The Streaming Show
Why are most Hindi streaming shows about crime and violence? What exactly are a showrunner and a writers' room? Are Mirzapur, The Family Man, Sacred Games and Scam 1992 the new blockbusters? How do streaming shows even make money?
Through a series of conversations with actors, artists, filmmakers, producers and platform heads, Suchin Mehrotra, one of the few film journalists and critics solely dedicated to covering the world of streaming, sets out to answer these questions to help navigate and provide a narrative to the beast of streaming.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Plight Of The Mid-Budget Film Ft Kiran Rao
On the fourth episode of The Streaming Show Season 3, Suchin speaks to filmmaker Kiran Rao about the plight of the mid-budget film, the state of Indian independent cinema, why the distribution model …
The Bollywood Screenwriters Roundtable Ft Biswapati Sarkar, Khyati Anand Puthran, Ritesh Shah, Atika Chohan
On episode three of The Streaming Show Podcast Season 3, Suchin sits down with some of the most exciting screenwriters from Hindi cinema - Khyati Anand Puthran (Raat Jawaan Hai), Ritesh Shah (Pink, A…
Storytelling In The Age Of Algorithm And Formula Ft Pratik Gandhi
There aren't many brains, and talents, in the business quite like Pratik Gandhi. He's as comfortable having a thoughtful conversation about data, market forces and budgets as he is about the craft an…
The State Of The Hindi Film Industry In 2025 Ft Karan Johar
On the first episode of The Streaming Show Podcast Season 3, Suchin sits down with Karan Johar to discuss the rapidly shifting state of the Hindi film industry, the box office triumph of Saiyaara, th…
Why Actors Are Feeling The Film Industry Slump In 2024 Ft Jim Sarbh
What’s it like being an established actor in 2024? What’s it like navigating and bouncing between shows and films, platforms and mediums, theatrical and streaming?
To shed light on just that, for th…
How Streaming Changed The Editing Game with Editors Antara Lahiri and Nitin Baid
How Streaming Forever Changed Showbusiness With Producer Siddharth Roy Kapur
You cant really tell the Indian streaming story without talking to Sid Roy Kapur. One of the most respected producers in the business, he’s backed more than 80 films according to his IMDB, including …
Crafting Blockbuster Streaming Shows With Raj and DK
Is The Golden Age Of Indian Streaming Over? With Showrunner Sudip Sharma
It’s a pretty bleak time for the Indian streaming landscape, to put it lightly. I’ve spoken to writers who’ve said they’ve never seen the industry in such bad shape. You hear constant horror stories …
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Writers' Rooms ft. Varun Grover and Sumukhi Suresh
What exactly does an effective writers' room look like, and have we adopted the concept well within the Indian streaming ecosystem? Or is it still a free-for-all with everyone just doing their own th…
How Richie Mehta Gets Emmy-Winning Shows Made
What Can We Learn From The Hollywood TV Model? With Westworld Co-Creator Lisa Joy
Why Is There A Fear Of Funny On Streaming? With Comedian Vir Das
This season of The Streaming Show podcast was only ever supposed to be ten episodes. But in a happy turn of events, this 11th episode materialized in which I spoke to one of my favorite artists Vir D…
What Are The Best Shows On Streaming? With Prathyush Parasuraman and Anmol Jamwal
Why Amazon Prime Video Is Winning The Streaming Wars With Head Of India Originals Aparna Purohit
When it comes to Indian Streaming, in terms of consistently great storytelling, there's little doubt that Amazon Prime Video rules the roost. Put simply,the streamer is home to most of our best shows…
How Applause Entertainment Does It Different With CEO Sameer Nair
Applause Entertainment is as big as any Indian studio making movies and shows for streaming, gets. In just over five years they've made 44 shows for almost every platform around. They're behind shows…
How Streaming Changed The Casting Game With Casting Directors Kavish Sinha and Panchami Ghavri
One of the most exciting things about the streaming age is the sheer amount of acting talent we're inundated with week after week.
From exciting new actors that have exploded onto the scene to renow…
Unpacking The TVF Secret Sauce With Head Of TVF Originals Shreyansh Pandey
There is no player within the Indian streaming landscape quite as prolific and distinctive as TVF (The Viral Fever). What started as a YouTube channel back in 2010 known for its skits and sketches, t…
Are Streaming Shows A Writers' Medium? Ft Screenwriters Nandini Gupta And Sumit Purohit
There’s arguably no better way to examine just how much the streaming era has disrupted the film industry than by talking to writers. So, Suchin spoke to two of the busiest ones around.
Sumit Purohit…
What's It Like Running A Streaming Platform? With Sony LIV Head Of Content Saugata Mukherjee
What’s it like running an Indian streaming platform? SonyLIV’s Head Of Content Saugata Mukherjee knows a thing or two about that. The platform was relaunched back in 2020, and in the three years sinc…