Owner Viacom18 | Area served India Website www.voot.com | |
Available in English, Hindi, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali | ||
Voot, launched in March 2016, from the digital arm of Viacom 18, Network 18 Media. It is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for Apple and Android users, and a website for desktop consumption.
Contents
- Reality Shows
- Comedy Shows
- Drama Shows
- Movies
- Voot Originals
- Chinese Bhasad
- Soadies
- Sinskaari
- Badman
- Shaadi Boys
- Its Not That Simple
- Voot Kids
- Voot Kids Pin
- Shake Feature
- References
Voot is available only in India, and hosts over 28,000 hours of video content that includes shows from channels like MTV, Nickelodeon and Colors.
Voot offers features - such as a user-friendly search option, a social media engagement feature to recommend content to other people via customized 'Shouts', a 'shake' feature, and a security pin for parents with young children to ensure that they don't watch anything but toons and kids content - all of which will be integral to enhancing the user experience.
Reality Shows
Shows like Bigg Boss, which has featured celebrities like Salman Khan, and contestants like VJ Bani, Gaurav Chopra, Rahul Dev and interesting commoners like Swami Om, Priyanka Jagga, Manveer Gujjar, Manoj Punjabi etc. and other many seasons of other shows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Roadies, Splitsvilla, The Stage, India’s Got Talent, Khatron Ke Khiladi, Love School, India's Next Top Model, Coke Studio, Warrior High, Unplugged & more.
Comedy Shows
This genre covers shows like Comedy Nights Live, Comedy Nights Bachao, Comedy Nights With Kapil, MTV Bakra & more.
Drama Shows
This genre covers shows like Naagin, Naagin 2, 24 Season 2, Devanshi, Sasural Simar Ka, Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, Balika Vadhu, Swaragini, Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan, Madhubala, Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi, Ishq Ka Rang Safed, Rangrasiya and many more Indian TV serials.
Movies
The biggest Bollywood blockbusters with details of star cast, language, genre, release year and duration are available on the platform. Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Salman Khan, and many more stars can be watched in blockbuster movies.
Voot Originals
Along with its launch, Voot released 'Voot Originals' - its segment with original content made only for digital audiences.
Chinese Bhasad
Directed by Saurabh Tiwari (writer of shows like 'Rangrasiya' and 'Madhubala'), Chinese Bhasad was a seven-episode long show set in Lucknow. The show's title track was composed by Amit Trivedi.
After falling in love in Singapore, Raghu Dixit and his Chinese fiancee Ming Seah arrive in Lucknow with dreams of finalizing their wedding. Unfortunately for the pair, Raghu's elderly grandfather, Col. Badrinarayan Bharadwaj, is an ex-Army man who fought valiantly in the 1962 Indo-China war. His resultant hatred for all things Chinese deeply affects him and his family. What ensues is chaos and mayhem - or 'bhasad'.
Soadies
Soadies, starring India's rap sensation Baba Sehgal as Ballu Soadie and Anju Mahendru as 'Daadi', is about their quest to find a Roadie in their family. The show had six episodes, and featured known celebrities like Raghu Ram and Rajiv.
Sinskaari
A web-chat show hosted by Alok Nath, in which he would discuss 'everything from pre-marital sex to role-play in the bedroom'.
Badman
'Badman' is about Bollywood's legendary 'bad man', Gulshan Grover. In the mockumentary, he decides to relaunch himself in the film industry as a 'hero'. Chunky Pandey acts as his arch-nemesis. The four-part web series is directed by Soumik Sen of 'Gulaab Gang' fame, who has written it along with Anuvab Pal.
The series was also later released as a film on the platform.
Shaadi Boys
Written by writer duo Siddharth-Garima, of Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela and Bajirao Mastani fame, 'Shaadi Boys' is a satirical web-series about the extravagance of Indian weddings.
The show revolves around three boys - Neil, a writer, Nitin, a photographer, and Mukesh, a choreographer - and their hilarious journey during their first break in the shaadi business. They decide to work together to organize weddings and simultaneously show off their talents.
It's Not That Simple
Starring Swara Bhaskar, 'It's Not That Simple' is a six-part web series defined as a 'relationship drama that explores the complexities of urban marriages.'
Written by Charudatt Acharya and directed by Danish Aslam, It’s Not That Simple is the story of Meera (Swara Bhaskar), who is trapped in an unhappy marriage with Jayesh (Karanveer Mehra). She meets her school friends Sameer (Akshay Oberoi) and Rajiv (Vivan Bhatena) at a reunion and 'embarks on a journey of self-discovery'. This leads Meera on a journey of self-discovery.
Voot Kids
Voot Kids houses hours of entertainment for kids, such as Motu Patlu, Chhota Bheem, Pokemon, Kung Fu Panda, Dora, SpongeBob, all at one convenient destination.
Voot Kids Pin
Parents can set up a pin to make sure their kids only see what they want them to. The feature also allows people to seamlessly toggle between Voot and Voot Kids. Over 300,000 parents are pin-signed onto Voot.
Shake Feature
Voot Kids allows you to instantly swap to episodes of other popular characters by simply shaking your phone.