Applause Entertainment Extends its Footprint in the South; Sets up an Office in Chennai
With an eye to upscale its regional content repertoire, Applause Entertainment, a venture of the Aditya Birla Group, today announced its expansion in the southern market and sets up a dedicated office in Chennai. Buoyed by the opportunities that regional OTT space presents, Applause will further develop its South content acquisition and creation strategy. Pramod Cheruvalath (director/producer) of Sign of Life Productions has joined Applause as the South - Content Head to spearhead this ambitious plan along with Vighnesh Menon, Producer at Applause Entertainment. Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment and Pramod Cheruvalath, South - Content Head, Applause Entertainment Pramod had earlier produced Iru Dhuruvam (Tamil) along with Applause Entertainment for SonyLIV and will now be responsible to build Applause's content slate in all 4 Southern Markets to create a diversified slate of premium series and movies across languages. Previously, the content studio has also produced series like Humble Politician Nograj (Kannada), Vadham, and Kuruthi Kalam (Tamil), apart from producing the second season of Iru Dhuruvam. Commenting on this expansion Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment says, "The global streamer has created a flat Earth and indeed, a global village. Content from every geography and in every language has the opportunity to reach audiences everywhere. After our successes in the Hindi/Hinglish category, we are really keen to work with the amazing talent in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada to tell rooted authentic stories for a domestic and international stage. On-boarding Pramod to oversee the expansion is our first step in that direction. His extensive network, market knowledge and creative expertise will help build our unique hub & spoke business model in the key Southern markets." Pramod Cheruvalath shares, "Ever since its inception, Applause Entertainment has backed and produced clutter-breaking content across genres. Regional content has unexplored potential and the ability to establish a strong connect with a local, national and international audience. Happy to take on this new role to work with Sameer and the team at Applause Entertainment to upscale the Applause Slate with genre breaking authentic and relatable South stories for a worldwide audience." About Applause Entertainment Produced and released popular series across genres and languages which includes shows like Rudra: The Edge of Darkness, Bloody Brothers, Criminal Justice, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Hostages that have gone on to set new benchmarks. Currently in production is a robust slate of Theatrical and Direct-To-Streaming movies including Sharmajee Ki Beti, Iftikhar and more. Applause's first feature, The Rapist, directed by Aparna Sen, recently won the prestigious Kim Jiseok Award at the Busan International Film Festival, 2021. Applause has partnered with leading platforms like Netflix, Disney+Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV, MX Player, ZEE5 and Voot Select for its creative output. For more information, visit: www.applauseentertainment.in. Social media handles of Applause Entertainment: Website: www.applauseentertainment.in. Twitter: www.twitter.com/ApplauseSocial Instagram: www.instagram.com/ApplauseSocial Facebook: www.fb.com/ApplauseSocial LinkedIn: www.linkedIn.com/Company/ApplauseSocial YT: www.bit.ly/applauseyt
With an eye to upscale its regional content repertoire, Applause Entertainment, a venture of the Aditya Birla Group, today announced its expansion in the southern market and sets up a dedicated office in Chennai. Buoyed by the opportunities that regional OTT space presents, Applause will further develop its South content acquisition and creation strategy. Pramod Cheruvalath (director/producer) of Sign of Life Productions has joined Applause as the South - Content Head to spearhead this ambitious plan along with Vighnesh Menon, Producer at Applause Entertainment.
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Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment and Pramod Cheruvalath, South - Content Head, Applause Entertainment
Pramod had earlier produced Iru Dhuruvam (Tamil) along with Applause Entertainment for SonyLIV and will now be responsible to build Applause's content slate in all 4 Southern Markets to create a diversified slate of premium series and movies across languages. Previously, the content studio has also produced series like Humble Politician Nograj (Kannada), Vadham, and Kuruthi Kalam (Tamil), apart from producing the second season of Iru Dhuruvam.
Commenting on this expansion Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment says, "The global streamer has created a flat Earth and indeed, a global village. Content from every geography and in every language has the opportunity to reach audiences everywhere. After our successes in the Hindi/Hinglish category, we are really keen to work with the amazing talent in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada to tell rooted authentic stories for a domestic and international stage. On-boarding Pramod to oversee the expansion is our first step in that direction. His extensive network, market knowledge and creative expertise will help build our unique hub & spoke business model in the key Southern markets."
Pramod Cheruvalath shares, "Ever since its inception, Applause Entertainment has backed and produced clutter-breaking content across genres. Regional content has unexplored potential and the ability to establish a strong connect with a local, national and international audience. Happy to take on this new role to work with Sameer and the team at Applause Entertainment to upscale the Applause Slate with genre breaking authentic and relatable South stories for a worldwide audience."
About Applause Entertainment
Produced and released popular series across genres and languages which includes shows like Rudra: The Edge of Darkness, Bloody Brothers, Criminal Justice, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Hostages that have gone on to set new benchmarks. Currently in production is a robust slate of Theatrical and Direct-To-Streaming movies including Sharmajee Ki Beti, Iftikhar and more. Applause's first feature, The Rapist, directed by Aparna Sen, recently won the prestigious Kim Jiseok Award at the Busan International Film Festival, 2021. Applause has partnered with leading platforms like Netflix, Disney+Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV, MX Player, ZEE5 and Voot Select for its creative output.
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