The
influx
of
good
content
in
digital
space
has
already
lured
Hollywod
biggies
and
now
Bollywood
stars
have
started
embracing
the
trend
with
names
like
Shahrukh
Khan,
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Rajkummar
Rao
exploring
the
medium.
While
Shahrukh's
production
house
Red
Chillies
Entertainment
and
streaming
giant
Netflix
are
working
on
a
series
based
on
the
book,
"Bard
of
Blood",
penned
by
Indian
author
Bilal
Siddiqi,
Saif
would
be
making
his
debut
in
the
space
with
original
series
titled
"Sacred
Games".
The
web
series
directed
by
Anurag
Kashyap
and
Vikramaditya
Motwane,
is
based
on
the
critically
acclaimed
novel
of
the
same
name
by
Indian
author
Vikram
Chandra.
The
series
produced
in
partnership
with
Phantom
Films,
is
set
in
Mumbai,
and
it
touches
upon
the
world
of
crime,
corruption,
politics
and
espionage
that
lie
beneath
India's
economic
renaissance.
Rao,
made
his
foray
into
the
medium
with
"Bose
Dead/
Alive".
The
actor,
who
had
a
great
year
on
the
big
screen,
played
Subash
Chandra
Bose
in
the
series
by
Ekta
Kapoor's
ALT
Balaji.
"The
digital
medium
is
the
future
and
I
am
glad
to
be
part
of
this
new
revolution.
This
is
the
platform
where
filmmakers
will
be
telling
their
stories
on,
in
future.
"It
is
a
new
medium.
Your
material
is
there
for
posterity
and
is
not
subjected
to
the
weekend
game
or
the
Monday
test
or
all
the
parameters
that
the
box
office
has
created,
" Hansal
Mehta,
creative
producer
of
"Bose
Dead/
Alive"
told
PTI.
Another
actor
who
was
seen
in
a
ALT
Balaji
original
series
was
Nimrat
Kaur.
She
starred
in
the
web
series
"The
Test
Case".
This
year,
Amazon
Prime
Video
released
their
first
Indian
original
series
in
collaboration
with
Farhan
AKhtar's
Excel
Entertainment.
Titled
"Inside
Edge",
the
series
marked
the
web
debut
of
actors
Richa
Chaddha
and
Vivek
Oberoi.
"Baahubali" star
Rana
made
his
debut
in
the
space
with
fictional
web
series
"Social".
In
the
coming
year,
director
Kabir
Khan
will
be
making
his
debut
in
the
online
arena,
with
digital
original
series
titled
"The
Forgotten
Army".
The
project
is
based
on
Subhash
Chandra
Bose's
Indian
National
Army
and
the
director
has
already
started
shooting
for
the
project.
"Till
now
we
were
consuming
audience
with
international
series
like
'Game
of
Thrones',
etc.
The
moment
we
start
making
it
in
our
language
Hindi
in
that
scale,
I
am
hopeful
it
will
be
consumed
here
as
well.
It
is
the
future.
I
decided
to
jump
into
it
as
it
is
the
future..."
Kabir
said.
Veteran
actor
Anupam
Kher
is
also
producing
a
web
series
based
on
the
India-Pakistan
War
of
1971.
PTI