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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 50 MIN

#Rewind From KBC to Scam 1992 How Sameer Nair Built Indian Entertainment | The Media Room | The Core

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Sameer Nair’s journey from KBC to Scam 1992 is the story of how Indian entertainment, Indian TV and India’s OTT streaming business changed forever.In this #Rewind episode of The Media Room by The Core, Vanita Kohli-Khandekar revisits a powerful conversation with the media leader who helped shape Kaun Banega Crorepati, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Star India, Applause Entertainment and some of India’s most watched streaming shows.From bringing Amitabh Bachchan to Indian television through KBC to backing shows like Scam 1992, Criminal Justice, Scam 2003, Black Warrant and Gandhi, Sameer Nair explains what it takes to build content that reaches millions. He talks about the business of Indian media, the future of OTT platforms, streaming economics, India’s entertainment market, theatre business, pricing, audience behaviour and why India has a real opportunity to become a global content power.This conversation goes beyond television and OTT. It explores how storytelling, technology, AI, intellectual property, ad supported streaming, micro dramas and platform consolidation are changing the media and entertainment industry in India.For business leaders, media professionals, consultants, investors, founders and anyone tracking India’s digital economy, this episode offers a rare inside view of how entertainment businesses scale.Can India build a 100 billion dollar media and entertainment industry? Can streaming become the next KBC moment for the country? And what does it take to create stories that travel from India to the world?Watch this #Rewind episode of The Media Room on The Core for a sharp, insightful and deeply human conversation with Sameer Nair on Indian entertainment, OTT, streaming, AI and the future of storytelling.

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