OTT Platforms are giving second chance that film industry could never offer

Bollywood stars are getting the second chance from OTT that the film industry could never offer

Most of The OTTs are benefited from the COVID-19 Outbreak as people are spending more time on these OTTs and this habit became part of their daily life.Good content requires Great star cast with some outstanding acting skills if the OTT makes profits then they will invest more in creating content and they can afford to hire industry veterans who is good in Acting department.

Sushmita Sen Made her Digital Debut With the release of Aarya. Sushmita got second opportunity on OTT platforms which Bollywood could never offer. We have seen the trend more and more stars whose films are turning flop at box office are switching to alternate screen. If we go back little back in time when Saif ali khan made his digital debut with Sacred Games. we wonder what made him to switch to Alternate screen and work on Multi-starer web series? We all know Bollywood is filled with politics and Nepotism. There are many producers who prefers to cast only who is either a trending star or part of their clan. hence opportunity for fresh cast or Decent actor is less. No one gives another opportunity to the actors whose films are not working on the box office. In Saif Ali Khan’s case his film Baazaar,Laal Kaptaan,kaalakaandi and few other were fails to impress the audience at box office and his fellow directors and producer felt that his career is over as the investment made on those film goes fruitless.They will not take risk by giving one more chance. No one was ready to cast him on their upcoming films.With Sacred Games he experimented his presence on OTT platforms and it turned out be a savior Not just mentally but also financially as he got paid 15 crore for Sacred games. Usually he charges 7-10 crore for a film. So his switch to Digital made him popular again with some work in hand as Season 3 of sacred games is coming. This not only keeps actor alive but also changed their career path and makes him busy in life via OTT route.

Coming back to Susmita Sen who was slowly fading away from Indian cinema made wise decision by walking on an OTT Path and with release of Aarya she started her second Inning which turned out to be rescuer. So it would not be wrong to say that OTTs are giving second chance to the stars that film industry never offer. Her performance in Aarya was exception. We all know her acting skills we have seen her beautiful face in “Main Hoon na” and “Biwi No.1” But in Aarya she has shown her class which no one could have imagine. Her bold avatar is highly substantial. She move in to film industry in 1996 with her first film Dastak since then she had seen more flops then the hits. What is more bothering is that she never gets a role where she can utilize her full potential as result of this we never get to see her playing a bold character like Aarya on Big Screen.

Other Stars like R Madhawanh has also seen success on alternate screen with first season of Breath which become a most talked about show on amazon prime. Interestingly in the second season of Breath Abhishek Bacchan is making his debut on OTT. So Be it like Arshad Warsi in Asur or Karishma Kapoor in Mentalhood these fine actors are getting second chance which our so called Bollywood could never give.

Followed by these stars even a Khiladi Akshay Kumar is adapting the OTT route and making his debut with the show “The End" on Amazon Prime video this will be a action-packed thriller series and akshay has promised that his fan will get amazed by seeing his new Avatar.
 

Akshay Kumar at the launch event of his upcoming Series The End