Actor Jimmy Sheirgill has a rule while choosing his projects — any family should be able to watch it together. And this extends to his OTT choices as well.

“I try to choose things that have a strong connect. Tomorrow, if I get another series which is over the top, little mad in terms of comedy, I would want to try that as well, as long as it is universal, and maximum people can watch and relate to it. That is what I keep in mind,” says the 51-year-old, who has been a part of web shows such as Rangbaaz and Your Honor.

How does the actor look at the nudity and abusive language which some shows employ to grab eyeballs? Sheirgill says, “Nudity aur yeh sab se toh main comfortable nahin hoon. Unless there is some sense to what is going on in the scene, and it really demands my character to do it — like, if we don’t show this then the character’s frame of mind won’t be apparent — then I will do it. But just to add fizzle to it to capture that kind of audience, woh maamla na filmon mein samajh aaya hai na yahaan (OTT) pe samajh aaya hai.”

This is why he felt comfortable taking up Your Honor, and even starred in its second season recently. The thriller is a Hindi adaptation of an Israeli show. Sheirgill says he had been into international content even before the OTT wave came to India.

He tells us, “I had been watching a lot of shows on digital streaming platforms, and even on DVD, before these platforms came to India. When I was offered the first season of Your Honor, I watched the original as well. I was able to connect to it, hence I took it up.”