Shreyas Talpade shares the pros and cons of cinema halls, OTT

Actor Shreyas Talpade believes that cinema halls and OTT both have their unique space and will not overpower each otherEverything has its own space and place The movie theatre has its own magic Its a celebration of sorts for people on weekends to go and watch movies with the family People like watching films in theatres and will continue watching The theatres need to open and there has to be some kind of normalcy in terms of entertainment That is not going to die everI think OTT is something that people are simultaneously getting used to Its becoming a matter of habit now Whether OTT magic will prevail once cinemas open Similar kinds of things were said when TV came then there were VCDs CDs and DVDs and now the latest is OTT Shreyas told IANSThe actor introduced his OTT platform on performing arts titled Nine Rasa a while back His app produces plays skits dance and music and other performing arts for the digital spaceAlso Read Shreyas Talpade extends support for theatre actors and live performing artistesHe added OTT is definitely an addiction You wont go to a movie theatre or watch TV for 24 hours But its your phone that somehow will be there with you for 24 hours Unfortunately because of the pandemic situation we are kind of becoming loners Whereas earlier we would socialise that is not happening so regularly So we want entertainment Then we stick to our phones We start bingewatching web series We finish one season and wait for the next seasonThe actor shares his viewpoint on what makes every OTT platform a success in todays time Why do you think there are so many OTT platforms and all of them are doing well It is because when you have content you tend to bingewatch it finish it off and move to the next one Thats where the OTTs will score Because the millennials are hooked on their phone sets they just want to see more content he told IANSTalking about the addiction to phones in todays age and time he said We have gone to that extent that every day everyone is continuously checking their phones We keep looking if some message has come what is new there on WhatsApp Instagram and Facebook We check our phones every five minutes for a new thing People are still looking for some content on their phones Every content clicks with someone or the otherThe actor shared he has been offered a couple of OTT projects however he is still considering themHowever the Golmaal actors kitty is full of forthcoming big screen film releases Rohit Shettys Golmaal 5 shooting was planned for this year but because of the pandemic it has been pushed further My next release would be Manu Aur Munni Ki Shaadi and Mahesh Manjrekars Marathi love story Mrigtrishna signed off ShreyasAlso Read Shreyas Talpade and Bidita Bags Teen Do Paanch is about adoptionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever