Mumbai, June 10 -- Until last year, Vibhu Agarwal was best known for the adults-only streaming platform Ullu, a planned SME IPO and touted as India's only profitable streaming service. All that came unstuck when the government banned Ullu, ALTT and two dozen other apps for hosting sexually explicit content.

A year later, Agarwal is increasing focus on Vedic history, making shows and films on mythological figures for his Hari Om platform and has pivoted to developing AI-enabled films for the big screen including Dronacharya, slated for release this month.

"People complain that these days the content on OTT platforms cannot be watched with the family," Agarwal told Mint in an interview. "We realized that if we want to educate our kids abo...