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OTT | hoichoi

hoichoi turns 5, announces 20 new original shows

| @indiablooms | Sep 25, 2021, at 02:33 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali Over-the-top (OTT) platform hoichoi has announced 20 of its original shows as it turned five Friday.

The shows are Srikanto based on novel with the same name written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Byomkesh 7, Mahabharat Murders, Eken Babu 5, Troilokkyo, Mandaar, Rudrabinar Obhishaap, Montu Pilot 2, Khyapar Shohor, Gora, Tiktiki, Swapan Kumar Obolomboney Bottolar Goyenda, Uttaran, Indu.

The list also includes shows from Bangladesh like Boli, Karagar, Sabrina, Kaiser and Bodh as hoichoi is planning to produce at least seven-nine originals in the neighbouring country for 2022.

Moreover, hoichoi says it is planning to dub its content in other languages as well like Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.

On hoichoi's fifth year, Vishnu Mohta, Co-Founder of the OTT platform, says, “Over the period of 4 years, our journey has been an enthralling and it has been possible because of the incredible response hoichoi has received from its audience. Our aim has always been to cater quality Bengali content to the people, especially Bengalis, around the globe.

As we begin our journey for the 5th year, we are excited to make way for hoichoi to reach out to people in to the remote corners of the world, by establishing strategic partnerships and emphasising of offline payment methods. Our focus for the year, therefore, will be on delivering great content and paving ways to make them easily accessible to people."

Vishnu Mohta

"We are also introducing Digital Gift Cards, this Puja, which is curated to present our audiences great benefits for streaming hoichoi. With hopes of impacting more people, hoichoi, is ready to set out for another year of entertaining people in their own language and grow more," he adds.

Mahendra Soni, Co-Founder of SVF, hoichoi added, "As we step into the 5th year, the goal is to curate more remarkable content in collaboration with the best creators and talents of the industry. We are announcing new shows, with more in the pipeline, with stories that we hope will be able to strike a chord with our audiences."

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