NEW DELHI: Netflix, the American streaming platform, will stream F3: Enjoyable and Frustration, a Telugu-language comedy written and directed by Anil Ravipudi on 22 July. A standalone sequel to F2 (2019), it’s the second in Enjoyable and Frustration sequence and stars Venkatesh, Varun Tej, Tamannaah, and Mehreen Pirzada reprising their roles from F2. It had launched theatrically on 27 Might.
In 2021, over-the-top (OTT) streaming platforms noticed movies in 4 south Indian languages, together with their dubbed variations, achieve huge audiences, accounting for as a lot as 10% of general viewing minutes.
Western and north Indian states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR (Nationwide Capital Area) accounted for 75% of viewership for dubbed movies, stated platform executives.
Malayalam movie Minnal Murali, starring Tovino Thomas, was one of many prime ten non-English movies on Netflix for the final week of December, with 5.9 million viewing hours whereas Jai Bhim, Sarpatta Parambarai and Soorarai Pottru are amongst Amazon Prime Video’s largest hits. After its launch in theatres, interval drama RRR has been dubbed in Spanish, Portuguese and Korean for Netflix.
Netflix misplaced 200,000 world subscribers within the January to March quarter on the again of the suspension of Russia operations, sluggish development fee, rising competitors, and account sharing by shoppers.
The corporate, nevertheless, stated India, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan have been witnessing “good development“. The Asia Pacific area noticed 1.09 million paid member additions within the three months, down from 2.6 million a quarter-ago. Netflix founder and chairman Reed Hastings had stated it might think about an advertising-led mannequin for low-priced plans.
In December, Netflix slashed charges by 18-60% throughout plans in India to woo wider audiences and deepen penetration. Its mobile-only plan, earlier priced at ₹199 a month, now comes for ₹149. The essential plan, which permits entry to all content material on one system, is priced at ₹199 from ₹499.
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