{"id":23892,"date":"2021-11-24T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T10:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/my-statement-on-quitting-ott-was-taken-out-of-context-clarifies-nawazuddin-siddiqui\/"},"modified":"2021-11-24T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T10:52:13","slug":"my-statement-on-quitting-ott-was-taken-out-of-context-clarifies-nawazuddin-siddiqui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23892","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My statement on quitting OTT was taken out of context,&#8221; clarifies Nawazuddin Siddiqui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning Bollywood actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui starred in Netflix\u2019s first Indian original series<em> Sacred Games<\/em> and several web projects. However, he recently made headlines for wanting to quit OTT.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a title=\"Nawazuddin Siddiqui is reportedly quitting streaming platforms\" href=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/nawazuddin-siddiqui-is-reportedly-quitting-streaming-platforms\/\">Nawazuddin Siddiqui is reportedly quitting streaming platforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with entertainment portal <em>Bollywood Hungama<\/em>, the actor had reportedly criticized Bollywood\u2019s production studios for turning streaming platforms into a money-making racket where mediocre content is being pushed out to make money.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in another interview with <em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">India Today,<\/span><\/em> he has clarified stating that his words were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am doing a lot of films for OTT. I am sitting here because of Netflix.&#8221; he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OTT platforms have given us all international recognition. We get to showcase our talent there for the whole world to see. In my statement, I was talking about some production houses that randomly make anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stated that was taken out of context and his intention was never to say that he was quitting OTT.<\/p>\n<p>The actor also confessed that his work is everything for him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My work is something that keeps me alive. I am made for this. That&#8217;s why I feel I am an escapist and can&#8217;t face real life. When I am shooting, I start feeling as if that world is real. In real life, I am a coward. When I am in my character, I can at least speak the truth through him. In real life, I can&#8217;t do that because a lot of things can happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;OTT platforms have given us all international recognition,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}