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Hans India
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hans India
Priya Bapat says OTT has given her challenging parts to play
Mumbai: Actress Priya Bapat, who leads the investigation in the recently released psychological-horror streaming series 'Andhera', has said that working on OTT has been a very rewarding experience for her. The actress spoke with IANS during the promotional run of the show, and shared that while she has been working in the Hindi and Marathi cinema for over 20 years, it's the OTT, which has given her the opportunity to try meatier parts. She told IANS, 'I feel that I think I have got more meaty parts and more challenging roles in the space of OTT now even from the time I started be it 'City of Dreams' or 'Andhera', every show that I have done so far has given me a lot more. Everything I did and learnt in my Marathi industry and from the cinema that I did, I think more than the box-office, OTT really has been challenging, experimenting and it's a great space to be'. The actress also called the experience of working in OTT, a liberating experience as makers on OTT trust her with parts which are well-fleshed out. She further mentioned, 'It is liberating, and also for an actor like me it's a great time because people are trusting you with different parts, more women characters are being written in a good way in a good space'. 'Andhera', which is set in Mumbai, follows Inspector Kalpana Kadam and Jay, a medical student, who become entangled in a missing-person case that unearths a sinister presence beneath the city. The series explores the fictional space of 'What if darkness comes to life?'. It also stars Surveen Chawla, Priya Bapat and Prajakta Koli. Produced by Excel Entertainment, and directed by Raaghav Dar, the series is available to stream on Prime Video.
India Today
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
Andhera review: Priya Bapat, Karanvir Malhotra shine in this dim series
We have all grown up listening to horror stories about sinister forces and how good conquers evil. Prime Video's latest offering, 'Andhera', starring Karanvir Malhotra, Prakajta Koli, and Priya Bapat, walks on the same Mumbai's skyline, as the city is busy grappling with its mundane life, lies a supernatural force preying on the living. A fearless cop and a haunted medical student unite to confront the encroaching darkness before it engulfs the city in the heart of Mumbai, the eight-episode series begins with a chilling hook: Bani Baruah (Jahnvi Rawat), desperate to reach Dr Prithvi Sheth (Pranay Pachauri), suddenly disappears under mysterious circumstances. Inspector Kalpana Kadam (Priya Bapat) takes on the case, tracing clues that lead her to Prithvi, now lying in a coma, and his younger brother Jay (Karanvir Malhotra), a troubled medical student tormented by disturbing nightmares involving Bani and other shadowy figures. The darkness, both literal and metaphorical, seems determined to consume him. As the story progresses, Kalpana Kadam speeds up her investigation to find missing Bani and uncovers various truths about the dark world that eventually go beyond the realm of the trailer here: Jay turns to Rumi (Prajakta Koli), the host of the popular podcast 'Into The Darkness', hoping she can help him understand the unsettling visions of Bani that haunt him. With Rumi by his side, he begins to piece together fragments of a disturbing episode three, every clue only thickens the mystery, blurring the boundaries between reality and nightmare for Kalpana, Jay, and Rumi. While the story might feel redundant given Indian filmmakers' love for the horror genre, the acting of the cast stands out in each viewers might try to understand the plotline, they will be introduced to Kalpana Kadam's dark secret about her liking for Surveen Chawla (manager of a healing centre called Aatma).The Gaurav Desi-created series is undeniably ambitious in both concept and execution. The makers tried really hard to navigate the space between supernatural horror and science fiction. However, the core idea meant to anchor these ideas feels somewhat underdeveloped, particularly the portrayal of the mysterious 'andhera' itself, and the question whether it can truly open a gateway into another realm of the human creative liberty to explain the 'andhera'(darkness) in each character's life somewhat loses its essence in between, and instead, it focusses on other topics that might hinder your these ideas to truly land, the series needed a sharper, more uncompromising script, one that pushed its characters to their breaking points so that Jay's fear and emotional detachment, in particular, felt genuinely visceral. The series wrestles not just with internal dread but also with external threats, yet it struggles to clearly define the boundary between the elements in the show will leave you intrigued and hooked onto it; however, that won't be much for long, as you will start searching for some light in this dark series (pun intended).We can say that while 'Andhera' does trigger thought-provoking questions about greed and misinformation, don't lose your patience and stay calm, as the ending of the series might leave you surprised.- Ends2.5 out of 5 stars to Andhera.
