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TV Classics Revived: Agent Raghav, Fear Files, Santoshi Maa Return as Mobile Microdramas
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Moneycontrol•27-09-2026, 21:44
TV Classics Revived: Agent Raghav, Fear Files, Santoshi Maa Return as Mobile Microdramas
- •Popular TV shows like Agent Raghav, Fear Files, and Santoshi Maa are being adapted into 90-second microdramas for mobile audiences.
- •Entertainment companies are transforming existing television libraries into short-form content, viewing older properties as valuable intellectual property for the vertical-video generation.
- •ZEE has licensed titles to Story TV, and Applause Entertainment is adapting Hello Mini, creating new life cycles for shows that originally ran for hundreds of episodes.
- •The microdrama format allows for lower production costs (Rs 20,000-Rs 50,000 per episode), enabling experimentation with more stories and concepts.
- •This trend introduces familiar TV properties to younger viewers and could eventually see successful microdramas expand into full-length TV shows, OTT series, or films.
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Popular television shows like Agent Raghav, Fear Files, Santoshi Maa, and Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo are being adapted into 90-second microdramas for smartphone audiences.
ZEE has licensed titles such as Agent Raghav, Santoshi Maa, and Fear Files to Story TV, while Applause Entertainment has entered into an alliance to adapt Hello Mini.
EPIC Managing Director Aditya Pittie stated that the company's initial slate of 50 series is expected to expand to more than 250 titles by the middle of next year.
