The booming OTT industry has turned to be a boon for the rising stars as it not just served them ample work but also crowned them with the recognization they deserve for their top-notch acting performances. It seems after the arrival of OTT platforms and content, the audience has forgotten the existence of Bollywood. These platforms have made a pantheon of actors, some struggling or some budding widely celebrated and renowned household names. In such a long list of skilled and extremely talented craft-mans, it is nearly impossible to figure out who is your favorite. To help you, here we bring a list of top 10 fan-favorite OTT stars, who delivered performances like never seen before.
1. Pankaj Tripathi (Kaleen Bhaiya): Pankaj has been a part of the Bollywood industry for a long now but he got his throne after Mirzapur got aired and fans went crazy for Kaleen Bhaiya. After the success of Mirzapur, he never looked back and gave ground-breaking performances one after another.
2. Ali Fazal (Guddu Bhaiya): The legacy Ali created with his performances is can be suspected by the fact that we all once in our life tried to imitate his iconic walk as Guddi Bhaiya in Mirzapur. His dialogue delivery, body language, looks everything was all maintained on the list.
3. Radhika Apte (Tehran): The influence of Radhika on OTT was so vast that after her few shows with Netflix she was known as the queen of OTT. Whether it be a ghoul or Sacred Games, Radhika left an indelible mark on the hearts of the audience,
4. Jaideep Ahlawat (Haathi Singh): Jaideep who? this was our reaction before he got fame for his role of Haathi Singh in Patal Lok. In Paatal Lok, he played the role of a police officer who fights mysterious powers to get back his pride.
5. Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Gaitonde): Apun Hi Bhagwan, he not just said but actually proved it. His role in the Sacred game can be credited for starting the bandwagon of OTT in India. Nawaz showed has already proved his mettle as an actor but this role gave me super strengths.
6. Vikrant Massey (Bablu): Vikrant is the true star who was born to shine. First, he made his mark in the TV industry, then broke the box-office and then rocked the OTT platforms with his performances. We don’t think, the death of any gangster ever made us cry but his death it.
7. Shefali Shah (Vantika Chaturvedi): After working in Bollywood for more than 25 years, Shefali made her OTT debut with Netflix’s Delhi Crime and proved to everyone that she is an impeccable actor. It's no wonder why that Shefali rightly called the Richie Mehta-directed show “the turning point of her life."
8. Jitender Kumar (Abhishek Tripathi): From being a YouTube content creator to making his big OTT debut, Jitender Kumar has shown what struggling really means and it seems like finally, his struggle is paying off. His acting in Panchayat was so marvelous that fans are eagerly waiting for the second season.
9. Pratik Gandhi (Harshad Mehta): The Scam 1992 is the only Indian Hindi web series that IDMB included in his 100 most epic web series in the world. Somewhere the credit of this web series’ success goes to this man Pratik Gandhi. The 40-year-old actor spent months with no income, giving more than ten auditions every single day has now been recognized as a force to reckon with not just in OTT but Bollywood and Gujarati cinema as well.
10. Masaba Gupta: Masaba Gupta is a queen in her own right for having redefined beauty and fashion norms in the industry with her incredible work. While she is great when it comes to fashion, little did we know she will own the screen with her acting chops? Masaba recently marked her acting debut with Masaba Masaba — a fun and frothy take on her life and her relationship with her mother, actor Neena Gupta.
