Scoot is yet another fun web series from Karikku Fresh who has brought the blockbuster series Therapara. After the hit series, they returned with Rock Paper Scissors and now with a new web series Scoot. The trio of Arjun Ratan, Jeevan Stephen, and Kiran is quite impressive on-screen and will be surely marking the hit. The major highlight is that the story is written by Arjun and Jeevan. The major cast is including Jeevan Stephen, Kiran Viyyath, Arjun Ratan, Divya M Nair, Jaise Jose, Rajesh Ramachandran.
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The post-television battle for every person in the family has divided TV screens at home like never before. We are Thankful for ever-increasing platforms, each person has his/her personal list of favourites to watch. The last decade has been witnessed the rise of web series around the world, and Kerala has not left behind, jumped on in the battle of web series. With access to the rapid Internet connection, netizens have been streaming, binge-watching or sharing ‘webisodes’ of their favourite series in the vernacular has become the zeitgeist.
“Until two years ago, there was a gap in regional content on the digital platform. Although online traffic was growing, popular content was more on album songs, short films, and clips of television shows. We felt we could utilize this space with short original content that would mainly cater to an Internet-savvy young audience,” said Nikhil Prasad, founder and creative head of YouTube viral hit Karikku, which comes out with web series and short videos known for their quirky humour.
Karikku’s Thera Para, which has showcased the story of four friends in an urban backdrop, has been the most-watched web series in terms of page views in Malayalam. Karikku, with over 3.8 million subscribers, recently has come out with the first two episodes of its next, Plus Two Class. Though comedy seems to collect the most attention, there has been a diversification of content, assuring something for everyone. “Comedy always sells and web series in Malayalam started falling mostly into the ‘quirky humour’ category. Though most of it is good, some of the later ones turned out to be imitative. That’s why we felt there was a need for crowd-pulling genre-breakers,” said Parthan Mohan, producer of the thriller series Road Rash released via YouTube channel Team Jango Space.
That is not just the consumption modes that have become advantageous and economical, but the number too. With mobile phones and similar devices becoming omnipresent, users are not “camera-shy” anymore, feels Sooraj Jayaraman, aka Mr. Sambavam, of the YouTube channel We, are a Sambavam that has brought out Singappooram and I’m a Muttan Malayali, both based on a fictional couple living in Singapore. “Creating a video has become much easier, perhaps, one reason why more are venturing into indie web series.
This cause has been helped by the ‘Internet audience’, thanks mainly to a boom in smartphones. Also, online sharing methods have changed. Earlier, it was through e-mail, which had its limitations. Today, there are multiple options on social media, which helps interesting content go viral,” says Sooraj. For more updates about upcoming web series, Digital content, movies, etc, stay connected.