Eishan Deshwal

An incredibly well made show(in terms of a business model). A show garners a large amount of views if it captivates the attention of a significant portion of the population by any means necessary the ones this show took were:- 1.Relatability by having multiple characters and their own story lines 2.Shock and awe (emphasis on desolateness,barbarousness and primal nature of human beings) 3.Multiple character attributes to one specific character (aggrandizing stereotypes be it the drunken wife beating bad cop with a broken home or the silent and self righteous vishal tyagi) 4.Riding the high of anti govt.(anti-govt. not anti-nationalist) sentiments of the general upper class "elites" as a consumer the show did exactly what it was meant to do it gave us(the consumer) outrage shock scandals affairs gore violence primal and medieval urges slaps and the infamous sex scenes why you ask? because we the consumers crave all of the above we thrive on this, topics like these become conversation starters amidst awkward silences at parties we love to see women get thrashed, belittled, treated like objects/possessions/property across multiple instances, we love to portray the injustice, the evils of society if you will the effect of religion convoluted to serve the manifestations of the powerful,the caste system and how intrinsically it is tied up with 'andhvishwaas' and illiteracy and the aftermath/episodes that accrue out of this oppression and repression. we fail to see we are the poison we wish to remove from the society TLDR Imagine the show (patal lok) as the living manifestation of the binge watching, gore guzzling, pain numbing content the consumer YOU is now used to consuming on a regular basis.It's almost as if you crave the gore and the primal instinct being spoon fed to your animalistic nature. The show fulfilled it's purpose(in the glorious 21st century) magnificently a solid 5/7