From open-air theatre to silent films to talkie cinema to TV serials, and now to web series - motion picture as a whole has seen quite a movement. Also, from going out in theatres to enjoying web series in your comfort zone at home - the definition of entertainment has changed a lot.
Everyone from directors to actors associated with all these mediums of entertainment has enjoyed superstardom from time to time. Bollywood has become bigger day by day because of huge investments. As more money was invested into making films, these Bollywood movies became larger-than-life with superior entertainment value.
But now with the invention of smartphones and apps, people are preferring to login into some app and stream their favorite movies and series online. There are various things that these apps offer. For example, Mzaalo is one of the best apps for movies and series because they offer free movies and series online alongside reward coins from big brands like Fruit Forest, Myntra, Qatar Airways, etc.
These apps are providing a stable platform to many budding writers, directors, musicians, actors, and technical people to form a career and attain stardom. Web Series fall in between the concepts of movies and TV serials that are available for online apps. They get at least 9-10 hours to tell a story, build the characters, and reach a climax. With theatrical releases, the moviemakers always have to think about the universal tone and that’s why many times they had to let go of a certain dialogue or a scene. But with web series, there is no such stigma at all. Because now things have become way more personal. You have your phone and on that phone, you are searching for your kind of web series online. So, if you like dark mysterious stories or horror series, you are free to watch and the makers are happy to show whatever creatively is possible for them without any censor cuts.
The love for web series is currently on the rise. After Saif Ali Khan headlined Sacred Games it seems like every Bollywood actor is taking an interest in this world of web series. No matter how bad a web series is, there is always some viewership because it is always going to be there on the app, unlike movies that are removed from theatres soon as they flop. Even with Hit Bollywood movies also, the same route is followed. After a certain period, they are removed from the theatres and then run on TV screens or are available on apps.
90 minutes to 120 or 150 minutes is the run time for any general Bollywood movie. But an episode of a series is somewhere between 20-50 minutes. So, many people watch one episode a day and then finish the whole season in a few days or a week. Now each episode is treated like a separate movie only with a proper beginning and end and that’s what makes them interesting.
But having said that the high-end glamor quotient of Bollywood movies is something else. From the premier parties to promotions on small screens or stage, there are so many things involved in a Bollywood movie that it stays in the limelight for a longer time. But again when it comes to a wide variety of content, web series or web shows are the clear winners.
A large part of the population is still unaware of these web series online but they do know about Bollywood movies and eagerly wait for their release. So, in a nutshell, it can be wisely summed up that web series are slowly and steadily climbing up the popularity charts and would soon stand beside big Bollywood movies. Because digital is the future!
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