Its either dramatized soap operas or tedious Bollywood movies with dance sequences taking up half the movie plots- but with the introduction of OTT platforms, cinema and television have both strived to compete with the excellence Netflix, Youtube and others have provided. Not only quality entertainment but OTT has provided us with many fresh faces who hold loads of potential and talent in their skills. Here is a list of some of the most eminent stars on the digital screen who are rising in this game:
Rashmi Agdekar
Debuting as Chandni in Alt Balaji’s
Dev DD , Rashmi won the hearts of many when she played the lead character of Chhavi in TVF’s coming of age web series
ImMature alongside Omkar Kulkarni and did a great job in justifying the character’s nerdity and resolve in a cheeky teenage demeanour. She even starred in TSP’s hit web series
Awkward Conversations With Girlfriend opposite Ritivik Sahore which was widely praised by the audience. She has starred in various YouTube across many popular pages and was also seen with Swara Bhaskar in
Rasbhari, an Amazon Prime original web series.
Rashmi stuns in a black tank top and hook earings
Rohan Shah
Rohan Shah is one of the ever-growing talents of the film industry and a highly versatile actor. He can be a cute schoolboy struggling to express his feelings in Dice’s
Firsts or he can be a mindless stalker deriving ways to hack into someone’s personal life in
Hacked. He has starred in tons of FilterCopy sketches and was even seen with Umang Jain and Viraj Ghelani in
Fairy Lights.
CLASS of 2017,
CyberSquad and
It's Not That Simple are some of his other credited works.
Can you believe he is the same guy who played the creepy 19 year old in Hacked?
Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma is one of the very recent fresh faces who has just begun to rise, and has been a part of a lot of dating-related and coming-of-age sketches. She has starred opposite Ayush Mehra in the web series Office Ka Pyaar and also collaborated with FilterCopy, RVCJ Media, Alright!, Arre, Womaniya, Hasley India and The Timeliners. Her sassy and cute rants are widely loved, her expressions on point and alarminly adorable.
Nope, not the Bollywood one. Courtesy: WikiWiki
Amol Parashar
Largely associated with The Viral Fever, Amol Parashar has been critically praised for his performance as the character of Chitvan in
TVF Tripling . Amol’s blithe, carefree and quirky Chitvan highlighted by his comic timing and humour won the hearts of many, and he is one of the most trending fictional characters on the internet and he has received many awards for this role. He has starred in a Zoom web series
Ready 2 Mingle and an Alt Balaji series
Home e has constantly kept us entertained in his other web series like
Parchayee: Ghost Stories By Ruskin Bond,
Bisht, Please!,
A Viral Wedding, etc.
Amol rocks a denim shirt
Revathi Pillai
Revathi made her acting debut in TVF’s web series
Yeh Meri Family in 2018. She had her career breakthrough when she starred as Vartika opposite the lead character of Vaibhav (Mayur More) in the critically acclaimed web series,
Kota Factory. Revathi’s portrayal of Vartika was a breath of fresh air in the series. She has even starred in a number of youtube video sketches across the leading digital platforms, including FilterCopy, Girliyapa, BeingIndian, RVCJ Media and her recent work in Hotstar Original web series
Special Ops for which she was highly appreciated. Revathi’s serene depiction of her characters outlined by a bold mien makes her performance worth watching. Having just started out in the industry, she is definitely providing us with some binge-worthy content.
Ambrish Verma
Ambrish has majorly starred in humorous sketches, and why not? Be it his comic expressions or tough mien, he flaunts it all. Ambrish can depict the character of a typical college boy in the most comical yet sensitive way, and this is the sole reason he has featured on many of YouTube’s leading Digital Channels. Some of his popular web series include
Wrong Number by RVCJ Media,
Backpackers by Alright! and
STAGS by The Timeliners. He has even featured in
College Romance and
The Aam Aadmi Family .
Picture Courtesy @/adisphotographysg on Instagram
Ahsaas Channa
While you might remember he from
My Friend Ganesha , you must have noticed her on your digital screens as well. Ahsaas has starred in a large number sketches ranging from the streaming service channels such as Netflix to media channels such as FilterCopy, Girliyapa, Alright!, etc. She has starred in the critically acclaimed
Kota Factory, Girliyapa's
Girls Hostel, Amazon Prime original
Hostel Daze nd many other praiseworthy works.
Don't touch me, I am emo- ASHUUU!!
Ritvik Sahore
Ritvik gained recognition for his talent for his work in Dangal as Amir Khan’s young nephew. He rose to prominence with his eminent OTT presence through his dialogue delivery and humour onscreen. Ritvik's talent of portraying a range of different characters- from a sensitive, mature student in Amazon Prime original hit
Laakhon Mein Ek to an awkward, confused boyfriend in
Awkward Conversations With Girlfriend is something very admirable at such a young age.
Apoorva Arora
Having starred in numerous sketches on various channels acroos YouTube, Apoorva has become one of the very popular faces of OTT. Her chemistry with Rohan Shah in Dice's
Firsts and her performance in
College Romance and
Wrong Number had made her a fan favourite. She has provided us with tons of quality entertainment with her short vidoes and one shots after having collaborated with FilterCopy, RVCJ Media, etc.
Courtesy: FilterCopy
Sunny Kaushal
Sometimes talent does flow in the blood of some families. Brother of actor Vicky Kaushal, Sunny Kaushal has worked in a number of short films and web series before making his Bollywood debut. He has starred in short films
Love At First Sight and
The Embrace and of what I have seen of him in these two films, he surely is a pukka actor. He is authentic and real, but not so much so as to make his performance look drab. Arjun’s patriotic and brave Lieutenant Surinder Sodh who fell in love with another soldier was truly heart winning in the Prime original superhit series
The Forgotten Army
Which one of these stars is your favourite? Which do you think holds the potential of providing your next binge-watch? Do let us know in the comments!