The OTT platforms have garnered a huge following amid the pandemic which is now encouraging the makers to come up with some more top-notch content. Speaking of the OTT platforms, there are few Indian crime thriller web shows and films that gave a next-level boost to the digital owners and the credit goes to the excellent performances that the actors delivered. These web shows and films became popular for their intriguing grey characters that urged the fans to binge-watch these contents on OTT. So here we are with the top 10 grey characters of the OTT space that were immensely praised by the audience-
Vishesh Bansal played the role of an antagonist 'Shubh' who does serial killings in the crime-thriller web show 'Asur' that premiered on Voot Select. The series also featured Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti in the series that is set in current times and revolves around serial killings. The show gained extreme popularity for his intense plot and fantastic performances.
Abhishek Banerjee is another name of the industry who is on his way to acquire the top name in the entertainment industry with his stellar performances that he manages to deliver on the screen. He played 'Hathoda' Tyagi in Amazon Prime Video's crime-thriller web show 'Paatal Lok' and received positive reviews for his role.
ZEE5's action-drama series 'Jeet Ki Zid' featured Sushant Singh as an arrogant Army commander who sort of played a grey character for torturing Deep (Amit Sadh) to make him even stronger. Sushant was recognised and highly praised for his role and the series has become the top binged show on the OTT space.
Hansal Mehta's crime-drama web show 'Scam 1992' that was released on Sony LIV, has to be the most famous and successful web series in the OTT space in today's time. Based on 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by stockbroker Harshad Mehta, Pratik Gandhi played the role of Harshad and was so much loved for his role that he has become a successful name in the entertainment business today.
Netflix' crime-thriller show 'Sacred Games' became one of the most popular web show in India and the credit has to be given to the excellent performances that include Nawazuddin's character in the series. He played a gangster named 'Ganesh Gaitonde' and was highly loved for his blunt role. The show received mainly positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for its performances and writing.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap made his digital debut with the dark-comedy film 'AK vs AK' where he played an antagonist. He was extremely praised for his dialogue delivery and chemistry with Anil Kapoor in the film. The film was premiered on Netflix and recieved positive reviews.
Vijay Verma is amongst one of the most appealing grey characters of the OTT space who rose to fame with Netflix web series She, where he played a dreaded narcotics dealer. The crime-drama web series is written by Imtiaz Ali and enjoys a massive fan following for its outstanding plot and performances.
Widely Popular as 'Munna Bhaiya' for Mirzapur, the actor garnered lots of love and following for playing this grey character in the crime-thriller show. His dialogues from the series are quite popular amongst the youth which shows his strong domination in the OTT space. Not only in Mirzapur, but Divyenndu also impressed the audience with his stellar performance in 'Bicchoo Ka Khel', a crime web show that premiered on ZEE5.
Saif Ali Khan played the role of a politician 'Samar Pratap Singh' in Amazon Prime Video's political thriller drama series 'Tandav'. His character was extremely appealing as he was the prince who wanted to be a King but destiny had something else in store for him. Tandav became one of the most controversial shows for hurting Hindu sentiments which forced the makers to remove some religious scenes from the series.
Pankaj Tripathi has to be on the top of the OTT list as the actor rose to an altogether next level prominence with the outstanding grey characters that he played in the OTT space. Securing a significant place as 'Kaleen Bhaiyaa' in crime series 'Mirzapur' to win the audience with his performance in Anurag Kashyap's Ludo, the actor never failed to disappoint his followers.