Top 6 Most Underrated Performances On OTT

These actors have proved that a sharp, well-crafted performance can pierce through the halo of stardom, and shine

- By Ananya Ghosh

It has been a year of big debuts. While their PR had ensured a media frenzy around their releases, celeb kids, their maiden outings were far from impressive. Among the stars, while the year saw Akshay Kumar somewhat get his groove and comic timing back, others like Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Ajay Devgn, John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi and Sanjay Dutt mostly stuck to their personal brand of star-power-buoyed mediocrity. On the other hand, the trained actors—the quintessential outsiders who had established themselves in Bollywood through their sheer talent—have not managed to pull any surprises either. The 2025 releases of Rajkummar Rao (Bhool Chuk Maaf), Pankaj Tripathi (Criminal Justice: A Family Matter), and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Costao) have not given us anything fresh. And the problem lies in the fact that in this country a good actor is often considered versatile by default. While the Manoj Bajpayee of The Family Man and Gulmohar or the Irrfan Khan of Maqbool and The Namesake or even a Vicky Kaushal of Sam Bahadur and Chaava are distinctly different, the same can't be said for these film school graduates—the characters portrayed by them these days seem just a different version of the same (one hopes Rao will break the loop with Maalik). But beyond the mainstream fanfare and at times even beyond the glory of a 'starring role', the year has seen some seriously impressive performances on the OTT. Here are 5 such acts.

1 ABHISHEK BANERJEE IN STOLEN
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Based on true events, Karan Tejpal's debut directorial,