Perfect Family: Pankaj Tripathi reveals the big reason why he didn’t choose OTT release for his production debut

Pankaj Tripathi turned a producer for his web series, Perfect Family and did it differently. Despite gaining fame for his OTT roles, the actor did not choose to release his own series on any conventional digital platform and opted for YouTube viewing instead. He experimented with the series by dropping two episodes on YouTube for free, and the other six on pay-per-view basis. Why did he do that though? The Mirzapur actor revealed the same during an interview with News18. Here’s everything he said…

Pankaj Tripathi revealed during the interview that he decided to release Perfect Family on YouTube because it allows for higher creative freedom as compared to OTT. “Sometimes when the stakes are more and the investment is higher, too many creative minds get involved. That’s why I decided to put my first production venture on YouTube. We didn’t have to take permissions from any platforms, creative entities or legal teams. I endorse creative freedom. I want a creative person to translate their vision onscreen without any obstacles. It’s the audience who should decide if something is right or wrong,” the actor-turned producer shared.

Recalling how the essence of scenes were lost owing to censorship time-and-again on OTT, Pankaj shared how the creative team member kept running toward him asking him to cut off certain dialogues because they require go-ahead from the legal team. “While shooting for web shows when I improvise a certain line as an actor, I see a creative running towards me and asking me to not say the line as a pre-approval is needed from the legal team. I was confused and kept wondering if we really need to take permissions from our lawyers to even mouth a dialogue!,” Tripathi shared. The second instance, he recalled, was when he was reciting four lines from a poem. The actor was stopped when filming for the scene, and had to call up the poet’s son to request permission and being granted so easily. “I understand copyright issues when it comes to music. But such problems shouldn’t occur when it comes to poetry,” he stated.