This article showcases our top picks for the best Indian based Media and Entertainment companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Media and Entertainment industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Indian Media and Entertainment Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Pepper Content
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Pepper Content is a content-mediation platform that connects writers to organizations that require content.
Play Shifu
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PlayShifu is an EdTech startup that offers teaching and learning tools for children 4 to 12 years of age.
WinZO
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WinZO is a mobile e-sports social gaming platform that offers monetary benefits and prizes to players.
BookMyShow
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BookMyShow is an Indian online ticketing service for cinemas, theaters, and sports.
Pocket Aces
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Pocket Aces is a digital entertainment company focused on mobile video.
unlu
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unlu is a celebrity engagement platform that allows consumers and brands to receive endorsements from high-profile personalities.
TVF
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TVF Play is a youth focussed premium content platform of India
Hungama
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Hungama Digital Media Entertainment. is the largest aggregator, developer, publisher and distributor of Bollywood and South-Asian content.
Mega Games
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Mega Games is an online real-money gaming platform.
Myelin Foundry
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Myelin Foundry develops Artificial Intelligence algorithms on video, voice, and sensor data, for edge devices.
ScoopWhoop
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ScoopWhoop is an internet media company that creates and curates India-specific stories for a wider audience.
PVR Ltd
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PVR Ltd is the India’s largest cinema chain operator.
3one4 Capital
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3one4 Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Bangalore, India.
NewsBytes
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NewsBytes is India’s only media-technology leveraging AI-powered engine to create content in multiple languages across formats.
GoNuts
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GoNuts operates as a celebrity and fan engagement startup.
Turnip
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Turnip is a live game streaming and community platform.
Clip App
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Clip App is a digital media video startup that allows its users to easily create, watch and download funny Indian videos.
SMAAASH
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SMAAASH is an immersive and interactive entertainment center that offers a mix of active and passive entertainment and innovative games.
Culture Machine
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Culture Machine is a media company that helps creators, brands, and traditional media firms reach the right viewers.
AGW Bharat
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AGW Bharat is a new generation of Journalism and Broadcast Company that focuses on uplifting the role of youth in the World of Journalism.
HCL Technologies
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HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.
The Ken
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The Ken is India’s first subscriptions-only business news site
Wysh
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Wysh is a platform that connects users with their favourite celebrities.
Playtoome
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Playtoome is a live entertainment destination. Watch concerts and live performances, such as dance, music, and drama, as they happen.
Charmboard
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Charmboard is the world’s leading in-video discovery platform.
The Backbenchers
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TheBackbenchers™ is World’s fastest-growing Platform for sharing Inspiration & Motivational stories.’
ClanConnect
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ClanConnect is a self-serve online influencer for your brand and reinforces a strong online presence.
Dainik Jagran
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Dainik Jagran is a media and communications group.
DQ Entertainment
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DQ Entertainment, a global entertainment group
VTION
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VTION is a media technology innovation firm aiming to solve key problems around measurement of consumption in the media based ecosystems
Prime Focus
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Prime Focus provides creative and technical services to the film, broadcast, advertising and media industries.
People Matters
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People Matters is Asia’s largest and leading community platform for talent professionals in the arena of people and work.
Techfront
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Techfront develops end-to-end integrated technology and solutions for the sports, entertainment, and media industries.
SS Motivation
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SS Motivation is a part of Motivationbyss Private limited provides the up to date content related to all entertaiment and education.
Zvents
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Zvents creates and operates local entertainment guides online.
Knocksense
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Knocksense which owns and operates an eponymous digital content platform.
WYN Studio
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WYN Studio is a creative content and branding studio.
Silly Monks Entertainment Limited
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Hyderabad-based digital entertainment company
Weirdass Comedy
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Weirdass Comedy is a comedy studio and consultancy company.
WittyFeed
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Discover latest news from all around the world, trending stories on Lifestyle, Technology, Humor, Entertainment, Sports, Travel, Food etc
PressPlay
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PressPlay was founded in December 2013. Headquartered in New Delhi, India
HeyMojo, Inc
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Heymojo bots boost your sales by engaging your customers in real-time and generating high quality conversation qualified leads (CQL).
Stumagz
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Stumagz is about connecting with Stories Stumagz is about collaborating with people Stumagz is about creating a Cult.
Matrubharti
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Matrubharti is a community of content creators in vernacular languages, people create quotes, write stories, post videos here.
Chiliad Procons
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Chiliad Procons specializes in setting up snow and adventure-based amusement theme parks.
Greenway Appliances
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A for-profit product design & distribution company founded in early 2011,
Pesopie
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World’s first video based fashion and lifestyle shopping application.
Superfan Studio
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Superfan Studio is a No-code browser tool with pre-made templates to deploy AR experiences on FB, Insta, Snapchat, Web & more.
Cast India
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Cast India is a professional mentoring firm that guides, groom, enhance, and launches artists.
Picturehouse Media
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Picturehouse Media is a subsidiary of PVP Gloval group which engages in film production and related activities.
VMate
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VMate is a Short video UGC content community platform.
TalkEsport
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TalkEsport is a global esports media and technology portal.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. is the second-largest Indian media and entertainment company based in Mumbai
FastFilmz
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FastFilmz is an indian startup engaged in regional film streaming.
Yindutong
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Yindutong provides information on Indian life strategy, Indian business guide, and communication platform between Chinese in India.
Diligent Media Corporation
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Diligent Media Corporation is an India-based company that publishes daily newspapers.
Trendy Beat Records
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Trendy beat network is providing innovative solutions to its clients, in HTML Tags and Formatting.
Blue Box Media Pvt. Ltd.
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Blue Box Media Pvt. Ltd. is a new age media house for a new age India managing two online portals The Tech Portal and SpringTide
TechGraph
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Covering latest news, analysis, and opinions on Technology, Startups, Business and on Crypto’s from India and World.
TalentNext
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TalentNext is a company that connects talents with the recruiters.
Inc42
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Inc42 is one of the leading tech media publications of India.
Republic
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Republic TV is India’s most watched english news channel from its week of launch.
Sahara India
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Sahara India Pariwar is an Indian conglomerate that owns companies like power, hospitality, airlines. finance, infrastructure, media
Dhudiya Entertainment
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Dhudiya Entertainment – is an film studio and Entertainment company in india.
Eattreatonline
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Eattreatonline.com is a online food industry .
OML Entertainment
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OML is a versatile and wide-ranging entertainment firm based in Mumbai, India.
Jolly Food Fellow
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Jolly Food Fellow is a Media and Distribution Platform to consumable video content for Consumers from Restaurants and FMCG.
Artistize.com
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Artistize provides visibility and exposure to the artists and identification and evaluation tools to the seekers.
Network18
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The Network18 Group is a media and entertainment company with interests in television, internet, films, e-commerce, magazines, mobile
Dance with Madhuri
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Dance with Madhuri is an online gamified dance academy that enables its members to learn various dance styles.
Southern Asiana Industrials Private Limited
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Since 2011, Southern Asiana Industrials Private Limited, has been providing products and services related engineering and fashion.
mChamp Entertainments
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It conducts celebrity-related and entertainment contests on its app
Hindustan Media Venture
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HMVL specializes in the printing and publication of newspapers and periodicals.
Hurix Systems Private
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Hurix provides technology based e-learning solutions to the global education, learning & the media industry.
Virtua Pirates Private Limited
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We are currently developing a real-life money hunting game in a multiplayer battle royale format.
Rentkar – Switch to Share
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Rentkar – Switch To Share is an online peer to peer marketplace. You can now share your items and connect with people from your city.
LittleShows Media Pvt. Ltd
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It is a social networking website for Aspiring media talents and also a video sharing website comprising of quality short films.
SpeakIn
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SpeakIn is Asia’s finest AI enabled open-platform for listing and finding the best of experts, speakers and thought leaders from the region.
Knoldus Inc.
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Knoldus modernize digital systems by leveraging Functional Programming (Scala, Rust, Java) & Fast Data (Spark, Flink) ecosystems.
The Creative Crew
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The Creative Crew is a branch from DAPULSE, LLC a talent management department.
TicketNew
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TicketNew is a privately owned company and provides online ticket booking services for movies.
Eros Now
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Watch Bollywood, Hindi, Tamil and regional Indian movies, originals, TV shows, and music videos worldwide. Available on all major platforms.
artbandhu
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Artbandhu is an creative career discovery platform, providing curated and personalized recommendations for passion and gig-based job seekers
Vicit Infot Tech Pvt Ltd
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Creators of successful online social change platform Thappad and futuristic Celebrity Bot project.
Madison World
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Madison World is the independent media company.
Sun TV Network
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Sun TV Network is an Indian media conglomerate.
Waterfront Film
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Waterfront Film is a full-service film production company.
Sahara One Media And Entertainment
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Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited operates in the Motion Pictures and Television arena.
Changa Video App
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India’s very own “Aatmnirbhar” platform, promoting desi talent, is here to change the dynamics of short video sharing platforms.
The Logical Indian
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The Logical Indian is an independent and public-spirited digital media platform for Indian millennials.
Founch
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Bringing Together, Best Information, At One Place!
9X Media Pvt. Ltd.
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9X Media is a Music Broadcaster opertaing 5 music television channels.