Actor
Sidharth
Malhotra
who's
riding
high
on
the
success
of
his
last
release
Shershaah,
feels
that
there
has
been
many
instances
where
good
box
office
collections
have
overridden
bad
stories,
and
owing
to
the
same
reason,
the
audiences
never
get
influenced
by
such
films.
Acknowledging
the
emergence
of
several
OTT
platforms,
Sidharth
told
Hindustan
Times,
"To
give
them
full
credit,
OTT
platforms
have
removed
the
burden
of
numbers
to
judge
a
film.
Pehle
kya
hota
tha,
even
good
numbers
could
override
bad
stories,
usually
it
was
like,
'Paisa
toh
banaya
na
eventually'
There
is
nothing
wrong
in
that.
[But]
once
you
negate
that
you
are
just
looking
at
a
film
bare,
what
it
makes
you
feel
and
not
getting
influenced
by
what
it
did
at
the
box
office."
Well,
we
totally
agree
with
Sidharth's
observation.
There's
no
denying
that
owing
to
poor
box
office
collections,
many
good
films
often
get
neglected
by
audiences.
But
with
OTT,
the
case
is
totally
different.
"Now,
there
is
no
distraction
(with
OTT
releases),
you
have
the
option
of
watching
it
for
half
an
hour,
rewinding
it,
watching
it
again...
it
speaks
volumes
about
this
medium.
If
creatively,
your
intention
is
in
the
right
place,
you
can
really
capture
and
make
the
audience
feel
certain
things," added
the
36-year-old.
In
the
same
interview,
Sidharth
also
expressed
his
happiness
over
the
success
of
Shershaah
and
asserted
that
he
did
not
expect
to
receive
such
grand
reactions
for
his
performance
in
the
film.
However,
he's
keen
to
maintain
the
good
work
on
the
silver
screen
so
that
his
fans
never
feel
disappointed.
"It
is
such
an
amazing
feeling
to
get
this
kind
of
love
and
respect
for
your
performance,
which
is
unlike
my
past
films.
I
am
geared
up
for
future
work.
I
dived
back
into
it
within
a
couple
of
days
after
Shershaah.
I
have
been
doing
that
so
I
get
this
response
every
time
I
do
a
film,"
concluded
Sidharth.