Disney+ Hotstar announces slate of short-format shows

NEW DELHI : Disney+ Hotstar, the video streaming service owned by Disney India, has announced a slate of short-format shows that will be available on the service starting 7 May.

These include love story Chattis Aur Maina starring Sandeepa Dhar and Vikram Singh Chauhan, detective series Mukesh Jasoos starring Poonam Dhillon and Rahul Bagga, murder mystery Six starring Mandira Bedi and Nauheed Cyrusi, comedy Teen Do Paanch starring Shreyas Talpade, thriller Crime Next Door featuring Yashpal Sharma, Mohan Kapur, Rajendra Gupta, Girish Kulkarni and Anupriya Goenka, among others.

Short-format content is increasingly gaining traction among Indian OTT audiences. In 2018, Eros Now, the Eros International Plc owned video-on-demand service, had rolled out a new category called Eros Now Quickie,