When he is doing a web series, Pankaj Tripathi is always trusted to give his best. The actor is preparing for the release of the third season of his web-show Criminal Justice Adhura Sach, After receiving cold reviews for his last film Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga.
He plays the role of a sharp and humane lawyer Madhav Mishra in Criminal Justice. In a recent interview, the actor said it was a good decision on his part to juggle Hindi feature films with different OTT projects.
When asked how he reacts when films are not doing well on theatres but his shows are receiving much love on the OTT platforms, he said, “I feel fortunate that OTT boomed in my time. Here, it doesn’t matter how many screens one gets or the number of shows, only content matters. If it is good content, anyone can watch it from anywhere in the world. If a story is not good, people won’t watch it anyway, but if performance mein dum Hoga then people will watch your work and give you love.”
When discussing the advantages that OTT movies have over traditional feature films for actors, Pankaj said, “The best thing about OTT is that we are confident that our work will reach a large audience throughout the world. In Bihar, there are ways for people to see my work if they so choose. In contrast, some of my smaller films have not been properly released, not even in my state of residence…
Pankaj Tripathi about OTT
If a young boy from my district wants to watch the film, it is very difficult to go 200 km to Patna. Even if it is not just one person, but hundreds of thousands, how and why will they travel all the way? OTT mein who samasya nahi hai. People can watch it from their comfortable space, whenever they want to, and then decide if they like it or not, and then they can either love it or trash it. To make any content someone’s choice, it is important that it reaches people.”
“When I travel abroad, people know me and come to meet me. I get shocked at times to know that people know me in so many different countries. I have a huge fan following in Bangladesh and Indonesia. I wouldn’t have ever dreamt of this day without OTT,” he added.
