Paatal Lok
Created by: Sudip Sharma
Produced by: Clean Slate Productions
Available on Amazon Prime Video
The tonality of the show is similar to Sacred Games, because of the number of themes they explore about the dark reality of India. The major theme of the show is class divide, as they explain the title of the show being about the lower class people being parasites in Paatal Lok. They explore religion, caste, violence against women, violence in general, psychopathy, politics, media, corruption in the entire system, hierarchy among colleagues, infidelity, sexuality, parental abuse and I'm sure even more. This show which has the premise of an investigative thriller, when four goons are busted when they are about to murder a high profile journalist in the country, but when you go deep into it, we see the things which have made them who they are and it gets more dark. The show has tight cliffhangers that I was forced to binge-watch the show and the duration felt so seamless, because the characters were well written. As the actors were saying in an interview, the backstories of all the characters is present in the show, which are usually given as notes to the actors for preparation. In spite of the brilliant performances by Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, the show doesn't rely on their performances, it relies on the writing of the show.
This show has a Fincher-esque yellow tint all over which we didn't see in most of the Amazon Indian original shows till now. Netflix used that in their shows like Sacred Games, Delhi Crime and I think that by not using that yellow tint, the world feels even more grounded like how we saw in Mirzapur or in Panchayat; whereas this yellow tint subconsciously adds a dramatic effect to the world we are watching. Show runner Sudip Sharma said that they took 2 years to write this show, which totally makes sense because every character in the show has a meaning and a purpose; either they have an arc and learn a lesson or what happens to them helps in sharing the worldview of the show. Now, it feels like the investigative thriller plot is just a tool to explore all these character motivations and arcs and now even if the revelation was something else, it wouldn't matter.
This show has a Fincher-esque yellow tint all over which we didn't see in most of the Amazon Indian original shows till now. Netflix used that in their shows like Sacred Games, Delhi Crime and I think that by not using that yellow tint, the world feels even more grounded like how we saw in Mirzapur or in Panchayat; whereas this yellow tint subconsciously adds a dramatic effect to the world we are watching. Show runner Sudip Sharma said that they took 2 years to write this show, which totally makes sense because every character in the show has a meaning and a purpose; either they have an arc and learn a lesson or what happens to them helps in sharing the worldview of the show. Now, it feels like the investigative thriller plot is just a tool to explore all these character motivations and arcs and now even if the revelation was something else, it wouldn't matter.
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