Year Ender 2021: Bollywoodians Pick their Favourite Web Serials/OTT Films Of 2021

Subhash K Jha speaks to entertainment industry professionals to know their favourite content of 2021

Manoj Bajpai: “ I loved Tabbar directed by Ajitpal Singh and produced by Ajay Rai. I just finished watching Aranyak which features my old pal Raveena Tandon with whom I had done one of my career-changing films Shool.That’s also a good series.Then I saw so many remarkable Malayalam films in 2021 like Joji and Kurup.When you see great work happening in every language it humbles you. It makes you pull up your own socks and stops you from getting complacent. There are such wonderful actors all over the country, I am learning from all of them. I want to evolve, keep evolving.”

Hansal Mehta: “Tabbar, Abhishek Choubey’s Hungama Hain Kyun Barpat(from the Ray anthology), The Family Man Season 2, White Lotus, Succession Season 3, Joji, Nayattu,Pebbles(Tamil), Minnal Murali, Sardar Uddham, Sherni, Dune, Westside Story,Bombay Rose, Meel Patthar, Fire In The Mountains.”

Taapsee Pannu: “Decoupled, Bombay Begums. Succession Season 3, Sex Educcation, Family Man2”.

Amit Sadh: “The Family Man, The Witcher, Don’t Look Up, Sarpatta Parambarai.”

Adivi Sesh: “I don’t want films on the OTT. I love watching films in movie theatres.My favourite films of 2021 were Spiderman Long Way Home, Dune and the Tamil film Doctor.”

Roshan Mathew: “Aarkkariyam(Malayalam), Mare Of Eastwood, Don’t Look Up, Sherni , OK Computer.”

Adarsh Gourav: “Tabbar: Pawan Malhotra will go down in history as one of the greatest actors we’ve had”, Malik(Malayalam)”

Manisha Koirala: “Wheel of Time, Sardar Udham”

Renuka Shahane: “Mare Of Eastwood, Geeli Puchchi(from the anthology Ajeeb Daastans), Eeb Aalay Oo, The Great Indian Kitchen, Joji, Nyattu, Gullak Season 2, Araynyak, Squid Game,Money Heist Final Season, The Octopus Teacher, The House Of Secrets.”

Gajraj Rao: “The Family Man Season 2, Aspirants, The Great Indian Kitchen, Sardar Udham, Geeli Puchchi , Sandeep Pinky Faraar, The White Tiger, Joji, Bob Biswas, Nayattu, Minnal Murali and Serious Men.”

Raveena Tandon: “I Like to see films on the large screen. My favourites in 2021 were Pushpa The Rise , Chandigarh Kare Ashiqui and ’83.”

Raj Nidimoru:
“Cinema Bandi,The Great Indian Kitchen, Gullak Season 2 and my own The Family Man Season 2.”