Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 26 (ANI): Ahead of the release of 'The Great Indian Murder', actor Pratik Gandhi opened up about his experience working with his co-star Richa Chadha.
Mumbai Jan 18 PTI Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhuliasays he saw the streaming revolution sweeping the country almost a decade ago and believes that the OTT platforms have not only brought changes in storytelling but also introduced a wide range of disciplined actorsKnown for critically-acclaimed films like Paan Singh Tomar Haasil and the Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster franchise Dhulia made his streaming debut in 2019 with shows like Out of Love and Criminal JusticeThe director is now gearing up for his latest series The Great Indian Murder for Disney Hotstar The show stars actor Richa Chadha and Pratik Gandhi of Scam 1992 fame During a virtual press conference of the upcoming thriller the filmmaker said the landscape of Indian storytelling has greatly benefited from the arrival of streaming platforms in the country I have been saying that OTT will take over films for ten years now The pandemic has just given it some more speed I am extremely happy in this space You get to make an OTT show the same way you get to make a feature film with the same mounting We get to work with good actors now and the new breed of actors are much more disciplined the director told reportersDhulia said streaming platforms are also a blessing for small-scale films which would earlier struggle to earn money at the box officeWith the freedom to experiment Dhulia said directors and writers now have an opportunity to think really out of the boxThe breaking of the Hindi commercial formula was a step that was taken back in the 2000s when directors like Vishal Bhardwaj Anurag Kashyap Rajkumar Hiarani and I came around That started reflecting in our hardcore commercial films say a Dangal or a Bajrangi Bhaijaan They were in the commercial format but had a different storytelling the filmmaker saidThe world of streaming offers the filmmakers and actors more opportunities he addedIn films you were always pushing the plot forward and had an interval point Our sense of screenplay was contrived but OTT has purified it and given it clarity Now you get to tell new stories in a new way new technology with better actors and you get to show it to the world Dhulia saidThe Great Indian Murder is an adaptation of author Vikas Swarups novel Six Suspects which revolves around the murder of the son of a high-profile minister The show is backed by actor Ajay Devgn and producer Priti Vinay Sinha who have produced the series under their banner ADF and RLE Media for Disney Hotstar Devgn who was also present at the event said the biggest strength of the digital space is its reliance on storytellingThe best thing about OTT is that here scripts and storytelling are of utmost importance What we could not do in films we can do here on OTT A lot of stories get justified on OTT Thats the best part of it that you can think of new ideas different things and put it out on screen Devgn himself is gearing up to make his acting debut with the DisneyHotstar show Rudra-The Edge of Darkness which is an adaptation of the Idris Elba-starrer successful British series LutherAs compared to the West the 52-year-old actor believes the OTT space in the country is still under development However it wont be too long before Indian shows catch up with the global standards he addedWe have just recently started on OTT we are maturing and doing fabulously well It always takes time but we will keep doing better A series has a different form of screenplay whichthe West has been doing for quite some time But our Indian culture its earthiness and characters are very vast So the kind of stories we can tell we can go much beyond them eventually Devgn saidThe Great Indian Murder will release on Disney Hotstar on February 4 PTI JUR RB RB
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