Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has slammed Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ remark about launching Sacred Video games as Netflix India’s first unique sequence. Sacred Video games was the primary Indian unique sequence ever produced by Netflix. The sequence, based mostly on the e-book of the identical identify by Vikram Chandra, was directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. It starred Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Anurag Kashyap calls Netflix CEO `dumb`
Not too long ago, Sarandos acknowledged that the present was not the perfect approach to enter the Indian market. Kashyap reacted strongly to Sarandos’ assertion and didn’t mince his phrases whereas sharing his opinion. He shared a screenshot of an article referencing Sarandos` remark and wrote, “He ought to have began with Saas-Bahu… he would have completed effectively. Which he’s doing now. I all the time knew the tech guys are dumb with regards to storytelling, however @tedsarandos is the definition of dumb — that I didn’t know. Good to find that. This explains every little thing now.”
What Ted Sarandos stated
In an look on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast, Sarandos stated that it’s tough to crack into the Indian market, as individuals within the nation are suspicious of subscriptions. Speaking about not with the ability to faucet a lot into the Indian market, he stated, “It took us a few years to get the product-market match proper. Our very first Indian unique present was Sacred Video games. And I believed, ‘That is going to be nice. Folks in India love motion pictures. It is a TV present that feels as huge as a film — it has film stars.’ What’s fascinating about it’s that it was very, very novel. However what I didn’t perceive was that we have been introducing a model new form of leisure in a rustic the dimensions of India.”
He continued, “For me, if I did it another time, would I’ve completed Sacred Video games a few years later and completed issues that have been extra populist as a substitute? Perhaps. However we knew that India was going to be a slower journey to get to the place we needed to be. However it’s an excellent prize on the finish of the day. The addressable market is rising within the subsequent couple of years in India, so it’s thrilling.”
Sacred Video games was cancelled after two seasons on the platform.