Kapil charges Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million) per episode, substantially higher than his co-stars.
'I am not a mother and never had an abortion either, so I had to understand motherhood and child loss from anecdotal experiences of others.'
It's a rather dull month on OTT this April with only a few releases arriving sporadically.
Sukanya Verma looks at instances of aristocrats falling for commoners on the silver screen.
Bhool Chuk Maaf released last Friday, we decided to look at 10 instances of tinsel town's famous folks burying the hatchet.
An upright police officer fighting wrongdoing is something we have seen umpteen times before, but Khakee: The Bengal Chapter holds our interest, thanks to a layered and complex story with a dozen of well-detailed characters, observes Mayur Sanap.
Food, feminism, fights, father-son issues, famous rivalries, OTT is as loaded as it gets this week.
'I chose to give priority to my personal life.' 'It's not like I didn't want to act but I guess with certain times in your life, you have to handle certain things.' 'I've had a couple of ups and downs, so I kept taking breaks.'
Dhoom Dhaam is a medley of midnight shenanigans that oscillate between jumbled screenplay and out-of-place crusading, notes Sukanya Verma.
Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples sighs Sukanya Verma.
The actor was last seen in 2023's OTT film, Gaslight, and now returns to wow us in an OTT series.
Writers and creators are telling more authentic stories based in states and cities that we may not have seen much of in mainstream media, such as Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Or ones that we have some mistaken notions about like Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, highlights Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies and Netflix have inked a long-term deal that will give the web streaming giant's more than 86 million viewers exclusive access to superstar's upcoming as well as past films.
Coming of age, cyclones, conscience, cubicles, catchwords for OTT this week.
Film folk attended a special screening of this week's release, Do Aur Do Pyaar, starring Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, Ileana D'Cruz and Sendhil Ramamurthy.
Film folk stepped out to watch Bhashak, a horrifying tale of a journalist investigating cases of abuse at a shelter for young girls.
'I have passed this to my son Aryan and told him 'Jaa beta, baap ka naam roshan kar.'
As of December 2021, Netflix India stood at an estimated 5 million subscribers against 46 million for Disney+Hotstar and 19 million for Amazon Prime Video.
Witches and westerns, goosebumps and goldfish, it's all there on OTT this week.
While super hits like Jawaan are missing this year, it has been filled with a range of medium-range hits such as Crew, Teri Baaton Ne Uljhaa Diya and Guntur Kaaram, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's best-known diamond robberies in film.
In addition to earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, the winner will take home about Rs 4 lakh and a lifetime subscription to the online DVD rental service Netflix!
'In India no matter your lifestyle, you will end up doing the same things as everybody else.'
'No matter how many security personnel are around you, you are still an open target.'
'Once I started acting, I gradually started liking it and the perks that come with it.'
February has some promising original content streaming on OTT.
'While OTTs are a reality, big film producers will prefer a theatrical release before a digital one.'
'Both Shahid and Ishaan are over-thinkers and I'm constantly telling them to lighten up, chill.'
Yami goes Dhoom Dhaam... Nidhhi shows us her vanity room...Shabana and her ladies...
Palak and Anuja endear us to their bittersweet world, observes Sukanya Verma.
'It's really creditable to these guys who said, "You can do what you want. We are not going to replace her".'
'My journey has just been so different. Each character has been so different.'
The top 10 films of the year may not be great by themselves but they stand out amidst the other OTT releases.
Literary adaptations, whistleblower pursuits, kidnapped Santas and South India's biggest stars, Sukanya Verma lists them all on OTT this week.
Christmas romance, heists, thrillers, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
'There is so much talk about Netflix and what they should be doing.' 'In two years, SonyLIV has done what Netflix should be doing.'