Bollywood did not remain the only source of entertainment during the two years of lockdown. With the advent of OTT, the definition of the small screen got redefined and it became a wider platform moving on from the ‘Saas-Bahu’ serials to more gripping stories of love, hate, revenge and relationships. A lot of big stars like Juhi Chawla, Sushmita Sen, Rajkumar Rao, Vidya Balan, Abhishek Bachchan and Pankaj Tripathi making their way towards the digital world. This year, we will some of the industry’s biggest names foraying into the streaming world.
Shahid Kapoor in ‘Farzi’
Shahid Kapoor will make his OTT debut with ‘The Family Man’ director duo Raj and DK. The eight-episode series ‘Farzi’ also marks the OTT debut of South Indian superstar Vijay Sethupathi. A crime thriller, the show will release on February 10 in India and worldwide. It also stars Kay Kay Menon, Raashi Khanna, Regina Cassandra, Zakir Hussain, Bhuvan Arora, Amol Palekar, and Kubbra Sait. Amazon describes the series as “a fast-paced, edgy, one-of-a-kind thriller about an artist who gets pulled into the murky high stakes of a con job and a fiery task force officer on the mission to rid the country of his menaces.”
Sidharth Malhotra in ‘Indian Police Force’
The ‘Shershaah’ star is the new cop in Rohit Shetty’s cop universe but this time not for a full-length feature film. The ‘Thank God’ actor is all set to make his debut in the streaming world with Shetty’s action-packed web series ‘Indian Police Force.’ The cop series will debut on Amazon Prime, and it will an eight-episode series and will also star Shilpa Shetty and Vivek Oberoi.
Kajol in ‘The Good Wife’
Varun Dhawan in ‘Citadel’
After the success of his ‘Bhediya,’ Varun Dhawan is all set to do some action this year. Dhawan will make his web series debut with the Indian version of the Russo Brothers’ directorial ‘Citadel’. The show will be directed by Raj and DK (‘The Family Man’ fame).
Kareena Kapoor Khan in an untitled film
Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor Khan is set to spread her charisma in the OTT with her debut in an untitled Sujoy Ghosh film based on Japanese author Higashino Keigo’s bestselling 2005 novel ‘Devotion of Suspect’. Kareena will lead the cast of the Netflix adaptation which also stars Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma
Sonakshi Sinha in ‘Dahad’
Sonakshi Sinha will make her long-awaited digital debut this year with the cop serial killer drama ‘Dahaad’. The show, which will release on Amazon Prime video, is directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi.
Aditya Roy Kapur in untitled series
Aditya Roy Kapur will step into the digital world with the Hindi remake of the highly acclaimed British series ‘The Night Manager’. The web show will also feature Anil Kapoor and Sobhita Dhulipala.
