It’s not as if she didn’t harbour dreams of starring in a Bollywood film, but actor Mithila Palkar is content with the way her journey has shaped, working mostly on the web.

“When I got the opportunity with News Darshan (a satire show on YouTube), I was more than happy. But at that time, nobody knew how big this is going to become. From 2015 to 2020, the wave has just blown up. Internet gave us liberty to tell different narratives, break away from usual hero-heroine stories,” she says.

No wonder, Palkar, 27, isn’t the one looking for a validation from the Bollywood. “Web gave me my home, my identity, a platform where people could reach out to me, watch me on. I’m ever grateful,” the actor shares.

Moreover, she doesn’t believe in the notion of OTT platforms becoming star-driven with time. “The content is the king and the audience consumes content. We, as actors, are the carriers of it. Also, OTT gives equal ground to talents, so no such biases,” she explains, adding that there is also equal amount of struggle on the web. “Here also (on OTT), you have to go through rejections, that does affect you. People think I get scripts every day. That’s a misconception. I still audition, get rejected,” she says.