New Delhi: Veteran actor Govind Namdev does not prefer the OTT space for performance as an actor. In a recent interaction, Govid revealed that the OTT space has a lot of opportunities and that he too had received many offers but he turned them down due to 'excessive nudity and gore' shown on such platforms.
In an interaction with Hindustan Times, he said, "With OTT not having any censor board, the kind of content that is being produced is more inclined towards pornography. You are openly showing lovemaking, which makes it very uncomfortable for people to watch with family. Makers believed ye bahut accha hai. Ye daaldo toh log dekhenge. That’s why, at one point, there was a flood of such content on every OTT platform."
Adding further that such content can be very disturbing, Govind Namdev added, "People cannot watch it and hence skip all these scenes to directly jump to the main story. There should be a creative angle to it. Adding such scenes unnecessarily does not make any sense.But I am glad that the problem is being addressed and things are changing.”
The 'Oh My God' actor also added that producers lure him into their projects by mentioning that the script is clean in a certain way by saying things like, 'ye saaf-sutri kahani hai. It’s content-centric and very realistic’. "Once I am assured of that, we take the conversation forward and discuss the plot, other actors on board, and my character. Moreover, I am also being told that even the OTT giants are telling the makers that they do not want to include anything that makes their viewers uncomfortable. So, it’s a good change,” he added.
Govind Namdev is most commonly known for portraying negative roles in films like 'Oh My God', 'Wanted', 'Singham', 'Prem Granth', 'Bandit Queen'. The veteran actor also spoke about how dark roles have influenced his personality over the years.“I definitely see an effect, but it’s not a negative one,” he says and goes on to explain, “There is a huge difference between the person I was 35 years ago and the person I am today. Zameen asmaan ka antar hai. I was a short-tempered person who would get involved in fights very often. I did not care about other people’s feelings, even when they were hurt because of my behaviour. But playing these characters over the years changed my personality, and I became a more positive person. Whenever I came back after shooting cruel, brutal scenes like those of rape and murder, I showed more love and care towards my family, and spent more time with them. Knowingly or unknowingly, my thoughts were, ‘how can this person (the character) kill someone so brutally? Doesn’t seeing those droplets of the victim’s blood bother him? That’s how I kept on changing. And today, the person I am is all because of these characters. I have developed a personality like that of a saint. I don’t want to hurt anyone, even if they hurt me. Jinke saath humne galat kaam kara hai, unki takleef ne hume badal diya hai,” Givind Namdev added.
On th work front, Govind Namdev will next be seen in a silent film called 'Gandhi Talks' co-starring South superstars Vijay Sethupathi and Arvind Swamy.