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Rivaling Netflix, Prime, Ram Gopal launches his own OTT platform

Rivaling Netflix, Prime, Ram Gopal launches his own OTT platform
Written by Priyanka Bansal
May 19, 2021, 05:01 pm 3 min read
Rivaling Netflix, Prime, Ram Gopal launches his own OTT platform
Ram Gopal Varma releases new flick 'D Company' on his own OTT platform

At a time when cinemas are shut, people are turning to OTTs for entertainment. Sensing an opportunity, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma went ahead and launched his own OTT platform, Spark OTT, on May 15. The subscription for Spark has been set at Rs. 399 for an year. The first film to be released on the platform was his own gangster-thriller, D Company.

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You can read his announcement here

We at SPARK OTT are thrilled with the response for D COMPANY:The story of Dawood Ibrahim ..Download https://t.co/u2jq1L272V to watch it pic.twitter.com/frpQ5yVBJo

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 19, 2021
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'D Company' is based on the life of Dawood Ibrahim

D Company, as the name suggests, traces the story of Dawood Ibrahim. It shows how a Mumbai-based street gang, headed by him, transforms into a dangerous criminal organization, which eventually spreads it wings to international locations too. It stars Ashwat Kanth, Pranay Dixit, Naina Ganguly, and Irra Mor in pivotal roles. Based on over 100 reviews, it struck a 6.1 rating on IMDb.

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My dream project, over 20 years of research: Varma

Talking about the film, which earlier was scheduled for a theatrical release in March but got canceled due to the pandemic, Varma said he's intrigued by underworld. "This is my dream project and my research on the subject matter of D Company came from my extensive interactions over the last 20 years with gangsters to encounter cops to middlemen of the underworld," he added.

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Poster of Varma's new film 'Dangerous' created a Twitter storm

D Company, written and directed by him, has been produced by Spark OTT CEO Sagar Manchanuru, under the banner of Spark Productions. While D Company was given warm reception by viewers, Varma's film on lesbianism, Dangerous, sparked severe outrage on Twitter. Touted as India's first "lesbian-thriller" by him, netizens objected on his insinuation that homosexuality can only arise after a bad heterosexual experience.

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'80-90% of the films will come directly to OTT platforms'

Films aside, the Rangeela helmer also discussed why he started an OTT platform. Stressing that it's the need of the hour, Varma said he believes in the future "80-90% of films will come directly to OTT platforms." Explaining why, he said, "One is you going to theaters vs theaters coming to you, and second is the convenience you've to watch it anytime you want."

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Varma explains why OTT will reign over theaters in future

"We normally take away three hours to see a film. If in the first 10 minutes you are bored and you are already booked, you keep cursing the film. On OTT you can just skip it or watch some other film," he pointed out.

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I work as an Entertainment journalist with Newsbytes. I am an alumna of Jamia Millia Islamia and have a masters in Convergent Journalism. I live, eat, breathe movies and cinema and am a meme-head and pop-culture junkie.
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