Akshay Oberoi makes waves with Inside Edge 3, Dil Bekaraar: 'It's always about the story, not the platform'

Akshay Oberoi has featured in 10 shows across seven different platforms. Consecutive releases in the last three weeks have seen the actor play a hotshot lawyer in Voot Select’s Illegal Season 2, an idealistic journalist in Disney+ Hotstar’s Dil Bekaraar, and the captain of the Indian cricket team in Amazon Prime Video India’s Inside Edge Season 3. It’s overwhelming right now because, after all those years of feeling like my movies don’t get marketed enough, and I don’t get positioned enough, in a weird way, these shows have suddenly done that. But now, I do see people around me who say things like ‘just do the big platform projects.’ But I still think it doesn’t matter. You said in a recent interview, “The digital guys are looking for actor-actors… That’s why the content is really good because casting for digital series has been authentic.” While it is clear there is a lot more focus on talent on streaming, a number of actors have said there is a star system creeping in with people even getting cast based on Instagram following.