Mumbai: Actor Gul Panag has a number of shows, including one produced by Anushka Sharma, releasing on different streaming platforms. She said that the shows are ‘liberating for actors’ as they are driven by audience demand.
Gul Panag will be seen on Amazon for ‘The Family Man’, which will be followed by ‘Patal Lok’. Her other shows on streaming platforms include ‘Pavan and Pooja’ with Sharman Joshi and ‘Rangbaaz’.
“With web platforms, we are bringing all shades of India. Mainstream platforms restrict and make popular only those shades that are palatable to masses and to a specific section of society. These platforms have managed to cater to the slices of audiences that TV networks try to do. This is more driven by demand and actual subscription,” Gul Panag told this agency.
The actor is looking forward to her role of an intelligence officer in web-series ‘The Family Man’ along with Manoj Bajpayee.
“I play an intelligence officer, a part that came most naturally to me, given that I come from Armed Forces background and I always wanted to play a member of the force. The series will be coming out September 20 on Amazon Prime Video,” Gul informed.
Next on the same platform is ‘Patal Lok’. “This is a show that I am doing with Jaideep Ahlawat. It is a crime-drama. It is produced by ‘Clean Slate Films’. It is an ensemble cast. I play a character that I enjoy playing,” Gul said.
‘Pavan and Pooja’ will tell the story of three couples at different stages of their lives.
Talking about the overdose of sex and violence in the web space and whether it should be a concern or not, Gul said, ‘I have always had the nudity and intimacy clause in my contract. I have put in for implied and actual nudity as well a set of intimacy I am comfortable with. All my contracts have had this. If filmmakers want to work with me then fine and if they don’t want then probably they don’t want to.”
Gul Panag’s next film will be ‘Bypass Road’ which features Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead. She plays an antagonist in it.
PTI