![]() “What I don’t find anywhere, I find here. Chawla explains you can find almost any content under the sun - classics unavailable on any mainstream platform (even torrents, a file distribution platform), foreign language films in high quality and with good subtitles, as well as lesser-known critically acclaimed films that win big at festivals.Īll of this has helped her develop and keep up her taste for world cinema. Telegram has since evolved into more than just an alternative to the streaming platforms. There’s a discipline, in that even with more than 10,000-20,000 people in a single group, nobody is inclined to send some random message, ever.”Īlso read: A Suitable Boy is my response to India’s disappearing pluralism, Mira Nair says “There’s only and only content posted on these groups that people come to download, watch and leave. What makes these Telegrams groups even more appealing is the fact that even with the tens of thousands of members, there are no spammers, says a 24-year-old Delhi-based freelancer who didn’t wish to be named. However, fans on Telegram can find and download 13 episodes of the seventh and latest season, which are still unavailable on Netflix India. “Shows like Killing Eve, The Good Place, Rick and Morty arrive late in India, but I watched them well in advance, thanks to Telegram,” says filmmaker Akanksha Dhakrey who didn’t have to wait for the release dates in India.Īnother sitcom popular among Indians, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, is expected to stream on Indian Netflix almost a year from its original airing date in the US. ![]() It also allows users to catch movies and shows much before they debut in India. Sometimes, movies reach the platform even before they hit the theatres. Telegram users told ThePrint that newly released content is almost instantly available to download. “I didn’t want to subscribe to LIV for just one show, so I just searched for it on Telegram and I found all four episodes of it beautifully stitched together in a single long video in wonderful quality,” she tells ThePrint. She wasn’t going to pay for another subscription. But when she wanted to watch the show JL50, starring Abhay Deol, she had to go to yet another platform, Sony LIV. All you need to do is search the name of the movie or show that you want to watch and you’ll come across groups where someone would have shared links to it.įilm student Architaa Chawla has a subscription to most of the major OTT platforms - Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Alt Balaji, Zee 5. ![]()
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