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Ekam Web Series OTT Release: Rakshit Shetty is one of the most popular and talented actor-filmmakers in Kannada cinema. His production company Paramvah Studios has created his first Kannada web series titled 'Ekam' and it has been receiving a good response from the audience. The anthology series is set in Karavali, the coastal belt of Karnataka, and focuses on how different paths come together as one.

Ekam Web Series OTT Release And Platform:

'Ekam' is currently streaming on the website 'www.ekamtheseries.com'. The viewers will have to buy a Rs 149 plan to watch all the episodes. There are a total of seven episodes with different stories available to watch on the website.

Ekam Web Series Cast:

'Ekam' stars Prakash Raj, Raj B Shetty, Shine Shetty, Manasi Sudheer, Prakash Thuminad, Shanil Guru, Mime Ramdas, Ujwal U V, Pallavi Kodagu, Champa P Shetty, Babu Annur, Sanal Aman, Parshathy J Nath, Basuma Kodagu, Tejashvi Vighnesh, Vijayalakshmi B Rai, Ismayil Vitalla, Arunima Minj, Revati Nadgir, Kling Johnson, Suhan Shetty and Shreya Acharya.

 
 
 
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In an interview with OTTplay, creator Sandeep PS revealed that many big OTT platforms rejected the show without even watching it.

He said, "When we made Ekam, we assumed that it was the perfect time to get it on a major OTT platform, considering how aggressively many are producing/acquiring content. But unfortunately, things were not as we assumed. Looking back, a couple of things that we, perhaps, went wrong with was that we began the production before the pandemic, when the mandate for OTT was very different. They were a lot more aggressive in how they were acquiring content and the formats. I think they burnt their hands with how much content they acquired and the anthology format, because the latter was easy for them to produce during the pandemic, but that did not work for them."

He further added, "What is weird is that almost all the rejections we faced were without the show being watched. That was completely unexpected. Honestly, we thought it was going to be a breeze and that somebody would pick it up, because there is a market for it. We were in for a big surprise; over two years we knocked on every door, and even though we had some connections at a few platforms, we realized that it is a policy-level issue – they just don’t have a mandate for Kannada content."

Apart from seven episodes, the four-episode documentary on the making of the show and the original script bible and screenplays of all episodes will also be made available on the 'ekamtheseries.com' website. The viewers can also participate in live calls with the cast and crew.