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Type of site | OTT Platform |
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Available in | Bengali, Hindi |
Founded | 2016 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Surinder Films |
Key people | Nispal Singh |
Industry | Entertainment |
URL | www |
Current status | Active |
Addatimes is an Indian on-demand video streaming platform, launched in 2016. In 2023 the platform was acquired by Surinder Films. It creates Original Web Series, films of various genres like detective, thriller and suspense drama, comedy and more. Being one of the fastest growing Bengali Entertainment OTT platforms in India it is watched in more than 170 counties. [1] [2]
In March 2023, Surinder Films acquired the OTT Platform Addatimes. [3]
Addatimes, which was launched in 2016 is the first platform to create original web series, short films, romcoms, detective movies, thrillers and suspense dramas and comedy series for the Bengali audience. The platform has announced a new line of films and web shows which are streaming or set to stream on Addatimes. The list of films includes Koel Mallick's Mitin Mashi, Prosenjit Chatterjee starrer Kaberi Antardhan, Parambrata-Koel starrer Sagardwipe Jawker Dhan, Ankush-Oindrila's Love Marriage. [4] [5]
The web series which are presently streaming includes Amriter Sandhane - The Banaras Chapter starring Chandan Roy Sanyal, Sauraseni Maitra & Debasish Mondal, Tota Roychowdhury's Jawto Kando Kathmandute and Gentlemen, starring Joy Sengupta, Mir Afsar Ali, Rudranil Ghosh and Madhurima Basak in the lead. [6]
Among the web series set for streaming is 'Nandini' which marks the OTT debut of Ritabhari Chakraborty. [7]
Year | Web Series | Cast | Director(s) | Note |
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2023 | Lady Queen Gents Parlour | Madhurima Basak, Kharaj Mukherjee, Manasi Sinha, Rohaan Bhattacharjee, Joey Deb Roy | Sagnik Chatterjee | |
Ghosh Babu Retirement Plan | Ranjit Mallick, Anuradha Ray, Aryaan Bhowmik, Adrija Addy Roy | Haranath Chakraborty | ||
Abhishapto | Rittika Sen, Gourav Chatterjee, Laboni Sarkar | Abhimanyu Mukherjee | ||
Amriter Sandhane | Sauraseni Maitra, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Debasish Mondal | Abhinandan Dutta | ||
Gentlemen | Mir Afsar Ali, Joy Sengupta, Rudranil Ghosh, Madhurima Basak | Korak Murmu | ||
Khyapa 4 | Arya Dasgupta, Pushan Dasgupta, Alivia Sarkar, Deboleena Dutt, Bharat Kaul | Korak Murmu |
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