Surinder Films Announces Acquisition Of OTT Platform Addatimes
Surinder Films has acquired Addatimes, the first Bengali on-demand OTT Platform in the country. Surinder Films is one of the leading and revered Production Houses of Kolkata with which the audience associates quality, novelty, and entertainment. Surinder Films has produced over 100 Bengali films and has now become one of the most prominent names in the field of content production; producing more than 6000 hours of television content across all the leading TV channels. Addatimes, which was launched in 2016, was the first platform to create original web series, short films, Bengali video songs, short love stories, detective movies, thrillers & suspense dramas &comedy series for the Bengali audience.
The first web series after acquisition to be streamed on Addatimes will be Amriter Sandhane- The Banaras Chapter, from 14th April 2023, to celebrate Poila Boishak (Bengali New Year). This 8-episode series is a mythological thriller set in the holy city of Varanasi. The star cast of Amriter Sandhane- The Banaras Chapter includes Chandan Roy Sanyal, Sauraseni Maitra & Debasish Mondal amongst others. It is directed, by Abhinandan Dutta.
After this, a rib-tickling series, Gentlemen, starring Joy Sengupta, Mir Afsar Ali, Rudranil Ghosh &Madhurima Basak in the lead will be aired. It is directed by Korak Murmu. Gentlemen will be steaming from May 2023.
Addatimes would also digitally premiere some mega feature films like Kaberi Antardhan (on 26th March 2023) followed by Mitin Mashi, Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan & Magic, and many more in the coming months. New films like Love Marriage, Bhootpori, Ardhangini, Paakhi, Tarakar Mrityu & Tenida will be digitally premiered in Addatimes after their release in theatres.
They plan to release between 15 -18 original contents a year. As far as the films are concerned, there will be more than one release per month.
Addatimes will be available on the Play store, App Store, Android TV, Fire TV, and Samsung TV. The subscription plans are 799 INR for single a screen for 1 year and 1199 INR for 2 screens for a year. For international viewers, the subscription comes at $ 49.99 for a double screen per year.
Priyanka Dutta