Specialist Streamer Mubi Launches in India, Reveals Pricing1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon-based Mubi, which bills itself as a “hand-curated” cinema service offering a select 30 titles per month covering world cinema, art house, film classics and other prestige genres, has launched in India. The service unveiled its inaugural subscription offer at $2.8 for three months after which a regular monthly price of $7 will be charged.
Mubi will offer both its international channel, Mubi World, and a specially curated channel, Mubi India, which will feature a hand-picked selection of Indian films across genres. Like its international channel, the Indian channel will also offer 30 titles per month where each day, a new film is added, while the oldest one is removed.
Mubi India offers an eclectic mix with such titles as 1988 cult classic Om-Dar-Ba-Dar by Kamal Swaroop, Duvidha from Indian art house master Mani Kaul, Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghohrey Da Daan, acclaimed director Shyam Benegal’s Mammo, Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning Gandhi, Bollywood comedy Andaz Apna Apna and even short films such as Kanu Behl’s Binnu Ka Sapna, which premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
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