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UPDATED 23 October 2026 216 REPORTS · 172 COMPANIES

Production / IP

One Life Studios

Key facts

Operator / parent
Independent; founder-led
Origin
India
Headquarters
Mumbai, India
Launched
Company founded around 2016; microdrama licensing round dated 22 July 2026
Category
Production / IP

One Life Studios is a Mumbai producer with a library of more than 500 microdrama and scripted titles. As part of a tenth-anniversary international expansion it licensed 60 titles to three South East Asian digital platforms, including Vibe Entertainment and Interactive Films LLC. Earlier deals took 'Dhruv Tara' to Today TV in Vietnam, 'Porus' and 'Chandragupta Maurya' to Atinka TV in Ghana, and titles to CBS Cambodia and ANTV/Vidio in Indonesia. It is shopping two new premium historical-fantasy dramas for co-production. It licenses business-to-business rather than running a consumer app.

Profile

Markets
India for production; South East Asia and global licensing, including Vietnam, Ghana, Cambodia and Indonesia
Content
A library of more than 500 microdrama and scripted titles; 60 titles licensed to three South East Asian platforms.
Genres
Historical fantasy and mythological drama, romance
Monetisation
Business-to-business licensing to broadcasters and platforms
Backers
Independent; founder-led

People

  • Siddharth Kumar Tewary — Founder and CEO

Sources