Bollywood stars should live up to standard of acting on OTT says Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Mumbai Mar 26 PTI Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Saturday said it is about time Hindi cinema superstars start focusing on improving their standard of acting especially when they work for the OTT platformDuring a conversation at ABP Networks Ideas of India summit with Sumit Awasthi the actor expressed his displeasure over superstars not fulfilling the criteria of good acting on the digital mediumToday the big stars have started coming on OTT and they are working here Earlier OTT started with us and good content was being made and people saw it Then the stars cameThe problem is we usually have a good start initially in the entertainment medium and then it all goes for a toss Siddiqui who made his debut on OTT with 2018 Netflix hit series Sacred Games saidWhen probed further if he means the big stars should not come on OTT the actor said he wants the stars to live up to the standards of the digital spaceThey stars should come on OTT but they should do that standard of acting they are doing the same acting The standard of acting that one has seen on OTT platforms when it started should be there like the kind of world level series acting that was being made so work accordingly Siddiqui addedThe 47-year-old actor was speaking during the session called The OTT Boom The Actor as StarTo a query about Indian actors taking up Hollywood movies Siddiqui said he fails to understand their need to work in the WestThey should watch our films more than we work in their films I dont understand why the validation of the West is so essential Korean actors and filmmakers are big stars They are bigger stars than Hollywood stars We need to make that kind of cinema we do have topics but we need to take some daring he addedThe 47-year-old actor said he thoroughly enjoys acting on various platforms of entertainment — films OTT and theatreHe pointed out there are less people watching films that enjoy a good run at festivals across the globeFor the last 20 years I have been hoping that there should be a culture for festival films but it is disappointing that it has not happened yet Some of our films do really well at film festivals but when they release here they do not do wellThere is little audience for such films People should go to watch these films because they are really good To watch such films we all need to inculcate an appetite for it Siddiqui said PTI KKP RB RB
Mumbai Mar 26 PTI Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Saturday said it is about time Hindi cinema superstars start focusing on improving their standard of acting especially when they work for the OTT platformDuring a conversation at ABP Networks Ideas of India summit with Sumit Awasthi the actor expressed his displeasure over superstars not fulfilling the criteria of good acting on the digital mediumToday the big stars have started coming on OTT and they are working here Earlier OTT started with us and good content was being made and people saw it Then the stars cameThe problem is we usually have a good start initially in the entertainment medium and then it all goes for a toss Siddiqui who made his debut on OTT with 2018 Netflix hit series Sacred Games saidWhen probed further if he means the big stars should not come on OTT the actor said he wants the stars to live up to the standards of the digital spaceThey stars should come on OTT but they should do that standard of acting they are doing the same acting The standard of acting that one has seen on OTT platforms when it started should be there like the kind of world level series acting that was being made so work accordingly Siddiqui addedThe 47-year-old actor was speaking during the session called The OTT Boom The Actor as StarTo a query about Indian actors taking up Hollywood movies Siddiqui said he fails to understand their need to work in the WestThey should watch our films more than we work in their films I dont understand why the validation of the West is so essential Korean actors and filmmakers are big stars They are bigger stars than Hollywood stars We need to make that kind of cinema we do have topics but we need to take some daring he addedThe 47-year-old actor said he thoroughly enjoys acting on various platforms of entertainment — films OTT and theatreHe pointed out there are less people watching films that enjoy a good run at festivals across the globeFor the last 20 years I have been hoping that there should be a culture for festival films but it is disappointing that it has not happened yet Some of our films do really well at film festivals but when they release here they do not do wellThere is little audience for such films People should go to watch these films because they are really good To watch such films we all need to inculcate an appetite for it Siddiqui said PTI KKP RB RB
