The entertainment industry, right now, could be neatly divided into two categories: people who realise and advocate the power of the digital mediums, embracing the manifold opportunities that the internet has brought, and people who are still fighting for and sticking to traditional mediums.
Actor Gul Panag is clearly the former. In just two years, she has done four shows (The Family Man, Rangbaaz Phirse, Pawan & Pooja and the recent Paatal Lok) on three streaming platforms and one theatrical film (Bypass Road). Then, there is a podcast, Special Mission with Gul Panag, that presents true stories of soldiers and their families. “I was pretty much working the whole year,” she says. Moreover, during the lockdown, she made use of Instagram Live chats—one titled Cool Tech, where she spoke to celebs including A.R. Rahman, R. Madhavan and Anil Kumble on how to remain productive using the technology at hand, and another titled What’s Echoing, where she highlights the work of Covid-19 frontline warriors.
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