The content she brings caters to the audiences across different age groups and demography. Recently, when Ekta was asked about what exactly goes into creating content, she was quoted saying, `I revel and enjoy every kind of entertainment. Content differs from domain to domain - be it television, films, or OTT, but eventually, it's the audience that decides the fate of the content that you create for their consumption.`
With her belief that `it's the masses who make content hit or flop`, she admits that she makes what people want to see. In 2019, her film 'Dream Girl' was a success in movie space, Kumkum Bhagya is one of the most-watched shows in the television arena, and also she holds the credit to many successful projects namely, Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala, M.O.M - Mission Over Mars, Broken But Beautiful which launched on the OTT app.
Ekta adds, `As a creative individual, the idea is to cater to the audience in terms of their age groups and entertainment domain. It doesn't necessarily need to be the same content for everyone. I am mostly interested in creating something that has got a mass appeal, but at the same time, the idea is to present the narrative differently, something the audience has not seen before.`
As per the Q1 FY21 results, ALTBalaji continues to dominate the Hindi language OTT market with direct subscription revenue that has grown by ~90% year on year. With 65% of its consumers coming from the non-metro and tier 2/tier 3 towns and cities, ALTBalaji has established a clear positioning as platform of the masses - Hindi Masaledaar Content for India and Hindi Speaking Diaspora.
From starting a successful production house to introducing breakthrough content, Ekta is constantly transforming the three formats of content which are popular as well as successful.