OTT platforms are gradually becoming the biggest means of digital entertainment. The OTT sector boomed during the Coronavirus epidemic because when the cinemas were closed, people turned to OTT platforms for entertainment. At the same time, many blockbuster films and web series have started releasing on OTT. Many great films and series have been dominating in 2024, but the third season of this low-budget series broke many records on the OTT platform. The series we are going to tell you about today is made on a low budget, but it has made tremendous profits on OTT.
This series made a profit of crores
There is neither any fight nor any objectionable scenes in this web series, seeing which it can be said that the makers have done all this for views. We are talking about ‘Panchayat 3’, after the two seasons of which were a hit, people were waiting for its third season for a long time. According to a report by Ormax Media, ‘Panchayat 3’ has been the most-watched Indian web series on OTT in the first half of 2024. According to Ormax, the third season of the series, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video earlier this year, has seen 28.2 million viewers watch the series in a loop. Due to this, the makers have benefited from crores of digital money. It also surpassed Netflix’s ‘Heeramandi’, which ranked second with 20.3 million viewers.
earning more than the budget
All three seasons of Panchayat feature Jitendra Kumar in the lead role of Secretary Ji, alongside veteran actresses Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav, as well as Chandan Roy, Sanvika, Faizal Malik, Durgesh Kumar and Pankaj Jha in lead roles. Panchayat Season 3 had a budget of Rs 20-30 crore which is much less than the Rs 200+ crore budget of some of the more high-profile productions. This was revealed by the makers of Panchayat themselves.