How Streaming Changed The Casting Game With Casting Directors Kavish Sinha and Panchami Ghavri

One of the most exciting things about the streaming age is the sheer amount of acting talent we're inundated with week after week. From exciting new actors that have exploded onto the scene to renowned actors finally getting their due in shows like Jamtara, Panchayat, Scam 1992, Paatal Lok, The Family Man, Delhi Crime, and Mirzapur to name but a few. To examine just how much streaming has done for casting and vice versa, I sat down with two leading casting directors. Kavish Sinha has worked on shows such as Rocket Boys, Mumbai Diaries, Rudra, Avrodh and Undekhi, and Panchami Ghavri is behind the casting of series like Class, Mismatched and Masaba Masaba. Together, the two spoke to Suchin about the importance of an actor's social media following, the scourge of influencers, how easy it is to sell a show of all newcomers, and the casting demands of platforms that annoy them the most.