Type of business | OTT platform |
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Available in |
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Founded | 2017 [1] |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Area served | 100+ countries [1] |
Owner | Planet Marathi Group |
Founder(s) | Akshay Bardapurkar [2] Soumya Vilekar [1] |
Key people | Akshay Bardapurkar (CEO) Aditya Oke (COO) [3] |
Industry | Entertainment |
Products | |
Total assets | ₹200 crore [1] |
Subsidiaries | Planet Bharat Planet Goem |
URL | planetmarathi.com |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 1 million (January 2024) [1] |
Current status | Active |
Planet Marathi is an Indian subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming media service which is India's first digital platform provide content in Marathi. [4] Planet Marathi claims to have over 550,000 installs and over 24 million video plays since its launch. [5]
Planet Marathi had appointed Marathi actress Mrinal Kulkarni to its board of founders. [6] Director of content, Abhijit Panse, was appointed by the company. [7]
In November 2023, the Planet Marathi Group and Vistas Media announced the launch of Planet Bharat, an over-the-top platform. [8] The company had also launched a news vertical and a Konkani-language digital entertainment platform, Planet Goem. [9] Soumya and her son, Anitya Vilekar, who held positions as directors within the company, have stepped down in 2024 from their roles on the board of directors. [1]
The platform was launched in Mumbai by Madhuri Dixit in the presence of popular Marathi film personalities including Amruta Khanvilkar, Tejaswini Pandit, Sanjay Jadhav, Sonalee Kulkarni, Prasad Oak, Siddharth Jadhav. [4] [10]
The platform is available on Android, and iOS worldwide. [11] [12]
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