Television actors have often highlighted how Bollywood is unwelcoming of them. With web platforms democratising the game, telly stars have found a new avenue to showcase their acting talent. Kritika Kamra, who features in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Tandav, considers it a big win for actors who are striving to be fluid and work across all mediums.

Talking about the inherent prejudice against actors who hail from television, she begins, “I have faced it a lot. The kind of work happening in television gives content creators the authority to assume that TV actors overact or will be loud. After screen tests, directors have told me that they were surprised by my understated work. Many producers have also candidly told me that they want a film face, and I am overexposed due to television. This, after I have nailed the auditions. There are actors who transitioned after a show or two. But once you’ve become a popular television face, it’s a tough road ahead. The good thing now is that the audition process has become streamlined. The bias will exist, but I will battle it out with good work. As long as the process is fair and square, I can live with that.”