There is no doubt that OTT platform SonyLIV has been intermittently churning out some well-made series including the cult show ‘Scam 1992’, the heartwarming family drama ‘Gullak’, the gripping thriller ‘Tabbar’, and the brilliant biographical drama ‘Rocket Boys’, whose second season recently started streaming.
However, a prominent segment of OTT audiences has frequently expressed their displeasure regarding a certain issue with the SonyLIV streaming service. The annoyance is amongst some Marathi speaking OTT viewers who feel that SonyLIV does not give their language sufficient importance when it comes to the web series and other content streaming on their platform.
Ever since SonyLIV was introduced as an OTT platform in India back in the year 2013, it has released a host of original films and web series in many Indian regional languages including Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, etc. besides the aforementioned Hindi language shows.
And although SonyLIV began airing its first streaming series with a Gujarati show titled ‘Kacho Papad Pako Papad’ in 2017, however, subsequently just a handful of original / acquired films and series in Marathi language found their way on the OTT platform. And this has apparently irked a segment of Marathi speaking audiences.
The last prominent Marathi language original title which was released on SonyLIV was previous year’s social comedy series ‘Pet Puran’. Other than that, very few Marathi films like ‘Dithee’ and ‘Kaasav’ were released on SonyLIV.
Despite the dearth of original Marathi language content on SonyLIV, the OTT platform provides its viewers access to the Sony Marathi linear television channel content. Moreover, SonyLIV also provides its subscribers dubbed versions of some of its most popular shows like ‘Scam 1992’, ‘Tanaav’, ‘Maharani’, ‘Rocket Boys’, and ‘Gullak’, etc.
So, it would be great if SonyLIV can launch and support more Marathi original films and shows in the near future. Because it’s still an untapped market which has decent potential in the OTT world.