OTT platforms are much more than a mere app for entertaining us. If we look at the revolution it has brought then we can appreciate its importance. Talented actors with only talent as their Godfathers got the opportunity to work and we loved that.
Radhika Apte lead the revolution in 2017 and 2018 when the Indian mass started acknowledging the amazing content that OTT provided. However, we have seen a decline in quality and innovativeness but it is still better than mainstream Bollywood.
Apart from a lot of other trends, one thing that we are consistently seeing in the OTT platform is the return of yesteryear actresses.
They were fairly active in their time but now Bollywood doesn’t have much to offer them. Neena Gupta is an incredibly talented lady but she got work and recognition only after she publicly made an appeal for work. And when she got the opportunity in Badhai Ho then she nailed it.
Recently released Dil Bekarar marked the digital debut of Poonam Dhillon. She was fairly popular in the 80s but was not getting many roles. With Dil Bekarar, she has restarted her career and it will be interesting to see how she continues.
Madhuri Dixit is probably the biggest female superstar ever in Bollywood. But, she was also not getting many roles of her capability after the mid-2000s. With the upcoming Netflix series, Finding Anamika she will be debuting in the digital space. It is very less likely that the audience will accept her the same way they did in the 90s but let’s be hopeful nonetheless.
Tabu is fairly active in Bollywood as she keeps on doing films. But last year she worked in A Suitable Boy where she was romancing with much younger Ishan Khatter.
Raveena Tondon is another prominent member of the same category. She did many films in the 90s that became highly successful at the box office. She is also marking her digital debut with Aranyak that is coming on Netflix on 10TH December.
Apart from them Sushmita Sen, Manisha Koirala, Shabana Azmi are also on the list. We’ll see who else joins the boom that OTT has brought and who makes the most out of it.