{"id":355055,"date":"2025-07-18T06:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=355055"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:13:57","slug":"prasar-bharati-hosts-premiere-of-its-original-film-on-waves-ott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/prasar-bharati-hosts-premiere-of-its-original-film-on-waves-ott\/","title":{"rendered":"Prasar Bharati hosts premiere of its original film on WAVES OTT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-1024x528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-1024x528.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-768x396.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-1536x792.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-696x359.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-1068x551.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM-814x420.jpeg 814w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-18-at-5.26.58-PM.jpeg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Naveen Bansal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prasar Bharati\u2019s digital platform WAVES OTT hosted the grand premiere of its latest original feature film, Della Bella: Badlegi Kahaani, at Rang Bhawan, Akashvani Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exclusive event featured a press conference and was graced by Navneet Kumar Sehgal, Chairman, Prasar Bharati, and the film&#8217;s acclaimed director and ad filmmaker, Neelesh K. Jain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The movie is a visually poetic Hindi film that explores themes of love, identity, and self-realization. It follows a woman&#8217;s journey to reclaim her voice and individuality\u2014reflecting the evolving social and cultural ethos of modern India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film will stream exclusively on WAVES OTT starting July 18, with a scheduled telecast on DD National, reaffirming the public broadcaster&#8217;s commitment to accessible, impactful storytelling for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navneet Kumar Sehgal, Chairman, Prasar Bharati, said, \u201cWAVES 077 is India&#8217;s only public service streaming platform that blends legacy with digital innovation. Alongside original films like &#8216;Della Bella&#8217;, the platform offers a rich collection of documentaries, radio shows, regional cinema, classic DD archives, and live TV and radio channels\u2014making it a truly inclusive and multilingual experience. Our mission is to create a trusted, family-first platform that celebrates India&#8217;s diversity and creativity. \u2018Della Bella\u2019 beautifully exemplifies that vision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Neelesh Jain added, \u201cThe soul of Waves OTT and the character of the movie are same as both are the story of changing world. I have come up with Simple Cinema in this changing world of Cinema, for which I was inspired by people who make reels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prasar Bharati\u2019s digital platform WAVES OTT hosted the grand premiere of its latest original feature film, Della Bella: Badlegi Kahaani, at Rang Bhawan, Akashvani Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday. The exclusive event featured a press conference and was graced by Navneet Kumar Sehgal, Chairman, Prasar Bharati, and the film&#8217;s acclaimed director and ad filmmaker, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":355056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2803,36],"tags":[18857,16171,18820],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355057,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355055\/revisions\/355057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/355056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}