Why Plabita feels stars are now exploring OTT
Many of these stars are now doing OTT. They will also adapt to the new medium. Big stars might just surprise us with their acting on OTT. PLABITA BORTHAKUR , Actor
No stranger to the web space, actor Plabita Borthakur is enjoying this new medium. In fact, she thinks even Bollywood stars are now lining up to explore the medium as well, with the hope to show a different side of them to the audience.
“I feel the process of filmmaking has changed a lot. A lot of people who we thought are stars and might not be great actors, might prove us wrong very soon. Many of these stars are now doing OTT. They will also adapt to the new medium. Big stars might just surprise us with their acting on the web platforms,” she says.
So does that mean that the star chasing culture prevails in OTT as well? “It is not that the shows which have stars in its cast are the only ones being made. There are also shows with other actors, who are not stars and they are doing well,” says Borthakur, who has starred in web projects like What’s Your Status, Breathe: Into the Shadows, Bombay Begums and Sutliyan.
Talking about blurring of demarcations between film and OTT actors, she says, “People adapted… Because of Covid-19, everything has indeed moved to OTT and so have the stars.” Borthakur also feels that even the audience has moved to OTT. “People are now complacent about watching movies in their homes; very few will go and watch anything in cinemas nowadays. People will go to watch a play but not films, because they know that it will come on OTT soon,” she ends.