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| Developer(s) | Chingari | ||||
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| Initial release | November 2018 | ||||
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| Available in | 20[ citation needed ] languages | ||||
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| Website | chingari.io | ||||
Chingari is a video sharing mobile app. [1] In these videos, users have options to add visual effects, lip-sync, dance, or voice over movie scenes and comic dialogues.[ citation needed ]
Chingari was launched in Google Play Store in November 2018. It is a social entertainment application, founded by Sumit Ghosh, Biswatma Nayak, a mechanical engineer turned programmer, Deepak Salvi, a media veteran[ citation needed ] and Aditya Kothari. [2] Chingari app was rebranded and redesigned in June 2020. [3] Through this app, users upload videos in more than 20 languages including English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu.[ citation needed ]
In July 2020, many new apps like Roposo, Trell, Chingari and Mitron(developed by Qboxus) tried to fill the gap that TikTok's (with 59 other Chinese apps) ban in response to Galwan Valley border tensions with China had created . [4] Number of downloads of the app crossed 1 million in 15 days of rebranding in July 2020, 25 million in July 2020[ citation needed ] and 50 million in February 2021. [5] [6] [7]
In February 2023, Chingari secured an equity investment from Aptos Labs, a blockchain firm that operates the Aptos Network and blockchain. [8] [9]
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