After rating as Prime Video India‘s high present within the nation since its September 6 launch, comedy-drama Call Me Bae has been renewed by the streamer for a second season.
Starring Ananya Panday, the Dharmatic Leisure present has featured among the many High 10 trending titles on Prime Video in additional than 50 nations, together with the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Prime Video added that Name Me Bae has been watched throughout 85 p.c of India’s pin codes.
The collection’ soundtrack has additionally discovered reputation, with the tune “Vekh Sohneyaa” gaining over 10 million views on YouTube and coming in high on Shazam’s chart in Mumbai and Delhi.
Vir Das, Gurfateh Pirzada, Varun Sood, Vihaan Samat, Muskkaan Jaferi, Niharika Lyra Dutt, Lisa Mishra and Mini Mathur additionally star within the present.
Name Me Bae is a Dharmatic Leisure manufacturing, with Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra as government producers. The collection is directed by Collin D’Cunha and created by Ishita Moitra.
“It’s been really wonderful to witness the overwhelming love and appreciation that Name Me Bae has acquired,” stated Nikhil Madhok, Head of Originals at Prime Video India. “From the very starting, our imaginative and prescient for Name Me Bae was to create a collection that sparks light-hearted but significant conversations and brings characters that resonate with our viewers. We’re excited to see the affect the collection has had, with admiration pouring in from India and past.”
Producer Karan Johar stated: “The primary season has been a game-changer for us and we’re grateful for all of the love and appreciation it has garnered from audiences throughout the globe. The collection is a testomony of our long-standing partnership with Prime Video and our shared dedication to delivering content material that’s entertaining and fascinating. We’re genuinely excited to delve deeper into the characters and their tales.”
Apoorva Mehta, CEO and Managing Director at Dharmatic Leisure, added: “The success of our first season on Prime Video has been really exceptional. We’re over the moon to have created one thing that has resonated with viewers throughout demographics. We’re absolutely dedicated to persevering with the momentum with the second season of Name Me Bae. The staff at Dharmatic Leisure is thrilled and is working exhausting to develop new character arcs and storylines for the upcoming season.”
