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Regional languages will play big on OTT platform in India, says expert

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Regional languages will play big on OTT platform in India, says expert
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Pavan Lall Mumbai
While deciding on the next language to add content to their OTT platform in India, Amazon Prime Video India took a long hard look at culture, popularity, story-telling and how well a cultural setting was accepted in most parts of India, before deciding on selecting Punjabi. Vijay Subramaniam, Director, Content for Amazon, says that the northern belt has been seeing a rising phenomenon of not just music but also stars like Diljit Dosanjh and Jassie Gill, which made their choice easy.
 
For Amazon, its a way of life to start with the customer and go backwards. But given the