Having done a lot of work in both films and OTT space, actor Rasika Dugal has reached to the conclusion that latter indeed is more daring in terms of exploring new pastures, be it different subjects or actors.

“I hope it remains like that. With films, a formula had set in because there was a worry if you try something different, it won’t work at the box office. There’s always so much money riding on films. There were not many people who were willing to take risk,” she admits.

Giving credit where it is due, she adds, “Yes there were some such films, but not everyone was willing, especially those investing in the film. With smaller films, people had taken calculated risks. But the OTT space has proven you can take risk in films. I hope it works the other way round – that fearlessness translates into breaking of set formula in films, which I think to some extent has already happened. I hope fearlessness remain in OTT.”

So, while Dugal, 35, hopes for OTT not changing, does she already have any doubts? “I’m not apprehensive, I am sceptical, in a healthy way. I’m only slightly sceptical because so far the OTT space hasn’t advertised numbers (of viewership), the chase hasn’t been about that,” she concludes.