"In mainstream cinema, stories of middle-aged people never found a space the way it does here on OTT. We, actors of my age, are actually getting a chance to showcase our talent," he added.

Sanjay draws the example of the hit dance number "Dilbar dilbar", made memorable by Sushmita Sen in their 1999 release "Sirf Tum", to underline how he needs a different kind of roles now that films may not have for him.

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"See, I cannot dance on 'Dilbar dilbar' now, but I can play the character that I did in 'Lust Stories' or in 'The Last Hour'. These platforms are investing in talent, they have faith in talent," he said.

So far, Sanjay has done adequately in the OTT domain. Besides the anthology film "Lust Stories" and the recent supernatural series "The Last Hour", he featured in the lockdown thriller series "The Gone Game" last year, which is said to be readying for a second season. He will be seen in the upcoming series "Finding Anamika" that stars Madhuri Dixit.

His latest, "The Last Hour" flaunts Oscar-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia as an executive producer, and has Amit Kumar as a creator. "I can see how Amit and Asif were more interested in backing talent than stardom. You know there is pressure to please everybody when it comes to cinema, you have to have interval, songs and dances, item numbers. Even though in web series, too, we use music and dance if required, it is more like we are trying to reach out to a global audience and saying with conviction, 'this is our story, watch it!' I like this approach, this conviction. It is this conviction of the makers that are helping us to showcase our talent," he said.

"The Last Hour" casts Sanjay as an investigating police officer who goes from Mumbai to Sikkim to unveil the truth behind a mysterious murder. The show also features Shahana Goswami, Raima Sen, and Karma Takapa, and streams on Amazon Prime Video.

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