ALTBalaji adds original regional stand-up comedy videos in Tamil and Telugu languages to its existing diverse library

India’s largest OTT platform for original and exclusive shows, ALTBalaji had recently launched regional stand-up comedy videos in Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati languages on its digital platform. The short, snacky and hilarious videos featured famous comic artistes like – Bharat Ganeshpure, Sagar Karande, Anirudh Madesia, Suresh Albela, Pratap Faujdar, Amit Khuva and Dharsi Baredia.

Adding to this diverse library, ALTBalaji has now launched new episodes of original stand-up comedy videos in Tamil and Telugu languages. Tamil episodes feature some of the famous stand-up comedians like Shanti Kumar and Shaik Baba Sharifuddin to name a few, while the Telugu library comprises of talented and well-known artists Baggy, Manoj, Mervyn.

ALTBalaji is constantly creating innovative content that caters to various sections of the society. Speaking about the new episodes and what they have to offer, Manav Sethi, CMO of ALTBalaji said, “We are thrilled to bring original regional stand-up comedy on ALTBalaji. It is fast emerging as high growth genre for web audiences. Offline stand-up shows have time, place and ticket constraints whereas web as a medium takes away all these pains and enables access on a click. Based on consumer insight, we understood that the stand-up available to viewers in India is mostly English or Hindi, neglecting the regional language demand and so we have identified local talents from these regions and got them on board.”

With more than 15 million mobile downloads and available in over 90 countries ALTBalaji is India’s largest platform for original and exclusive shows. The digital platform currently offers 16 original shows in Indian languages across various genres such as romance, mystery, drama, comedy and also offers entertaining original shows for kids.
Jutikaa Mahanta