From Madhuri Dixit to Sushmita Sen: '90s actresses who have invaded OTT space

The Dhak Dhak Girl who was one of the biggest female Bollywood stars of the 1980s and 1990s, Madhuri Dixit was known as much for her acting skills as for dancing. She gave numerous hits in those two decades. As 2000s began, there came a lull in her career in the wake of her marriage in 1999. Perhaps she focussed more of her attention on her husband and children. But she has been a rare sight on the silver screen. Earlier this year in February, she made her web series debut with Netflix's 'The Fame Game'. While not every critic was pleased with the series, almost everybody agreed Madhuri gave one of the best performances of her career ever. 
 

The entry of Sushmita Sen, who is in news thanks to the revelation about her relationship with Lalit Modi, in OTT content was even more effective than Madhuri's. She made her web series debut with Disney+ Hotstar,'s 'Aarya'. Co-created by Ram Madhvani and Sandeep Modi, the series was based on a Dutch drama series called 'Penoza' and was a crime thriller. 'Aarya' was praised almost universally by critics and got a second season called Aarya 2''. 
 

Another major star of late 20th century Bollywood, Karisma made her OTT debut with Ekta Kapoor's 'Mentalhood' for ZEE5 and ALTBalaji. Also starring Sanjay Suri, Sandhya Mridul, Shilpa Shukla and Shruti Seth, the series explored how mothers multitask. 
 

Kajol, who starred in two of the most popular Hindi films of 1990s and also two of the most recognisable Bollywood films ever ('Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'), is all set to make her OTT debut with a yet-untitled Disney+ Hotstar series.
 

While others in this list were mostly intermittently active in public imagination, Shilpa kept hogging entertainment news headlines even if she, too, did fewer movies than earlier. The reason was she served as a judge in several reality shows and for being a promoter of fitness and healthy lifestyles. She was also a judge on 2018 Prime Video series 'Hear Me Love Me' and will make her drama web series debut with Rohit Shetty's Prime Video series called 'Indian Police Force', which also stars Sidharth Malhotra, Vivek Oberoi, and Isha Talwar and is set in Shetty's (Rohit) Cop Universe.