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Nawazuddin Siddiqui decides to quit OTT platform

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Hindustan Times
01 November, 2021, 02:35 pm
Last modified: 01 November, 2021, 03:05 pm

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui decides to quit OTT platform

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has said in a new interview that he no longer wishes to work on OTT platform, disappointed by the kind of content is being churned out

Hindustan Times
01 November, 2021, 02:35 pm
Last modified: 01 November, 2021, 03:05 pm
Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Photo: Collected
Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Photo: Collected

Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said he will stop working in productions made for India's booming streaming market, calling online platforms a "dumping ground for redundant shows".

India's population of 1.3 billion people has attracted streaming giants Netflix, Amazon's Prime Video and Disney's Hotstar, all keen to tap into a vast and fast-growing market.

Nawaz, a celebrated film actor, starred in Netflix's first Indian original series Sacred Games, released in 2018 to international acclaim.

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But the 47-year-old told Bollywood Hungama in an interview published on the weekend that "quantity has killed quality" on the so-called over-the-top (OTT) web platforms.

"The platform has become a dumping ground for redundant shows. We either have shows that don't deserve to be seen in the first place. Or sequels to shows that have nothing more to say," he said.

"It's become a 'racket' for big production houses and actors... Major film producers in Bollywood have cut lucrative deals with all the big players in the OTT field. Producers get whopping amounts to create unlimited content."

He added that the "excitement and challenge around the digital medium" that he experienced while working on Sacred Games was gone. "When I can't bear to watch them how can I bear to be in them?" he added.

Siddiqui has been described as one of Hindi cinema's great success stories. He came from humble beginnings in a village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and made fame in Bollywood after moving to India's film capital Mumbai in 2000.

The Indian entertainment market -- valued at $24 billion by accountancy giant EY -- is already one of the world's biggest, while smartphone adoption is forecast to expand further in coming years.

 

Nawazuddin Siddiqui / OTT Platform / bollywood

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