Bathiya N Santhush join Viber Public Chats

Viber – the leading mobile communications app offering free messaging and HD-quality calls announced recently that Bathiya N Santhush, popularly known as BNS, have joined Viber Public Chats. Fans can now download the free Viber app and follow BNS – Sri Lanka’s leading pop, rap and ethnic fusion music duo – to get sneak peek into their day to day lives including details of shows, concerts, new releases and albums.

BNS started their musical journey in 1998. Mixing Sinhala, Tamil and English lyrics in their originals and utilising Hindi language in remixes brought out their much loved contemporary style. They have released nearly eight albums and have had over 25 Sri Lankan No. 1 singles. BNS’s concerts are the most popular in the Sri Lankan music arena. They have performed in over 600 concerts in Sri Lanka and overseas. In 2008, BNS marked the end of their tremendously popular ‘Neththara Live’ concert series after over 120 performances. Thereafter, Neththara Live was replaced with a brand new concert series ‘Shaheena’ named after their first single in 2008. The current concert series ‘Sara Sihina’ is their fifth and is named after their 2010 release. Bathiya and Santhush are the only Sri Lankan artistes to feature with popular Indian singers Hariharan (Yaalpanamen) and Asha Bhosle (Dedunna Sedi).

Commenting on joining Viber Public Chats, BNS said that they are delighted to join Viber Public Chats which is a new social media platform that allows them to connect with their fans in a unique way. 

“Viber Public Chats is a great way to get closer to our beloved fans both in Sri Lanka as well as overseas. Through our Public Chat on Viber, we can easily release information on our plans, musical journey as well as our thoughts on matters and topics which are near and dear to us. We invite all our fans to join Viber and stay in touch,” they added.

“It is our privilege to share that now BNS fans in Sri Lanka and all over the world; can follow their favourite musical duo on Viber Public Chats,” said Viber South Asia Regional Head Anubhav Nayyar.

“Viber is continuously on the lookout to add more celebrities such as popular fashion models, actors, actresses and sports personalities on to the Viber Public Chats so that fans can get an inside view of their world on a regular basis,” he added.  

Celebrities can write to Viber on [email protected] to create their own Public chats.

Launched in November 2014, Viber Public Chats allow users to discover, share and follow live discussions from a wide range of celebrities, personalities and brands across many genres including sports, music, fashion, entertainment and more, using the familiar interface of the instant messaging platform. Anyone on Viber can follow as many of these chats as they like on their desktops or mobile devices. 

Conversations are multi-media and include text, photos, video, stickers, web links and much more. Users can invite friends to follow the Public Chats that interest them, and can share content as well. The most popular chats are featured on the home screen of the Public Chats section of Viber. Users can easily search to find out who is chatting, or they can access a chat directly through its customised URL.