The year 2025 has been no less than a festival for Indian OTT platforms. This year the audience got to see a confluence of crime, politics, family drama, comedy and experimental stories. On one hand, while some old hit shows returned with their new seasons and broke records, on the other hand many new and powerful series also caught the attention of the audience.

The Bads of Bollywood
One of the most bold and experimental series of this year was ‘The Bads of Bollywood’. In this, the pair of Lakshya and Raghav presented the story brilliantly. The screen presence of Bobby Deol and the acting of Sahar Bamba and Mona Singh made the show even more special. This series depicts the power, ambition and struggle behind the glamor of the film industry. The special thing is that Shahrukh Khan’s special appearance was a surprise for the audience, which further increased the popularity of the show.

The Family Man 3
With the return of Manoj Bajpayee, ‘The Family Man’ won the hearts of the audience. This time the character of Shrikant Tiwari was shown to be more complex and emotionally deep than before. Maintaining a balance between humor, tension and challenging situations was the biggest strength of this season. As soon as it was released, this season became a chart topper and the audience liked it.

dabba cartel
The women-driven crime thriller ‘Dabba Cartel’ also made a lot of headlines. Shabana Azmi, Shalini Pandey, Jyotika and Bhupendra Jadawat brought life to the characters. The story of five housewives who run a secret crime network through Mumbai’s Dabba system keeps the audience completely engaged. This series became the most talked about new series of the year due to its unique story.

Rana Naidu 2
This series of Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh Daggubati is more violent and emotional than the first season. Kriti Kharbanda’s gray character became a topic of discussion among the audience. Strong action and better writing made it one of the most popular series of this year.

The Trial 2
This legal drama series starring Kajol and Kubbra Sait created a stir among the audience with its emotional and serious twists. Kajol took the story forward with her powerful style, while Kubbra Sait’s multi-layered character was a special attraction in the show. In this way, this series emerged as the strongest web series of OTT platforms.

black warrant
Jahan Kapoor’s ‘Black Warrant’ surprised the audience as a mysterious crime thriller. The story full of secret missions, betrayal and moral conflict kept the audience completely captivated. Jahaan Kapoor’s calm and impressive acting made it the most impressive web series of the year.

The Royals
In this series, the fresh pair of Ishaan Khattar and Bhumi Pednekar strongly presents the story of power, scandals and corruption in the political circles. The dramatic story and strong acting made it a great series of the year.

Delhi Crime 3
This National Award Winning series returned this time with new stories, new investigations and emotional dimensions. The acting of Shefali Shah and Huma Qureshi made the show stronger. This season gave further expansion to the franchise.

Maharani 4
Huma Qureshi played her character with depth and strength in this season. Political conflict, ideological conflict, and personal values ​​of those in power keep the audience completely engaged. In this way, ‘Maharani’ still remains among the top political dramas of OTT.

Panchayat 4
This series of Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav and Neena Gupta wins the hearts of the audience with its simple village and simple characters. In the fourth season, the story takes a deeper and funnier turn, but the atmosphere of Phulera village remains the same heart-touching.

There is a tremendous craze in the audience about Nitesh Tiwari’s film ‘Ramayana’. Mythological film’s Mega Star Cast has increased excitement for the film among the people. From Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi to Sunny Deol, there will be the lead actors of ‘Ramayana’. At the same time, the name of the actor who is seen in the role of Bharat in the film has also been revealed.

In ‘Ramayana’, actor Adinath Kothare is going to appear in the role of Bharata. This has been confirmed by the actor himself in an interview given to Bollywood ruckus. Talking about ‘Ramayana’, Adinath Kothare said- ‘This is a boon. This is the biggest film made on the land of India. It is one of the biggest films made around the world today.

For the role of Bharat, asked the makers- Thank you
Adinath Kothare further said- ‘For becoming part of its (‘ Ramayana), I am very grateful to Mukesh Chhabra. He cast me and Nitesh sir also chose me for the role of India and also thank Namit Malhotra sir, who believed in me and entrusted me such a big responsibility for such an important character. I think it is one of the most well plan cinema on Indian earth.

‘Such a big scale of film making …’
The actor says- ‘We are lucky that we got a chance to see it closely. And I am really very lucky that I got this opportunity in such a big film, not only an actor, film maker and human, but also to see such a big scale of film making. No film school can teach you this.

Adinath Kothare has won the National Award
Please tell that Adinath Kothare is a popular face of Marathi cinema. He also appeared in Netflix’s series ‘The Royals’. He also directed Priyanka Chopra’s production film ‘Paani’ for which she has also been awarded the National Film Award.

Ishan khatter The web series ‘The Royals’ was released on 9 May. The series is available on Netflix. The audience also gave him a lot of praise for his acting in this web series. Ishaan Khattar also made a lot of headlines about his character. In the series, actor was seen in the role of ‘Aviraj’, which the audience liked a lot

Ishaan Khattar had a special conversation with IANS about his character in the web series. During this interview, the actor also shared a unique experience related to the web series.

Ishaan Khattar shared a unique anecdote
In a conversation with IANS, the actor revealed that he finished this script in just one and a half days and finished it. He began to feel special connection with his character Aviraj.

Felt something new and different in his character as soon as he read the script
Ishaan Khattar said, ‘It is the script read in all the scripts I have read so far. I got a script of 6 to 8 episodes together and I started reading them in the weekend and read it in about one and a half days.

Ishaan says that he had to improve his character and present it in front of the audience and he has been successful in this.

The actor said that as he kept reading the script, he started feeling connected with his character. Ishaan had never played such a character. While reading the script, he learned about his character, then he felt that this is the right time to do something different and he got involved in this effort.

The unique mixer of comedy, drama and glamor is ‘The Royals’
Ishaan Khattar starrer In this web series, the audience will get to see unique mixtures of comedy, drama and glamor. Let me tell you, in this web series, Ishaan Khattar will be seen as Bhumi Pednekar. Along with this, many actors including Zeenat Aman, Nora Fatehi, Dino Moriya, Sakshi Tanwar, Chunky Pandey are present.

Ishaan khatter reacts on intimate Scene with Tabu: Ishaan Khattar made a lot of headlines with his recent release series ‘The Royals’. Now actor is in discussion about ‘Homebound’ which got a 9 -minute standing ovation during a special screening in Cannes. Meanwhile, Ishaan has talked about her intimate scene with actress Tabu in her film ‘A Sutable Boy’.

‘A Sutable Boy’ is a web series released on Netflix in the year 2020. In this, Ishaan Khattar gave intimate scenes with actress Tabu, 24 years older than herself. Ishaan has recently shared her experience regarding this.

‘We ignored age difference’
While talking to Zoom, Ishaan Khattar said- ‘I think its credit goes to writing. If you put Tabu and me in another story, in another creation, where we ignored the age difference or did not pay attention to it, it could have been out of place. But this was the point written in the story in that way and Text supported our work.

Experience of intimate scene with Tabu shared with Ishaan
Regarding the intimate scene with Tabu, Ishaan said- ‘With an actress like Tabu, honestly, it seems that you do not need to talk about it. I have to say and listen to this, I don’t know, it may sound strange or something but I did not panic, not at all. She used to talk randomly. Like, what is needed in lunch? Or something or what they saw them, how did they make eyes.

‘It seems that it was fun’
Ishaan Khattar further says- ‘She (Tabu) is very mischievous. She lives like a baby girl on the set. She used to keep joking. Then suddenly she used to become like this character. So, I think it was fun. Working with him was very fun. Whatever we do, the most important thing in it is how we make it alive. How can you dialog more without saying anything? Things became very easily with Tabu. It felt as if we had talked to them through our eyes.