Nikhil Madhok, former EVP & Head of Original Content of Disney+ Hotstar, has joined Amazon Prime Video as Head of Hindi original content, according to a post on LinkedIn.

Under his leadership, he will oversee the growth and expansion of its original content, which will facilitate Prime Video to expand its original content footprint in India across languages and genres.

Nikhil joined the streaming platform in July 2018 as responsible for the entire slate of Specials from content strategy, ideation, curation, script development, production, and launch.

Disney + Hotstar has produced original shows such as ‘Special Ops’, ‘Aarya’, ‘Criminal Justice, ‘Human’, ‘Grahan’, and ‘Ghar Waapsi’, under his leadership.

With almost two decades of experience in the industry, he has worked with Unilever, Turner Broadcasting System, Star Network, and Discovery. This was his second stint at Star.

He earlier worked with the network from 2011 to 2016.

Prior to joining Star in 2017, he was with Discovery Inc in Singapore and was responsible for Discovery’s suite of Linear TV and Digital products across APAC.