“Through Reelmonk, film producers can release and promote their movies across 2.5 million screens of Indians across the globe. They can also see how their movies are performing on a daily basis on a transparent dashboard,” it said.
Reelmonk.com is the brainchild of three 22-year-olds from Kochi -- Blaise Crowly, Vivek Paul, Gautham Vyas -- and is promoted by Konglo Ventures. “We are set to launch on July 20th with 15 movies for users to download, including ‘Nee-Na’ by Lal Jose and ‘Njan Steve Lopez’ by Rajeev Ravi.
“An idea that originated over a midnight phone call with a friend is today ready for launch after a long and exciting journey that was full of challenges, setbacks, straight out crashes and amazing moments to cherish,” said Crowly, CEO of Reelmonk.com.
“Piracy happens due to non-availability of content. When content is easy to access at a reasonable price, we believe piracy will take a back seat,” he said.
The portal’s COO, Vivek Paul, said that a lot of effort and sacrifice goes into creating a movie and it is a cause for disappointment when elements such as piracy, lack of releasing platform and other issues come to beset such a piece of work.
“We want to be a platform where all movies can reach viewers at the click of a button,” said Paul. With rates as low as Rs 180 for a movie, viewers can now watch the latest Malayali films at home on Reelmonk.com, said the portal’s developers.