‘Jewel Chor’, which was released on Netflix on 25 April, was on radar for a very good reason for Indian film enthusiasts – a song from the film called ‘Jadu’. While everything looked like a regular song and dance routine, Jaideep Ahlawat’s smooth trick made everyone ‘Ah La La’! His acting skills are known, but the audience still did not see it. Also, how can the same man play Relatible Ho Ram Chaudhary, who used to hold his knee in pain while jumping or chasing goons in ‘Petal Lok’Anyway, be this smooth criminal?

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The actors are expected to be a chameleon. The sooner they can transfer personality to the screen, the more impressive their craft. Nevertheless, in mainstream cinema, actors often find themselves pigeons – either boxing or completely ignoring in some roles. Ahlawat has been part of the ecosystem of big screen over the years, providing concrete performance in films like ‘Razi’ and ‘Rockstar’, which is from the edge. Anything he remembers him as Janardan, Ranbir Kapoor’s elder brother ‘Rockstar’, or as a sharp intelligence officer in ‘Raazi’.

However, with a low risk of OTT and ‘numbers’, Ahlawat focused not only as Rajan or Hathi Ram Chaudhary, but also as Naren Vyas, a shy school teacher in Maharaj Jadunath in ‘Jane Jaan’ or ‘Maharaj’. What is better – we saw a herd of people and his unexpected chemistry with Ishwak Singh, Vijay Verma and now Saif Ali Khan. What is the best – Ahlawat is not just a beneficiary. In fact, his trajectory symbolizes a big innings that allows actors to use, increase their limits and surprise the audience.

On this week’s cinematic Saturday, I look at some crazy castings on OTT and even crazeer on-screen pairing that are helping the actors to bring their best.

expect the unexpected

The traditional cinema continues to work under the atrocities of box office returns – a flawed but frequent yardstick of success. This results in formula casting and low creative risk.

Kovid, the audience began to express tiredness with cookie-katar narratives. Enter OTT, with its style variety and desire to return offbeat casting. With no initial weekend pressure, storytellers found space to take bold leap – and the audience was more than ready.

And perhaps this is the reason why Jaideep Ahlawat, who will not even cast in a major role, is now gliding on the screen. Speaking about this, Ahlawat told India Today Digital, “It is expected that Nahhi Kar Rahe Toh is Achi but is a butt. Is infamous (If the audience did not expect this, it is good. It is also good that I got something new and the audience got to see something new). So, this is good. It feels good as an actor because you get to use and it is also reaching the audience. ,

He credited the OTT to enable the more layered script and long -term storytelling that allows actors to go deep as them.

Ahlawat is one of the many actors who are able to demonstrate their limits, thanks to the OTT. The audience was equally surprised to see his favorite Arnav Singh Raizada alias Barun Sobti as Nikhil Nair in ‘Asura’. The more surprising was that he had a performance in ‘Kohra’ as Amarpal Garundi. The same can be said for Paramavir Singh Cheema, who impressed with all the ‘Sapne vs Sab’ and then donated a completely different look for ‘The Black Warrant’. Even Zahan Kapoor made a revelation in the Netflix series, in which her role for body language was perfect for her role, yet she is different from what she did in her first film ‘Faraz’. Vijay Verma has also been able to easily switch from the villain to ‘She’ to ‘IC 814’.

Shift is not new at all. Surprisingly, when Saif Ali Khan acted in ‘Holy Sports’, or Manoj Bajpayee in ‘The Family Man’? Ali Fazal’s switch in ‘Mirzapur’ was in the form of eyebrows. The OTT has just increased and intensified this movement.

Business analyst Ramesh Bala, weighing how OTT is showing the actors in a different light, told us, “Dramatic systems or movie studio is a bad habit of limiting artists after a certain age. If a female artist gets married, they will not give her a major chance, or they will put her in a supporting role or after a few age, they will typical or, they will type a brachket or stringy.”

However, OTT makes the horizon wider for stars.

Unusual pair, unprecedented magic

No project is actually a single performance. While the lead attracts the spotlight, it is the dress – and often, the most unexpected couple – which creates permanent effects.

Ten years ago, who imagined Shabana Azmi to share screen space with Jyotica? Or Shaheer Sheikh and Vijay Verma portray derogatory partners to Kriti Sanon and Alia Bhatt respectively? or even Bengali icons Jeet and Prosenjit are seen together in a Hindi-language series?

Even more complicated-complicated-Jahnu Barua and directors like Nagesh Kukunur steps in front of the camera, joined by singer-turn. Prashant Tamang is playing a sharpshooter in ‘Patal Lok 2’These combinations were unimaginable in a traditional dramatic setup.

This is fine where casting directors step into the directors.

Casting Director – Game -Chengers

Casting Bay, Casting Bay says, “For us, casting is not just filling the role – it is shaping emotional architecture. It is about finding sounds that echo longer of the screen.” He has been credited with casting in projects like ‘Patel Lok’, ‘Kala’, ‘Kohhar’, ‘Yeh Claly Kali Ankin’, ‘Rana Naidu’, ‘Tribhuwan Mishra: CA Topper’, ‘Gun and Gulbes’.

Anmol Ahuja Casting says “incredibly complete”. Sharing some examples, he mentioned, “In ‘Kohra’, Suwinder Vicky’s depiction of Balbir Singh was not just a powerful performance-this style-defined. The way the audience responded to him, especially with his previous work was a reminder to the unfamiliar people, who works for casting in a national form.

He said, “In ‘Darlinges’, casting Vijay Verma-who was already considered well in Indie and regional places-in a role that fully knew the expectations of the audience. He brought depth and unpredictableness to a character that could otherwise fall into the clicht.

In ‘Guns and Gulbes’, we attracted a series of actors in languages ​​and styles and placed them completely in the new beauty world – retro, pulp, comedic. This allowed us to tell us how the regional identity could mix in a large, stylized story. ,

A part of Casting Bay, responsible for casting the casting of Nikita Grover and ‘Patal Lok 2’, spoke about the challenges of casting in an interview. Print“People don’t understand how important the casting department is. We are one of the first departments that start working and we work till the end. If some actor cannot give the date, we have to find out, the end of the show started.”

The OTT revolution has not just changed how we consume materials – this revolution is who is to tell the story and how they tell it. The actors have once again accused the margin, now leading the charge, supported by a new generation of casting directors, who dare at skills, depths and typisting.

As the audience, we are not just expect Unexpected- we demand it. And amidst surprise and satisfaction, there is a future to tell a story in India at that place.