‘If It Had Come Earlier, My Struggle Would Have Been Less’, Pankaj Tripathi Gets Emotional On OTT!!
When it comes to OTT platform, then the discussion is definitely of Pankaj Tripathi. And when a new OTT platform is launched and Pankaj Tripathi is not invited, it cannot happen. Pankaj Tripathi is the biggest brand of OTT platform as of today. When OTT Play Premium was launched in Mumbai on Thursday, Pankaj Tripathi was also specially invited.
Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj Tripathi is working on both films and OTT, when asked what is the difference between films and OTT? So he says, ‘The arrival of OTT will not affect the cinema. Both will be together. Like when we celebrate any festival, people collectively participate in that festival. In the theatre, the boss also watches the film, so somewhere in a corner his employee is also sitting watching the film and both of them enjoy equally. Where else to see such a beautiful place!’
Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj says, ‘When you are alone at home, you can watch any show of your choice whenever you want. The specialty of OTT is that wherever you are outside India, you can watch any show whenever you want. Sometimes great movies don’t reach far and wide, but through OTT you can watch those movies. OTT and cinema both are good things and both will continue to do so.’
‘Sacred Games’, ‘Mirzapur’, ‘Criminal Justice’ have been Pankaj Tripathi’s hit shows. His show ‘Mirzapur’ became so popular that people now call Pankaj Tripathi by the name of Kaleen Bhaiya. Pankaj Tripathi says, ‘When I go somewhere, people whisper at the airport that look, Kaleen Bhiaya is coming. I sometimes fear that people may not even find my name on my boarding pass, ‘Kaleen Bhaiya’.’
Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj says, “The struggle of the actors has ended with the advent of OTT, the priority is that the actor should be good. Today all my friends are busy, look at anyone they are doing the same work. Even today stories are being written especially for inspectors in OTT.”
On the question of making a series on same topic, Pankaj believes that mob mobility has started in OTT too. He says, ‘Meri Mirzapur hit kya hui, log same show ke offers lekar aane lge”. In the end, how much can we show like that? My show ‘Criminal Justice’ is definitely a crime related show but the justice system has also been shown in it. Today, experiments are being done on OTT for good good stories, people are liking it, you can see the example of ‘Panchayat’, although I could not watch this show, but heard that it is going very well.
Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj Tripathi has played a variety of roles. When asked if he would like to play the role of a serial killer? Pankaj Tripathi said, ‘It is difficult to play a serial killer. I can’t even dream, if I think, I can’t sleep through the night. Now acting should not take that much risk. Now I am an actor, I don’t know what will happen next, but I don’t want to take so much trouble. Getting good roles, so doing the same.’
