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The second season of the show clocked 251.74 million hours viewed for the week of March 28 to April 3 - its first full week on the streaming service. However, as per 'Variety', 'Squid Game' still holds the overall record for most-viewed show on Netflix in general across a seven-day period, with 571.76 million hours viewed.

Long running daily soap 'Balika Vadhu - Anandi Ka Naya Safar' is coming to an end after completing two seasons. Lead actors of the show Shivangi Joshi,Samridh Bawa and Randeep Rai, who are seen as Anandi, Jigar and Anand get candid about their association with the show and how it feels to bid adieu to it. The show was initially airing on Colors and later it shifted to Voot. Now, its last episode will stream on March 29.

The third season of the drama series 'Gullak' is set for a release on April 7. Set in a quaint North Indian town, the show, which centers on the Mishra family, will embark upon new chapters in their lives. It will further explore the far from perfect realities and dynamics of the Mishra clan, comprising parents Santosh and Shanti Mishra, and their sons Annu and Aman, and their evolution as a family and as individuals.

 'Game of Thrones' and '300' star Lena Headey is to make her feature directorial debut on psychological thriller 'Violet'. Based on the successful recent novel by SJI Holliday, the story follows two solo female travelers who immediately hit it off and decide to team up for the next leg of their adventure, reports 'Deadline'.

 Actress Madhuri Dixit Nene, who recently made her OTT debut with the series, 'The Fame Game', feels that the medium of OTT makes a film artiste one with the global platform as the distribution of content on OTT is worldwide.

Actress Vidya Balan, whose film 'Jalsa' releases on OTT on Friday, revealed that the film will trigger a change of arc in the audience as well on some level. Linking it to the challenges that life throws at people, the actress said that every achievement calls for a 'jalsa' (celebration).

Web series give storytellers a chance to get into nuances of the narrative, explore and establish each character with their corresponding backstory. This gives an advantage to the actors in the supporting cast as they get to exhibit their acting prowess with the progression of the narrative thereby earning greater recognition within the masses.

Actress Geetika Mehandru has already bagged a big project as she will be playing the character of a journalist in the movie 'Jersey' starring Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur in lead. Now, the 'Chotti Sarrdaarni' actress is all set to be seen in upcoming web series 'Roohaniyat' on MX Player. First promo has been released already.

The trailer of the upcoming web series titled 'Roohaniyat' starring Arjun Bijlani and Kanika Mann was released on Friday. The story of the web series revolves around the love journey of two characters and deals with the elements from the first date, moments of intimacy, first fight, the spark of jealousy and the journey of realising if this is love for life.

Making it a point to do diverse films across genres in the last two years, actor Manoj Bajpai says that it is important that he works with different directors willing to explore newer themes and not afraid of new treatments. Even as many books are being adapted into films, Bajpai opines that it is not fair to compare the two once the movie has been made.