I find it exciting that the lines between mainstream cinema and digital content are blurring: Nimrat Kaur
20/04/2021
Nimrat Kaur chose to be on a path of her own from the time she debuted in Hindi films with The Lunchbox, directed by Ritesh Batra, co-starring Irrfan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Airlift with Akshay Kumar, directed by Raja Krishna Menon, only cemented a spot for her in the business. Around that time, the actress deep-dived into shows like Homeland and Wayward Pines in Hollywood and into a show revolving around the world of commandos back home.
Today, several top actors and actresses in cinema are happy to make an entry into the OTT space with digital content.
Commenting about her early entry into the digital space, Nimrat says, “I think the lines are blurring so much.
There are commercial stars who are dipping their feet there and everyone wants to get something meaningful to work on. And the content from the digital platforms is giving birth to a whole new range of stars. I find it exciting that the lines between mainstream cinema and digital content are blurring.
People have loved the shows and actors who have emerged from there. There is visible overlapping and that’s quite nice actually. I don’t see this as competition for myself because it’s great that everyone is working and finding their own calling. I have to keep my focus on what I want to do, choose what I like.
It has never been a problem for me in that sense. I had just come back after filming Wayward Pines when Ekta Kapoor had offered me her show. We locked everything very quickly.
No one was talking about OTT at that time. I am lucky I did different things at different times. Like I shot for Dasvi with Abhishek Bachchan and Yami Gautam, which is again in a space that I have never been in.
These consistent opportunities have never let me harbour thoughts about increasing competition and so on. I could just focus on what I was doing.”
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