The Union government and Netflix kicked off a partnership, with the release of two-minute videos on seven women changemakers, titled ‘Azadi ki Amrit Kahaniyan’, on Tuesday while announcing the production of more such videos and a serial on the Freedom struggle to celebrate 75 years of Independence.
At the launch event, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said Netflix would produce 25 short videos on various topics under the government’s ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebration. With Netflix’ head of global television Bela Bajaria in presence, Mr. Thakur asked the streaming service to produce 75 such videos.
Protagonists of three of the videos - environmentalist Basanti Devi from Pithoragarh, first woman to summit Mount Everest twice in five days Anshu Jamsenpa and India’s first female firefighter Harshini Kanhekar - were also present during the event. The videos, narrated by actor Neena Gupta and produced by Netflix, would be shared on social media and broadcast on Doordarshan, Mr. Thakur said.
