VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Regulating OTT important, or people will start putting porn also: Ajay:  OTT platforms   in India reach around 40 million customers and make up a market worth around Rs.3000 crore. India is planning to draft and legislate an overarching statute for OTT (over the top) platforms.   Superstar Ajay Devgn   has said, the digital space needs to be regulated "to a point".   "If we don't regulate something, people take advantage. Four people taking advantage will spoil the name of...whole industry," he added. "If you don't regulate, people will start putting porn on it also. So regulations are important but there has to be a line drawn," Ajay said.   There are at least 40 OTT platforms including global ones such as  Netflix ,  Amazon Prime  and  HotStar (Disney Plus)  and hundreds of news content websites. In November last year bringing all online platforms under the mandate of the I&B Ministry. All platforms were told to register with ...

Earlier it has been fixed that  Keerthy Suresh , national award-winning South actor was all set to be launched in Bollywood opposite  Ajay Devgn  in Amit Sharma’s sports drama,  Maidaan . However, she has now opted out of the film. Keerthy and producer Boney Kapoor mutually agreed that she should no longer be a part of the project, as she would be too young for the role. She was supposed to play the wife of Ajay, who is essaying the role of former football coach and manager of the Indian national team Syed Abdul Rahim, under whose guidance the Indian team reached the semi-finals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. There were reservations about the 27-year-old Keerthy playing an older character again after Mahanati, which showed the journey of former South superstar Savitri from her first film to her death at the age of 45. The actor as well as Boney felt that she could be typecast and be offered only roles that were older, which could hamper her prospects in B...