Riteish Deshmukh opens up on working in OTT platforms; Says, ‘It's not as if this space is a safer medium”

He recently took over the internet by making his OTT debut with Pill, after working in Hindi and Marathi movies.
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MUMBAI:Since his 2003 acting debut in Tujhe Meri Kasam, Riteish Deshmukh has been a busy participant in the Indian cinema business. He recently took over the internet by making his OTT debut with Pill, after working in Hindi and Marathi movies.

Also read -Riteish Deshmukh talks about the music of his Marathi debut directorial 'Ved'

The 45 year old actor wrote, “The digital space gets you more variation in roles. But as actors, as much as we would like to explore our craft, we are [only] as good as the opportunities we get.” He further stated, “there are no free lunches in life”, Deshmukh further says that there is a certain economics that goes into making every film, be it on OTT or theatres. "Some platform is going to pay that money. If the film doesn’t bring viewers or fails to do well on that platform, they will have numbers to show how to move forward.”

Riteish added, “They will clearly say ‘I don’t want Riteish. He doesn’t work well for our platform. So cast someone else.’ So, it’s not as if this space is a safer medium. Moreover, different actors work for different platforms.”

Riteish revealed that there are two types of filmmakers saying, “The first type casts [actors] as per the script while the second type writes scripts according to the cast. For example, one filmmaker thinks ‘I want to write a film for Salman Khan’ while another says ‘this is my film and I need a suitable cast for it’,” the 45-year-old says while mentioning that it is the latter’s work that will stand the test of time because “effort has gone into making the film right.”

He added, “[There are times] we get something really different but may not be confident about the director or the script so we sometimes have to take a leap of faith.”

The Ved actor concluded saying, “I never doubted or questioned any of my filmmakers, be it Aditya [Sarpotdar, director of Kakuda] or Raj [Kumar Gupta, director of Pill]. I was doing something completely different from what I have done till now in my career.”

Also read - Riteish Deshmukh talks about the music of his Marathi debut directorial 'Ved'

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