It has been nearly eight years since the OTT revolution changed India’s content landscape. Early disruptors like TVF’s Pitchers and Netflix’s global juggernaut Sacred Games led the charge, opening the floodgates for a new kind of storytelling. Like any revolution, it came with both advantages and drawbacks. On one hand, OTT platforms changed viewers’ consumption habits and created space for stories that would never have found room in conventional theatrical channels. On the other hand, they gradually began constraining many storytellers, often refusing to back projects that deserved attention, and stalling riskier creative choices. Pankaj Tripathi, who himself became a national sensation thanks to OTT, recently opened up about how streaming giants have, over time, started restricting creators. In a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, Pankaj, now also a producer, spoke about his first major production, Perfect Family, a web series that is streaming on YouTube instead of any major OTT platform. Explaining why he chose YouTube, he said, “When you join a platform, your creativity becomes constrained. There is a lot of pressure and involvement.” …