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  • Sonyliv 2.0 to produce 100+ original series in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

    Sonyliv 2.0 to produce 100+ original series in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

    Mumbai: Sonyliv has announced its expanding slate of content for 2022. The over-the-top streaming service is going to offer 50+ Hindi and 50+ other language premium content.

    Relaunched two years ago during the onset of Covid-19, the OTT platform saw its subscriber base grow from 0.8 million to 18.2 million and is expanding its production slate across languages to maintain its growth momentum.

    The streaming platform will soon foray into Tamil originals with its first web-series Meme Boys, Tamil Rockerz followed by originals in Telugu and Malayalam.

    The video-on-demand service recently announced that it will be co-producing the Indian adaptation of Israeli show Fauda with Applause Entertainment and has roped director Sudhir Mishra and co-director Sachin Mamta Krishn for the project titled Taanav.

    It has also partnered with Nikkhil Advani’s Emmay Entertainment to create the show Freedom at Midnight based on the book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. The writers of the web series are Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das and Gundeep Kaur.

    Sonyliv also announced the second seasons of its popular web series Avrodh, Maharani, and Rocket Boys. It will also dive deeper into India’s scamverse with Scam 2003: The Telgi Story helmed by directors Hansal Mehta and Tushar Hiranandani and starring Gagan Dev Riar in the lead role.

    Scam 2003 is based on the Hindi-language book “Reporter Ki Diary” by journalist Sanjay Singh on the criminal mastermind Abdul Karim Telgi.

    The OTT has roped in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari as the showrunner for a poetic love story titled Faadu written by Saumya Joshi and featuring Saiyami Kher and Pavail Gulati.

    Sonyliv has already released the teaser for web series Dr. Arora, a dramedy documenting the interesting life and times of a travelling sex consultant directed by Sajid Ali and Archit Kumar and featuring Kumud Mishra, Gaurav Parajuli, Vivek Mushran, Shekhar Suman and more.

    It has partnered with director Onir to make Pulwana Key No 1026 based on award-winning author and journalist Rahul Pandita’s book “The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur”.

    The streaming platform has partnered with marquee creators such as Soumik Sen for Jazz City ’71 – Fight for Language directed by R S Vimal, Sudhir Mishra for Jehanabad – Jail Break and Heart Break, Vikas Bahl for Good Bad Girl directed by Rajeev Barnwal and Satyanshu Singh, Children of Freedom led by Sudhir Mishra, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Garmi, creator and director Nila Madhav Panda for Jengaburu – A Billion Dollar Curse, Manish Hariprasad for Main Sahir Hoon, Rahul Dholakia for India’s First Election,

    For its Tamil content slate, Sonyliv has partnered with Gokul Krishna for Meme Boys created by Rajiv Rajaram and Drishya Gautam and featuring Guru Somasundaram, Badava Gopi, Aadhitya Bhaskar, Siddharth Babu, Jayanth, Namritha and Nikhil Nair. Production partner Rainshine Studios.

    TamilRockerz is directed by Arivazhagan and written by Manoj Kumar Kalaivanan and features Arun Vijay, Vani Bhojan, Ishwarya Menon, Azhagam Perumal, Vinodhini Vaidyanathan, MS Bhaskar. The production partner is AVM Productions.

    Upcoming line-up of Tamil content includes Karthik Subbaraj led Kaiyum Kalavum created by Rohit Nandakumar and production partner Stonebench. The cast includes Sanchana Natrajan, Rohit Nandakumar, Madonna Sebastian, Senthil, Karu. Pazhaniappan, Ramya Nambeesan, Chaams, Vivek Prasanna and Vijay Adhiraj.

    Victim is an anthology series directed by Venkat Prabhu, Chimbudeven, Pa. Ranjith and Rajesh M and produced by Black Ticket productions and Axess Film Factory. It will star Amala Paul, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Guru Somasundaram, Lizzie Anton, Prasanna, Nataraja Subramanian, Thambi Ramaiah, Kalaiarasan Harikrishnan and Nasser M.

    Journey directed by Cheran Pandian and produced by Compass8 Films will feature Kalaiarasan Harikrishnan, Prasanna, Aari Arjunan, Divya Bharathi, Anju Kurian, Aadukalam Naren and Kashyap Bharbarya.

    There’s also Accidental Farmer & Co. led by showrunner Balaji Mohan and written and directed by Sugan Jay. The producers are Trend Loud & Open window and cast includes Vaibhav Reddy, Ramya Pandian, Vinodhini, Badava Gopi and Chutti Aravind.

    Sonyliv will bring back its web series Iru Dhruvam for a second season produced by Applause Entertainment with director Arun Prakash and cast starring Prasanna, Nanda and Abhirami Venkatachalam.

  • SonyLIV 2.0 announces its content line-up for the first month

    SonyLIV 2.0 announces its content line-up for the first month

    Mumbai: With a refreshed brand identity, SonyLIV is all set to bring forth an array of original content ranging from thrilling fictional narratives to real-life incidents and many more. Challenging the predominant beliefs of morality and ethics, SonyLIV’s very first original content titled Your Honor, a dark and morally complex thriller, is all set to go live on 18 June.

    Your Honor is adapted from the Israeli series Kvodo, distributed by Yes Studios, has been produced for Applause Entertainment by Sphereorigins and is directed by the National-award winning director, E.Niwas. Life was good for an upright, honest and reputed judge Bishan Khosla until he found himself facing a life altering situation. His only son gets involved in a hit-and-run case. While Bishan is about to turn in his son to the police, he learns about the victim's identity. 

    Oscillating between the complexities of morality and ethics, Jimmy Sheirgill brings to life the agony of Bishan Khosla in this thriller. Joining Jimmy Sheirgill in this enticing new offering are renowned actors like Mita Vashisht, Varun Badola, Yashpal Sharma, Parul Gulati, Suhasini Mulay, Richa Pallod, Kunj Anand, Pulkit Makol, and Mahabir Bhullar.

    Offering a power-packed monsoon binge, SonyLIV also releases Manoj Bajpayee’s critically acclaimed film Bhonsle alongwith a dark comedy Kadakh starring Ranvir Shorey. The english shows For Life and Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector also make their Indian debut on the platform. While the former is inspired from a true story, the latter is a thriller adapted from the book “The Bone Collector” by Jeffery Deaver.

    Sony Pictures Networks India digital business and SET content head Ashish Golwalkar commented, “SonyLIV Originals are Indian stories created for a global market. The storytelling therefore will have a signature Indian ethos and authenticity. Your honor is the first such show and will be followed by an interesting line up of Indian stories coming soon. We are delighted to partner with Applause Entertainment, Sameer Nair, Director E Niwas and a stellar cast spearheaded by Jimmy Sheirgill to bring Your Honor for our subscribers.”

    Talking about the partnership, Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair said, “We are glad to partner with SonyLIV as they embark on their journey of originals. Your Honor is the first of our four originals scheduled to go live on the all new SonyLIV and we are sure the audience will enjoy this show. We look forward to a longer association ahead with SonyLIV.”