marathi, Bengali and Hindi, the platform has, in true sense, become ‘Apne Bharat Ka Apna Mobile TV’. Padhega Bharat, on the other hand, is an educational digital platform with the focus on syllabus in Indian languages. Though the platform provides syllabus in English, Padhega Bharat has been emphasising on the content in regional languages over the last three years.

While imparting the information about the joint venture between the two companies, actor Swwapnil Joshi said, “‘Padhega Bharat’ has already made the syllabus of Std V to X in digital form in Marathi on ‘1OTT’ platform. In addition to that, they are also bringing the syllabus of Std V to X in other Indian languages including Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Hindi on the online platform. It follows the introduction of the syllabus of IAS, IPS, and IRS in digital form as well. UPSC, MPSC syllabus too will be launched on ‘1OTT’ digital platform soon. Amar Sable, Mentor of ‘Padhega Bharat’ and his daughter and Managing Director of ‘Padhega Bharat’ Venu Sable have shouldered the responsibility of bringing the syllabus in digital form. The duo has resolved to bring all the syllabus taught in India in digital form.”

Both ‘1OTT’ and ‘Padhega Bharat’ are dedicated to work in the interest of the regional languages and both the entities share the same ideology. Thus both of them have come together on a common thread, said Swwapnil Joshi. “‘1OTT’ will avail all the links of all syllabus introduced by ‘Padhega Bharat’. ‘1OTT’ ecosystem will make all the syllabus available after making the instant payment for them. The parents can download the same immediately for their children. The model syllabus is available on ‘1OTT’ app for more information. The app also offers many discounts and schemes for syllabus. After the ‘Padhega Bharat’ initiative, which is very strong in the sector, joined hands with ‘1OTT’, the Edutainment vertical we have been working on has been strengthened. This will enable the users to use the same forum for education and entertainment without downloading any new app. ‘1OTT’ subscribers will get a 50% discount for some of the ‘Padhega Bharat’ programs. Similarly, the subscribers of some of the ‘Padhega Bharat’ programs will get a few ‘1OTT’ programs free of cost for a year. We expect 10 lakh subscribers in the first year, of which 30% subscribers will be of ‘Padhega Bharat’”, said Joshi

“This joint venture is the new beginning of edutainment. Online education has become an integral part of our life during the Covid-19 pandemic. The students can learn from anywhere. ‘Padhega Bharat’ has brought the syllabus of all classes in digital form. The blockchain model is being implemented for the first time. Students and their parents are getting this package together by enabling them to get entertainment and education as an integral package,” said Narendra Firodia while speaking about the new partnership.

“We have aimed at taking our unique syllabus to at least one lakh students in the first year. We are going to improvise the initiative by taking recommendations from the students. We have been aiming to give quality education at an affordable price. This is a one-of-its-kind experiment in India of bringing education and entertainment together. The partnership will focus on edutainment and its independent operation,” said Amar Sable.

Amar Sable added, “The industrial revolution-4 is happening at the much rapid pace compared to the earlier industrial revolutions. When the entire world is adopting modern technology, it would not be appropriate for us to be mute spectators of it. Keeping with the true spirit of Digital India policy and taking advantage of fibre optical network, the ‘Padhega Bharat’ initiated to take the modern technology to the next generation students and the last beneficiary involved in the chain. To achieve the target, the entity created a syllabus for graduation, post-graduation courses, besides the syllabus for Std 1 to 12, with the value-added features. ‘Padhega Bharat’ has tried, in its unique way, to integrate the conventional education with the modern education by adopting modern forms and thus stimulating the intellectual and social skills of the students. ‘1OTT’ platform will help to take this modern education to the students.”

“‘Padhega Bharat’, the e-learning venture has introduced various courses for educational syllabus and skill development. The initiative has successfully integrated with various action based educational programs which are part of the National Education Policy 2020. We have been implementing foreign language programs along with IT courses including Block Chain, SAP and BI. Our e-Content is in the form of Audio and Visual enabling the students to assimilate even difficult concepts easily,” said Venu Sable.

She added, “Action-based education, actual use of education in practical life, moral values are the major factors in National Education Policy 2020 adopted by ‘Padhega Bharat’ in its syllabus designed for Std 5 to 10. It has helped ‘Padhega Bharat’ to institute one of the best syllabus in Audio-Visual form. ‘Padhega Bharat’ and ‘1OTT’ have come together to educate youngsters by giving them education and values and do away with the deficit in the educational merits. We hope that the ‘Padhega Bharat’ syllabus will help in bringing positive changes in the assessment and evaluation of the students.”

Marathi superstar Swwapnil Joshi has treated his fans on the New Year by sharing a glimpse of his new Marathi film, Ashwath, to be released later in the winter of 2022. The teaser and poster of the film directed by Lokesh Gupte were released on the eve of the New Year.
 
The teaser of the Ashwath is based on a famous shloka from Bhagavad Gita. The Sanskrit shloka roughly translates as “One should raise oneself by one's Self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the Self alone is the friend of oneself, and the Self alone is the enemy of oneself."
 
The Sanskrit shloka is followed by, in the backdrop of a horse running at full pace, with a Marathi verse that says, “Ashwath is the one who leads his life with self-esteem by tiding over the heart, wisdom, soul and ego.” The teaser denotes the rough idea about the script of the film leading to the rousing of the curiosity about the film. The curiosity has also gone northward after the Sanskrit shloka in the teaser is heard in the voice of Makarand Deshpande. The film lovers are curious to know whether the leading theatre personality is part of the film’s cast.
 
Swwapnil Joshi, while sharing the teaser of the film with his fans and followers on social media, said, “New year, new resolution…Nandi Ashwatthachi !!! (The foreboding of Ashwath!)."
 
The film is directed by noted director Lokesh Gupte. With his popular films like AB Aani CD, Ek Sangaychay, Runanubandh, Datebhet and Mungala, Lokesh has carved a niche as a director in the film industry. He is all ready to set a milestone with yet another out-of-the-box film in the form of Ashwath. The film will be released in the winter of 2022.
 
The teaser and the poster of the Ashwath has already created a buzz in the industry. The audience is eager to watch Swwapnil Joshi in his new role in the forthcoming film; however, the information about the film, its cast and crew members has been deliberately kept under wraps. Nevertheless, the coming together of Swwapnil and Lokesh is going to be a real treat to the Marathi audience.
 
Swwapnil is known for the experiments and new challenges he adapts as an actor. His roles in TV serials, Marathi and Hindi films and web series has made him a household name. Right from Ramayana, Krishna to Had Kar Di, Dil Vil Pyaar and Tu Tu Main Main, Swwapnil has exhibited his all-round talent in various serials. His versatile and lead roles in films like Duniyadari, Mogra Phulala, Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai, etc won applause for him as an actor. His lead appearance in two seasons of the web series Samantar was widely appreciated by the audience.

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Maharashtra Governor, Honorable Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, launched the logo of ‘1 OTT’, a joint venture of leading film actor Swwapnil Joshi and noted industrialist-philanthropist Narendra Firodia, on December 1, 2021. The OTT (Over The Top) platform will cater to the regional content covering all major Indian language and thus would truly become ‘Apne Bharat Ka Apna Mobile TV’.

Honourable governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari after unveiling the logo of ‘1 OTT’ at a glitterati function held at Raj Bhavan said, “I congratulate Shri Swwapnil Joshi ji, Narendra Firodia ji and his team members on the occasion of the launch of the unique platform. I wish them and the venture every success in the endeavor undertaken,” he said.

Along with the Joshi and Firodia, the OTT platform has been supported by noted name in DTL activation Vinayak Satpute, founder members Venkatesh Shrinivasan, Rajiv Jani, leading banker Satish Utekar, noted name in entertainment industry Chetan Maniar and their team members; all of them were present for the launch.  

Swwapnil Joshi, the household name with his variety of roles in the films and serials and Narendra Firodia, a noted industrialist-philanthropist, were separately planning to launch the OTT for a long period. When they came to know about each other’s plan, they decided to join hands and launch it on the larger scale and change the definition of the regional content the way it is being presented today.

“I was thinking about starting the OTT for the last two years as I was looking to do something different to grow as an artist. We wanted to give a good OTT platform to the people. In the meantime, I discussed the venture with Narendra Firodia with whom I share very good relations for the last few years. When I learnt about his plans to launch OTT for regional languages content, we decided merge both the ventures,” said Swwapnil Joshi.

“Not only the regional languages in India, but even foreign language content can be added in future on the platform. We have a very good team of leading people from this field intending to form a global entity. We are happy to launch it today. We are looking forward for out of the box entertainment for the people across demographies,” Joshi said.

Narendra Firodia said, “The lockdown saw the launch of many OTT platforms catering to various genres of the content. India is a huge market for the contents on OTT and it has been proven in the last two years. Since the regional languages were not getting the due participation on these platforms, we decided to launch ‘1 OTT’ for the content in Indian languages. The platform will benefit the contents from all the Indian languages. We are aiming at giving quality content in Indian languages to our viewers and that way it will be India’s OTT.”

Shri Satish Utekar said, “The OTT space is heating up. As a true blue banker, I see a great future for the platform for the decades to come. We at ‘1 OTT’ are bound by the belief that entertainment needs to be affordable and a solid business model. As a Founder Director, I will try my best with the help from the team to achieve sustainable growth in the space. We are 1 and we have just begun!”

Chetan Maniar has the experience of more than two and half a decade in Pay TV industry and has successfully launched multiple linear channels and Pay TV platforms across the globe. “As a founding director, I am excited to announce the launch of the hybrid OTT platform "1 OTT - Apne Bharat Ka Apna Mobile TV" that stands for 3 Es - ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE and E-COMMERCE. The platform enables to select language of own choice for the wider audience. Presenting regional and international content in various Indian languages makes the platform unique in all aspects. It also helps connecting the audience to rich Indian culture assimilated with various languages,” he said.

Mr.Vinayak Satpute said, “1 OTT is in true sense a multi-language platform. The platform will cater to not only the urban audience, but also people in rural parts of the country. We are sure that the people from all walks of life will enjoy the content on this platform.”

Venkatesh Shrinivasan said, “As a founder member of ‘1 OTT’, I can surely say that our preliminary focus will be the rural audience in the country. After working in rural India for a long time, we felt about the need to give them good entertainment in their own language. The content is being offered in such a manner that they could watch the programs whenever they need to as per their convenience.”

Amazon Prime Video today, that is December 1, 2021, announced the global release of the Marathi horror thriller Bali, starring one of Marathi cinema’s most revered actors Swwapnil Joshi, along with Pooja Sawant and Samarth Jadhav. Helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Vishal Furia, (director of Lapachhapi and its recent Hindi remake, Chhorii), and produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar’s Global Sports Entertainment and Media Solutions Private Limited (GSEAMS), Bali is set to premiere on Prime Video on December 9 in India and in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Bali is about a widowed, middle-class father, Shrikant (Swwapnil Joshi), whose life takes an unexpected turn when his 7-year-old son Mandar (Samarth Jadhav) collapses and is referred to a Jan Sanjeevani hospital for a detailed diagnosis. Things change when Mandar starts talking to a mysterious nurse, who he claims is staying in the abandoned part of the hospital.

“Amazon Prime Video has always strived to bring its viewers content that stand out in terms of storytelling, layered narratives, and compelling performances,” said Manish Menghani, head of acquisition, India content, Amazon Prime Video. “Following the love that consumers have showered on Chhorii, we are thrilled to continue our association with Vishal Furia, who is attempting to redefine the horror genre in India. With a stellar cast, including Swwapnil Joshi, Bali adds further value to our ever-expanding language content portfolio.”

Director Vishal Furia added, “As a genre, I have been drawn to horror and it’s been my constant effort to break new ground with every film in this space. The best kind of horror films are psychological, which create empathy for characters despite their basic premise being far from reality. The more we believe what we are watching, the more immersive the experience becomes. This is exactly what Bali is about, dealing with a gamut of emotions, fear being the biggest among them all. I would like to thank producers Arjun and Kartk for believing in the work I do. After the overwhelming response to Chhorii, I am looking forward to audiences’ reaction to this film upon its release on Amazon Prime Video.”

Producers Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar of GSEAMS stated, “There is no denying that horror as a genre appeals to a vast expanse of audience. However, it calls for a lot of authenticity and precision in the narrative to become a success. With Bali, our attempt has always been to present new-age content that is immersive and appealing to the audiences. We are extremely thrilled that we will be able to take this story, steered by director Vishal Furia, who specializes in this genre, and woven with brilliant performances by versatile actors like Swwapnil Joshi and Pooja Sawant, to a global audience through Amazon Prime Video.”

Bali will join the thousands of TV shows and movies from Hollywood and Bollywood in the Amazon Prime Video catalogue. These include Indian-produced Amazon Original series Mumbai Diaries 26/11, The Family Man, Comicstaan, Breathe: Into The Shadows, Bandish Bandits, Paatal Lok, Mirzapur, The Forgotten Army – Azaadi Ke Liye, Sons Of The Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers, Four More Shots Please, Made In Heaven, and Inside Edge; Indian films such as Shershaah, Toofaan, Sherni, Coolie No 1, Unpaused, Gulabo Sitabo, Durgamati, Chhalaang, Shakuntala Devi, Sarpatta Parambarai, Putham Pudhu Kaalai, Soorari Potru, Ponmagal Vandhal, French Biriyani, Law, Sufiyum Sujatayum, Penguin, Nishabdham, Maara, V, C U Soon, Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja, Drishyam 2, Halal Love Story, Middle Class Melodies, Hello Charlie, Malik, and Narappa, among others, and award-winning and critically acclaimed global Amazon Originals like Cinderella, Without Remorse, The Tomorrow War, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Wheel Of Time, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, The Boys, Hunters, Cruel Summer, Fleabag, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. All this is available at no extra cost for Amazon Prime members. The service includes titles in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, and Bengali.

Prime members will be able to watch Bali anywhere and anytime on the Prime Video app for smart TVs, mobile devices, Fire TV, Fire TV stick, Fire tablets, Apple TV, etc. In the Prime Video app, Prime members can download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline at no additional cost. Prime Video is available in India at no extra cost with Prime membership for just ₹999 annually or ₹129 monthly, new customers can find out more at www.amazon.in/prime and subscribe to a free 30-day trial.

Leading film actor Swwapnil Joshi and industrialist Narendra Firodia have joined hands to launch an Over The Top (OTT) platform, which will cater to the regional content at a greater level. Soon to be launched, the venture is expected to prove an ‘OTT of India’ for the films and series in regional languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and others.

Swwapnil Joshi, the household name with his variety of roles in the films and serials, was planning to launch the OTT by his company Tamora Digiworld and has been working on it for the last one and a half years. Similarly, Firodia was also planning a OTT platform for the content from Marathi, Guajarati and other languages. The duo, stalwarts in their respective fields, have now decided to join hands to launch the platform and thereby change the definition of the regional content the way it is being presented today.

“I was thinking about starting an OTT platform for the last one and half years as I was looking to do something different to grow as an artist. In the process, Tamora Digiworld was formed after few of us like-minded people met. We wanted to give a good OTT platform to the people. In the meantime, I discussed the venture with Narendra Firodia whom I shared very good relations since the last few years. Our wavelength matches on many levels including business aspirations, principles among others. During the discussion he told me that even he was planning to launch Letsflix, the OTT platform for regional languages content. After deliberation, we decided to join hands and launch the OTT on a bigger scale by merging both the ventures,” said Swwapnil Joshi.

The actor said that since two big ventures are coming together the OTT launch will be much bigger that will cater at the world level. Not only the regional languages in India, but even foreign language content can be added in future on the platform, he said. “We have a very good team of leading people from this field intending to form a global entity. The formal announcement on the name of the venture, date of the launch will soon be done,” he said.

Narendra Firodia said that instead of competing with each other, they decided to come together and launch it on a huge canvas. “The lockdown saw the launch of many OTT platforms catering to various genres of the content. India is a huge market for the OTT content and it has been proven in the last few years. Since the regional languages were not getting the due participation on these platforms, I decided to launch Letsflix. After announcing Letsflix we were in the process of launching it when I learnt that Swwapnil Joshi too was thinking on similar lines. We met and decided that instead of competing with each other, joining hands will help us in launching it at a greater level,” he said.

Narendra Firodia added, “We are aiming at giving quality content in Indian languages to our viewers. This will be India’s OTT and we are working on those lines. We will soon announce the modalities about the platform.”

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Repeating the response it received for its first season, the second season of Samantar has received more than 56 million views since its launch on MX Player. Post the success of Samantar season 1, the season 2 was released on MX Player on the July 1, 2021. Produced by leading content producing studio GSEAMS (Global Sports Entertainment And Media Solutions Private Limited) headed by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar, the web series has become talk of the town. Apart from talented actors like Nitish Bhardwaj, Swwapnil Joshi and Tejaswini Pandit who added quality to the series, the second season also features the talented silver screen sensation Sai Tamhankar.

“We were sure about the success of Samantar 2 as it is a perfect combination of everything. I am overwhelmed with the response the series has received in its second season as well. I am happy that the new experiments I have been doing in my career are working and people are giving it thumbs up. The credit of this success must go to producers Arjun and Kartk along with the director Sameer Vidwans for the efforts they have put in both creatively as well as ensuring the quality of the shoot,” said Swwapnil Joshi who plays the lead character of Kumar Mahajan.

Swwapnil also narrated how the entire team of actors and crew members were stuck in a hotel during the shooting of Samantar 1 due to the flooding. “Kolhapur and Sangli had witnessed downpour and flooding in August 2019 when we were shooting for Samantar 1. The downpour was so massive that the entire team was stuck for 13 days in a row in a hotel in Kolhapur. However, Arjun, Kartik and the team ensured that we were all taken care of very well. Those were some of the most unforgettable days and it still gives us goosebumps whenever the team members remember it during our shooting,” he said.

Speaking to us on Samatar 2, Arjun and Kartk said “Samantar is a fabulous story which we knew would appeal to a very large audience. We are extremely happy with the response that Samantar 2 has got and we intend to produce many more such series based on a variety of subjects and genres”.

The producers further elaborated on their decision over casting Swwapnil Joshi and Nitish Bhardwaj against each other. “Both of them are widely recognised as Krishna across the world for their memorable roles in two different serials. Samantar gives an opportunity to the audience to see both the stalwarts face to face. Similarly, when we chose Sai Tamhankar for the role of Sundara and Meera, we were suggested many names for this character. But we were determined to have her for the role as we firmly believed that only she could justify the character of Sundara,” Arjun and Kartik said.   

GSEAMS has given us many memorable Marathi films like Mogara Phulaalaa, Bonus, Fugay, Tula Kalnaar Nahi, Ranangan and Vicky Velingkar. With the release of web series like Naxalbari on Zee5 and Samantar season 1 and 2 on MX player, GSEAMS has once again proved itself as a leading production studio which creates quality content.

Sameer Vidwans said that the challenges before him while directing Samantar 2 were numerous as it was his first time directing a web series and also because it was shot during the Coronavirus pandemic. The director has proudly said that he was happy that he could face all the difficulties successfully with the help of his stars, crew members, and from the support he got from producers Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar of GSEAMS.

After an outstanding success of Samantar Season 1, with a record-breaking 200 million hits, Samantar season 2, has come on MX Player with many added attractions. Talented actors from the film industry like Nitish Bhardwaj, Swwapnil Joshi, Tejaswini Pandit and Sai Tamhankar feature in this web series which is based on the popular Marathi novel written by the late Suhas Shirwalkar.

Talking about the series, the director Sameer Vidwans said, “Samantar is a drama series which is full of thrill and mystery elements throughout the show. Samantar is originally made in Marathi and dubbed in Hindi, Telugu as well as in Tamil. We have shot the second season at various picturesque locations including Mumbai, Pune, Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar, Bhor and Kolhapur to keep the show as real as possible.”

Regarding the overwhelming response Samantar 2 has received, Vidwans mentioned that, “Both Arjun and Kartk are extremely involved creatively and are very particular on the quality of the shoot. They are always open to new concepts and ideas and they take pain to see that the ideas are well executed. On this project, they have worked closely with the actors and me and have got the best out of all of us.”

Speaking to us on Samatar 2, Arjun and Kartk said “Samantar is a fabulous story which we knew would appeal to a very large audience. We are extremely happy with the response that Samantar 2 has got and we intend to produce many more such series based on a variety of subjects and genres”.

GSEAMS has given us many memorable Marathi films like Mogara Phulaalaa, Bonus, Fugay, Tula Kalnaar Nahi, Ranangan and Vicky Velingkar. With the release of the web series like Naxalbari on Zee5 and Samantar season 1 & 2 on MX player, GSEAMS has once again proved itself as a leading production studio which creates quality content.

One of the most beautiful and talented actresses in the Marathi film industry, Pooja Sawant, is all set to impress her fans once again with her appearance in the forthcoming Marathi film Bali. Pooja is playing a doctor in this horror flick.

Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar of GSEAMS (Global Sports Entertainment and Media Solutions Private Limited), Bali is all set to release on April 16. Bali has been directed by Vishal Furia, and features Marathi superstar Swwapnil Joshi in key role.

Known for her rom-coms and dramatic films, Pooja Sawant has been featured against one of the most successful actors from the film industry, Swwapnil Joshi. Bali is her second film with director Vishal Furia after Lapachhapi, which was applauded by audience and critics as well. Producer GSEAMS released a fresh poster of the film featuring Pooja holding a stethoscope in her hand and giving an intense look.

Speaking about her role in Bali, Pooja says, “Yes, I am a part of Vishal’s second Marathi film as well. It is always great to work with a director who has a clear vision and knows what he is upto. Being part of the film is icing on the cake as I am sharing the screen with Swwapnil Joshi for the first time. I always wanted to work with Swwapnil, one of the most talented actors from the industry.”

"It has been a great experience working for Bali, for two reasons. Firstly, Vishal is a director who knows how to carve out 100% of the capacity of the actors he is working with and secondly, the role I am playing in the film. The character of the doctor I am playing is equally important and an integral part of the story. Like his first successful thriller Lapachhapi, Vishal has done a fabulous job as a director. Believing his directorial ability witnessed myself during making of Lapachhapi, I immediately said yes to him when Vishal asked for this film,” the actress said.

Pooja has proved her talent by playing characters with different shades in the films like Kshanabhar Vishranti, Dagdi Chawl, Bonus, Subhash Ghai’s Hindi film Vijeta among others.

Talking about Bali, Pooja said, “I am someone who, even during daytime, will watch a horror movie with all windows and doors of the house open! But after Lapachhapi, things have changed a bit. I have not only gained confidence to work in the horror films but have also started enjoying watching them. Lapachhapi was a turning point in my film career.”

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