· The awards ceremony to take place on 29th, April 2018
New Delhi, April 26, 2018: VoxWeb, the Singapore headquartered social media app will be the title sponsor of Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards. Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in the Indian cinema. They felicitate individuals from the entertainment industry for their outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. The main aim of these awards is to honor artists, technicians for their contribution towards the industry. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on April 29, 2018 at Chitrakoot Ground, Andheri West, Mumbai.
VoxWeb is a mobile-only social media platform, which empowers users to create voice-augmented photos or ‘voxies’ by adding an 11 second voice captions to their images. VoxWeb is the first social network in the world that has vowed to not track user data. The platform has more than 1 million users across 97 countries.
This year’s award ceremony will see famous director and producer Rakesh Roshan being graced with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. Actors including Rani Mukherjee, Kriti Sanon, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Tamannah Bhatia will also be awarded in different categories for their breakthrough performances.
VoxWeb, being the official social network for the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards will have exclusive access to the latest happenings at the gala award ceremony on April 29. Fans looking for latest updates on the awards can follow the awards page on VoxWeb to enjoy voxies and pictures of their favourite stars who will join the celebrations on April 29.
VoxWeb’s Founder and CEO, Yash Mishra said, “We are delighted to sponsor the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Awards. 60% of our users come from India and Bollywood is an important part of their lives. This partnership will not only help us connect closely with our existing users, it will also enable us to reach out to millions of Bollywood fans across the world who will witness the magic of VoxWeb’s signature voxies on the day of the awards.”
Mr. Ashfaque Khopekar, Chairman, VoxWeb DadaSaheb Phalke Foundation Awards says, ‘We are happy to have VoxWeb onboard. The company has a million users across the globe and is growing at a very fast pace. With its presence across 97 countries, we believe our film fraternity talent will get global exposure and appreciation.’
About VoxWeb
With over 1 million users from across the globe, VoxWeb is a mobile-only social media platform, which empowers users to create voice-augmented photos by adding voice captions to their images. 'Speaking pictures' or 'Voxies' is a fresh approach for social media communication that has till now relied on plain pictures and toneless text captions. Voxies offer a richer experience and engagement than plain pictures. Speaking pictures created on VoxWeb can be shared privately, as well as publicly, on the VoxWeb app.
The brainchild of Yash Mishra, former JP Morgan research analyst, VoxWeb has been developed by a team of global designers and developers spread across Europe and Asia. The app is available on iOS and Android, and is used in 97 countries across the globe. VoxWeb aims to solve the problem of one-to-many communication with a unique content feed algorithm and is focused on designing refreshingly new products that add a different dimension to social media consumption around the world. Headquartered in Singapore, the company is supported by a group of ultra-HNI investors.