Original Telugu shows
Comedy sketches, mini-series and festival specials — written, shot and edited in our village.
Our story
It takes a village to transform a village.
How a village near Karimnagar became one of Telugu YouTube's best-loved homes — one sketch at a time.
YouTube OriginalsCreator Spotlight: My Village Show
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2012
A camera and a crazy idea
On 3 November 2012, Sriram Srikanth started My Village Show to capture “my crazy thoughts in daily life” and the village around him — Lambadipally, near Karimnagar. The channel began with a little over 1,000 subscribers and one simple reason: “I love my village so much.”
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2017
Gangavva steps in front of the camera
Milkuri Gangavva, a farmworker from the village, began with guest appearances and became a full-time member of the cast in 2017. Her natural timing and Telangana dialect made her one of the show's most-loved stars.
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2018
The village goes viral worldwide
In August 2018, our take on the Kiki Challenge — two farmers dancing in a muddy paddy field beside their bullocks — was picked up from India to Dubai and the United States. Gulf News wrote that they had “just won the internet”.
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2019
A team, an office and a training room
The channel crossed 900,000 subscribers. We were employing eight villagers in acting and scriptwriting, built an office and began training people in computer literacy. Gangavva made her film debut in Mallesham and iSmart Shankar.
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2020
From Lambadipally to the world
CNN told Gangavva's story to an international audience. On International Women's Day she received a Women Achiever Award from the Governor of Telangana, and later that year she entered Bigg Boss Telugu Season 4. In June 2021, YouTube Originals told our journey in its Creator Spotlight series.
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Today
A family of channels — and giving back
Five channels, more than 2,000 videos and over a billion views on the main channel. Through our Human Resource Development Center, we train young people in storytelling, filmmaking, editing and technology — so the next village story can be told by the village itself.
