ALTBalaji

ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd.[1][2][3] Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the Group's foray into the digital entertainment to create original, premium, and tailor-made content especially for Indians across the globe.[4][5]

ALTBalaji
Subsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2000
FounderEkta Kapoor
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Key people
Shobha Kapoor
(MD, Balaji Telefilms Ltd.)
Ekta Kapoor
(Joint MD, Balaji Telefilms Ltd.)
Nachiket Pantvaidya
(CEO, ALTBalaji)
Faiz Khan
(CMO, ALTBalaji)Vishal Singh
(Director)
ProductsMovies, TV series, Web series
ServicesFilmmaking, VOD
OwnerBalaji Telefilms Limited
Websitealtbalaji.com

Platforms

ALTBalaji is available across 32 different interfaces for its viewers.[6] The content has been made available on mobile and Tablet Devices (Apple phone, Apple iPad, Android phone, Android tablet), Web browser (Desktop Browser), Android TV, and Windows (Windows PC, Windows Mobile, Windows tablet).[7][8][9][10]

Their website claims the platform to be the largest content bank seen in India.[11] The stories range from drama, comedy, and romance, to thriller, crime, and mystery.[12]

Shows

The website indicates that the platform will showcase over 250 hours of original content with a new show every month, with 32 new shows lined up in the first year, featuring India's top actors and directors.[4] The content bank also includes 100+ hours of kids' content as well as urban regional shows in Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil & many more languages.[13][14][15][16]

Key
Denotes series for which new seasons are soon to be released
No. Title Genre Premiere Seasons Episodes Per episode Language Ref(s)
Currently Streaming Shows
1 Romil & Jugal Romance, drama 21 April 2017 1 10 27 min. Hindi [17][18]
2 Bewafaa sii Wafaa Drama 21 April 2017 1 10 27 min. Hindi [17][19]
3 Boygiri Comedy 21 April 2017 1 10 27 min. Hindi [17]
4 Dev DD Drama 21 April 2017 1 11 27 min. Hindi [17][20]
5 Maya Thirrai Romance, thriller 30 April 2017 1 16 21 min. Tamil [21]
6 The Test Case Drama, Action 30 April 2017
26 January 2018		 1 10 41 min. Hindi [22]
7 Class of 2017 Drama 12 July 2017 1 20 16 min. Hindi [23]
8 CyberSquad Drama 24 August 2017 1 10 23 min. Hindi [24]
9 Pammi Aunty Comedy 22 September 2017 1 10 4 min. Hindi [25]
10 Bose: Dead/Alive Period drama 20 November 2017 1 9 22 min. Hindi [26]
11 Dhimaner Dinkaal Drama 11 December 2017 1 10 20 min. Bengali [27]
12 Fourplay Drama 15 January 2018 1 6 20 min. Hindi [28]
13 Haq Se Drama 2 February 2018 1 20 20 min. Hindi [29]
14 Galti Se Mis-Tech Drama 7 April 2018 1 10 8 min. Hindi [30]
15 PM Selfiewallie Romance, Drama 18 April 2018 1 7 27 min. Hindi [31]
16 Hum - I'm Because of Us Drama 30 July 2018 1 20 20 min. Hindi [32][33]
17 Home Drama 29 August 2018 1 12 20 min. Hindi [34][35]
18 The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family Drama 10 October 2018 1 10 20 min. Hindi [36]
19 Zaban Sambhal Ke Drama 19 October 2018 1 3 22 min. Hindi [37]
20 Baby Come Naa Drama 2 November 2018 1 6 22 min. Hindi [38]
21 Apharan Action drama 14 December 2018 1 12 20 min. Hindi [39]
22 Hero Vardiwala Action drama 25 January 2019 1 10 20 min. Bhojpuri [40]
23 Puncch Beat Romance, drama 8 February 2019 1 13 20 min. Hindi [41]
24 Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat Drama 21 April 2017
(season 1)		 3 15 21 min. Hindi [42][17][43]
14 February 2018
(season 2)		 14 [44]
2 April 2019
(season 3)		 13
25 Bekaaboo Thriller, Horror 15 May 2019 1 10 23 min. Hindi [45]
26 Medically Yourrs Romance, Drama 27 May 2019 1 12 23 min. Hindi [46]
27 Booo Sabki Phategi Comedy, Drama 27 June 2019 1 8 23 min. Hindi
28 BOSS: Baap of Special Services Action thriller 2 August 2019 1 10 23 min. Hindi [47]
29 F..U,OK? Comedy 18 August 2019 1 1 23 min. Hindi
30 Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala Romance 3 September 2019 1 12 30 min. Hindi [48]
31 M.O.M - Mission Over Mars Drama 10 September 2019 1 8 23 min. Hindi [49]
32 The Verdict - State vs Nanavati Court room drama 30 September 2019 1 12 23 min. Hindi
33 Fixerr Action drama 7 October 2019 1 10 23 min. Hindi [50]
34 Fittrat Romance 18 October 2019 1 15 23 min. Hindi
35 Broken But Beautiful Romance, Drama 27 November 2018
(season 1)
27 November 2019
(season 2)		 2 11 (season 1)
10 (season 2)		 22 min. Hindi [51]
36 Hum Tum and Them Drama 6 December 2019 1 15 22 min. Hindi
37 Ragini MMS: Returns Horror 19 October 2017
(season 1)
18 December 2019
(season 2)		 2 12 (season 1)
15 (season 2)		 22 min. Hindi [52][53]
38 Gandii Baat Erotic Drama 3 May 2018
(season 1)
7 January 2019
(season 2)
27 July 2019
(season 3)
7 November 2019
(season 4 - Special episode)
7 January 2020
(season 4)		 4 4 (season 1)
5 (season 2)
4 (season 3)

5 (season 4)

 40 min. Hindi [54][55][56]
39 Code M Mystery 15 January 2020 1 8 23 min. Hindi [57]
40 Dil Hi Toh Hai Romance, drama 18 June 2018
(season 1)
2 February 2019
(season 2)
27 January 2020
(season 3)		 3 90 (season 1)
34 (season 2)

20 (season 3)

 22 min. Hindi [58]
41 Class of 2020 College Romance 4 February 2020 2 32 18 min. Hindi
42 XXX Erotic Romance Drama 27 September 2018
(season 1)
8 February 2020
(season 2 - Special episode) 27 March 2020
(season 2)		 2 5(season 1) 3(season 2) 20 min. Hindi [59][60]
43 It Happened In Calcutta Romance 29 February 2020 1 10 23 min. Hindi [61]
44 Mentalhood Drama 11 March 2020 1 10 23 min. Hindi [62]
45 Who's Your Daddy? Drama 2 April 2020 1 12 23 min. Hindi
46 Baarish Romance, Drama

25 April 2019
(season 1)
6 May 2020
(season 2)

 2 20 (season 1)

20 (season 2)
 23 min. Hindi [63]
47 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain Drama 16 March 2018
(season 1)
14 February 2019
(season 2)
6 June 2020
(season 3)		 3 15 (season 1)
26 (season 2)
19 (season 3) 		25 min. Hindi [64][65][66]
48 Virgin Bhasskar Comedy 19 November 2019 (season 1)
29 August 2020		 1 11 20 min. Hindi [67]
49 Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu Drama, Action 2020 1 TBA 23 min. Hindi
50 A Married Woman Drama 2020 1 TBA 23 min. Hindi
51 Mumbhai Drama 2020 1 TBA 23 min. Hindi
52 Mehrunnissa Period Drama 2020 1 TBA 23 min. Hindi [68]
53 Haq Se (season 2) Drama 2020 2 TBA 22 min. Hindi
54 Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat (season 4) Romance 2020 4 TBA 22 min. Hindi
55 Fittrat (season 2) Romance 2020 2 TBA 22 min. Hindi

Other Entertainment

Movies

Bollywood hits with details of release year, duration, star cast, language, and genre are available on the platform. This includes hits from prominent Bollywood actors including John Abraham, Sunny Leone, Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha, Emraan Hashmi and more.[69][70]

Kids

Offering for kids includes original shows such as Ding Dong Bell L-O-L, Nursery Rhymes, Happy Lucky Ki Katti Batti and MOEDOE – The Frenemies. And acquired shows like Little Krishna, Mademoiselle Zazie and Shuriken School.[14]

No. Title Genre Premiere Seasons Episodes Per episode Language Ref(s)
Formerly streaming (Kids shows)
1 Get Crafty With Rob Infotainment 2017 1 30 2 min. Silent [71]
2 Ding Dong Bell L-O-L Comedy 2017 1 13 3 min. Silent [72]
3 Nursery Rhymes Infotainment 2017 1 10 1 min. English [73]
4 Moe Doe Comedy 2017 1 13 3 min. Hindi [73]
5 Happy Lucky Ki Katti Batti Drama 2017 1 13 3 min. English, Hindi [73]
6 Mademoiselle Zazie Adventure, comedy 2017 1 78 7 min. English, Hindi
7 Little Krishna Drama 2017 1 13 22 min. English, Hindi
8 Shaktimaan Drama 2017 1 26 23 min. English, Hindi
9 Dinosaur King Drama 2017 1 79 21 min. English, Hindi
10 HTDT Drama 2017 1 52 11 min. English, Hindi
11 Shuriken School Drama 2017 1 26 23 min. English, Hindi
12 Ratz Drama 2017 1 52 11 min. English, Hindi
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See also

References
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  24. "Watch CyberSquad on AltBalaji". Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  25. "Watch Pammi Aunty on AltBalaji". Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  26. "Rajkummar Rao wraps up Bose web-series, preps up for Omerta premier at TIFF 2017". 10 September 2017.
  27. "ALT Balaji announces Dhimaner Dinkaal – its first Bengali original". 24 July 2017.
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  29. "Haq Se: Ekta Kapoor unveils the first look of Rajeev Khandelwal and Surveen Chawla's online show". www.pinkvilla.com.
  30. "Rithvik Dhanjani and Anita Hassanandani play modern-day couple in Galti Se Mis-Tech". 15 March 2018.
  31. Review: ALT Balaji's new series, PM Selfiewallie
  32. Hum - I'm because of us trailer: Ekta Kapoor's new family drama is all about sisterhood and desires!
  33. ALTBalaji's ‘Hum - I'm because of us’ trailer released
  34. Home first impression: Binge watch this latest web series from Ekta Kapoor with your entire family
  35. Ekta Kapoor on ALTBalaji's upcoming web series Home: 'It's a simple story, but also an important one'
  36. "Barun Sobti to star in ALTBalaji's web-series 'Dysfunctional Family'?". 16 March 2018.
  37. "'Zaban Sambhal Ke' trailer: Reboot starring Sumeet Raghavan will be streamed from Oct 19".
  38. "ALTBalaji to launch a comedy web series titled 'Baby Come Naa'".
  39. "Arunoday Singh to star as cop-turned-criminal in ALTBalaji's Apharan, directed by Siddharth Sengupta".
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  44. "Season 2 of Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat to start streaming on Valentine's day 2018".
  45. Alt Balaji Bekaboo Trailer Released
  46. First Look of Shantanu Maheshwari starrer 'Medically Yourrs' is out on ALT Balaji
  47. "First look of Alt Balaji's Karan Singh Grover starrer web series 'Boss' is out".
  48. "Divyanka Tripathi plays a chef in Ekta Kapoor's web series. Here's the first look". The Indian Express.
  49. Ekta Kapoor announces new web series 'Mission Over Mars'based on true incidents
  50. ALTBalaji's next starting Shabbir Ahluwalia to stream on 7 October
  51. IANS (15 November 2018). "Shreya Goshal sings for ALT's upcoming web series 'Broken'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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  53. Team, Tellychakkar. "Ragini MMS Returns' Season 2 Gets Its Launch Date". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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  57. ALT Balaji's upcoming web series'Code M'revolves around conspiracies in Indian Army!
  58. "Tri-Weekly Season 2 of Dil Hi Toh Hai to start streaming from Feb 2019".
  59. ALTBalaji releases the poster of its upcoming web series titled 'XXX Uncensored'
  60. Trailer of ALTBalaji's Youth Erotica X.X.X is out now!
  61. Karan Kundra to romance newcomer Naghna Rizwan in ALT Balaji's next titled 'It Happened In Calcutta'
  62. Karishma Kapoor's debut show on ALT Balaji revolves on mothers!
  63. Asha Negi and Sharman Joshi pair up for ALTBalaji's next drama series titled 'Baarish'
  64. "Ronit Roy, Mona Singh and Gurdip Kohli team up for Alt Balaji's next". India Today.
  65. "Season 2 of Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain to start streaming on Valentine's day 2019".
  66. Kehne Ko Humsafar Hai (season 3) to stream from 6 June on ALTBalaji and Zee5
  67. "ALTBalaji's next Virgin Bhasskar all set to hit the streaming media soon".
  68. ALT Balaji's next on Mughal Queen, 'Mehrunnissa'
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