Rishi Malhotra, the Co-Founder & CEO; Vinodh Bhat, Co-Founder & President; Paramdeep Singh, Co- Founder & Executive Chairman of Saavn, LLC, which is an American digital distributor of English, Bollywood and regional Indian music in over 200 countries. Since it was founded in 2007, the company has acquired rights to over 7 million music tracks. Saavn's signature products are Saavn.com, Saavn Pro, Saavn Music for iPhone, Saavn Music for Android, Saavn music and radio for Windows Phone and PC and Saavn Radio. Saavn offers free music search and streaming supported by display advertisements.
As of March 2015, Saavn has 13 million monthly active users.
Saavn was founded in 2007 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Bollywood content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indic music in 2009, re-launching its flagship product, Saavn.com, to become a B2C offering with an improved user interface and faster, smarter search capabilities.
As of today, Saavn is one of the largest distributors of Bollywood and other Indian entertainment in the world.
In January 2015, Saavn announced it had hired former Google India Country Head (Mobile) Mahesh Narayanan as its COO.
Products and services
Saavn’s most notable products are Saavn Pro, its music service that offers offline listening without advertisements, and its mobile apps, Saavn for iOS and Saavn for Android.
In December 2014, Saavn partnered with Twitter to introduce a tweet-powered radio station, @SaavnRadio.
Saavn also integrated a social networking feature with its music streaming service in April 2015. Saavn Social allows users to follow the profiles and playlists of their friends as well as celebrities. Users can share any song, album or playlist with their friends and chat about music real time.