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Of any ‘You can be and yet age or shape on web’ find a place

- Titas Chowdhury titas.chowdhury@hindustant­imes.com

After dabbling in the Hindi and the south film industries as well as TV, actor Madhoo Shah is set to mark her foray into the web space with an anthology film and a web series, for which she has already signed three seasons.

Happy to be able to play the parts that she couldn’t during her prime days in the film industry, the actor says, “With the onset of OTT today, I feel liberated. I took a hiatus of 15 years and returned to the industry. Everything changes so quickly here. I’m busy doing some amazing characters and roles today.”

The restrictio­ns and stereotype­s pertaining to a woman’s marital status and age, which have plagued the industry for years, are waning with time. And this excites Shah. She shares, “You can be of any age or shape, but if you are a good actor, you have a place here. Web shows have allowed me that space. You don’t have to be single or in your 20s to be a part of them. You have the freedom to just be an actor.”

Quiz her if she wished that the digital invasion had happened back in the ‘90s, when she had started her career, and the Thalaivi (2021) actor says, “There’s nothing about the ‘90s that I want to change or do differentl­y. It was the golden period. I’m happy that the influx of OTT has happened today, because this is the right time for me to jump into it.”

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