Bharatiya Digital Party is a

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Channel, popularly known as BhaDiPa. They are known for their comedy and music videos. As of October 2018, it had 150 Million views across their Facebook page and Youtube Channel and more than 1 Million followers. The channel was founded by Sarang Sathaye, Anusha Nandakumar and Paula McGlynn.

Work

In 2016, BhaDiPa started the satirical talk show ''Casting Couch with Amey and Nipun'', hosted by

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and

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. It is inspired by

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' ''Between the Two Ferns''. The show aired 7 episodes with celebrity guests that include

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, Pooja Thombre, Swanandi Tikekar,

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and

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. They also released a song titled ''Maharashtra Desha'', sung by

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and Gandhaar, on the occasion of

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in 2016.The video was directed by Sarang Sathaye. In 2017, they organised a Marathi stand-up comedy event called ''Secret Marathi Stand-up''. The line-up of comedians for the event included Sarang Sathaye, Aditya Desai, Gaurav Pawar, Divya Kharnare, Omkar Rege, Darshan Sonvale, Chetan Muley and Nipun Dharmadhikari. They hosted shows in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur and Nashik. BhaDiPa has also released their song originals. On 14th February 2021 on the occasion of

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, they released the song 'Suii Suii' in a collaboration with A V Prafullachandra. They collaborated with comedian

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in 2018. They also produced the short film titled ''Aai ani Me series'' featuring Renuka Daftardar,

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and

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and Sarang Sathaye. In 2018, they created a

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spoof video, titled ''If Hogwarts was a Marathi School'', featuring actors like

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and

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. They also have various series like ''Aaplya Baapachi'' and ''Miss Manners che Sanskar Varga''. In 2019, BhaDiPa started producing neutral election-related content in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. They also received funding under the Google News Initiative to develop new product features and improve the news experience of YouTube. They launched a platform called ''Lok Manch'', where they interacted with

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, the former chief minister of Maharashtra; Swabhimani Paksha leader Raju Shetti and NCP leader,

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. BhaDiPa has produced two Web Series. 'Pandu' on

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and 'Chikatgunde' on

. BhaDiPa collaborated with TVF to produce web series Shantit Kranti. It aired in

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on August 13, 2021. They reached 1 Million Subscribers on YT on 23 August 2021 thus gaining the Golden Play Button. BhaDiPa produced & collaborated with Scaler to present one of its biggest hits " B.E.Rojgaar" which was created by Sarang Sathaye in 2022. " B.E. Rojgaar" starring

, Sambhaji Sasane & Jagdish Kannam went on to become one of the most watched Marathi Web Series of all time on YouTube. Bhadipa created their inclusive responsive media website in year 2020 with one of the Responsive Website Development Company in Mumbai called as CreativeWebo Pvt. Ltd BDP received Newsmakers Achievers Awards in 2022.

References

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Bharatiya Digital Party Website
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