Abdul Karim Telgi was a convicted Indian counterfeiter. He earned money by printing counterfeit stamp paper in India, with the size of the scam estimated to be around ₹300 billion (US$3.8 billion).
Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian-born American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.
Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Hindi films, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films.
Gaana is India's largest subscription-based commercial music streaming service with over 200 million monthly users. It was launched in April 2010 by Times Internet and provides both Indian and international music content. The entire Indian music catalog was available to users worldwide however as of 2023, the music library is restricted based on geolocation of subscribers. Post this the music catalog is severely limited for subscribers outside India. Gaana features music from 21 Indian languages including the major languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Odia, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Maithili, Malayalam and other Indian regional languages.
Sabiha Shaikh, known professionally as Rani Chatterjee, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bhojpuri films. One of the highest paid Bhojpuri actress, Chatterjee made her acting debut with the film Sasura Bada Paisawala (2004). The film still ranks as the highest-grossing Bhojpuri film.
IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd is an Indian e-commerce company headquartered in Noida which has been listed as a "notorious market" since 2018 by the USTR for selling counterfeit products and illegal pharmaceuticals. It provides B2B and customer to customer sales services via its web portal. The company began in 1996 when Dinesh Agarwal and Brijesh Agrawal founded the website IndiaMART.com, a business-to-business portal to connect Indian manufacturers with buyers.
Pratik Gandhi is an Indian actor. He is known for his work in Gujarati theatre and Gujarati cinema. He received acclaim for portraying Harshad Mehta in Sony LIV series Scam 1992 (2020), for which he won a Filmfare OTT Award. He has acted in several Hindi films and series thereafter.
Nykaa is an Indian e-commerce company headquartered in Mumbai. It sells beauty, wellness and fashion products through its website, mobile app, and over 100 physical stores. In 2020, it became the first Indian unicorn startup headed by a woman.
Hello English is an English language-learning application, which allows users to learn the English language through interactive modules. It functions on a freemium pricing model. The app is available on Android, iOS, Windows and Web.
Jio TV is an Indian streaming television service owned by Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. Jio TV offers about 1000 live channels with 7 days of catch up content, as per the website.
Byju's is an Indian multinational educational technology company, headquartered in Bengaluru. It was founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath. As of January 2024, Byju's made a valuation ask of $200 million, a sharp fall given its peak valuation of $22 billion in 2022. As of April 2023, the company claims to have over 150 million registered students.
Sakshi Pradhan is an Indian TV actress, model and a travel host. She started her career at the age of 18 and won season 2 of the reality show MTV Splitsvilla. In 2018, Sakshi hosted the travel show Kissed By The Sea: Mauritius on Travelxp. She is known for playing the character of Rani in Poison (2019), a web series by ZEE5.
There are currently about 57 providers of over-the-top media services (OTT) in India, which distribute streaming media or Video on demand over the Internet. In fiscal year 2018, the OTT market in India was worth ₹2,150 crore. The streaming market in India is predicted to be worth $15 billion by 2030. Theatres have long been a great source of entertainment. Also, now with the rise of digital world, OTT platforms are becoming more popular.
MX Player is an Indian video streaming and video on demand platform, developed by MX Media & Entertainment platform currently operates on an ad-supported model.
Divya Agarwal is an Indian actress, model and dancer known for participating in several reality shows. She is the runner-up of MTV Splitsvilla 10 and winner of Ace of Space 1, Bigg Boss OTT 1. She made her acting debut with the horror web series Ragini MMS: Returns 2.
Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is an Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu's 1992 book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Sumit Purohit, Saurabh Dey, Vaibhav Vishal and Karan Vyas.
Tandoor is an Indian Hindi-language web series directed by Nivedita Basu. It features Rashami Desai, Tanuj Virwani and Amitriyaan in the lead roles. Loosely inspired from the infamous 1995 real life incident, the series revolves around a married couple whose lives take an unexpected turn when a friend enters into wife's life leading to her murder. The shooting wrapped up in November 2020. The series released on 23 July 2021 on Voot, MX Player and Ullu App.
Atrangii was an Indian over-the-top freemium streaming platform and was a Hindi GEC channel launched on DD free dish. 5 months after its launch, it was closed down from the DD free dish on 20 November 2022. Atrangi is owned by Vibhu Agarwal, who also owns Ullu App.
