India, March 6 -- Actor Gajraj Rao has been slowly carving his niche as the everyman in slice-of-life stories. The veteran actor has been garnering praise for Dabba Cartel and will next be seen in Prime Video's Dupahiya. Talking about the proliferation of rooted content on Indian streaming, Gajraj tells HT how the landscape of Indian storytelling has changed. (Also read: Gajraj Rao says he doesn't feel bad about staying in 5-star hotels: 'I've worked hard for 25-30 years')

Indian cinema has seen a change towards rooted, relatable storytelling after a boom of larger-than-life sagas in the 90s and 2000s. Gajraj says, "There was a time when we watched Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, and Sai Paranjape's films. There was a whole phase ...