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Anurag Kashyap claps back at Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos for his Sacred Games remark
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shared a rather strong response to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos's recent comments on 'Sacred Games'. The latter recently appeared on Nikhil Kamath's WTF podcast, where he spoke about Netflix India's evolution and early content choices - including Sacred Games, Heeramandi, CID, and The Kapil Sharma to the same, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap lashed out at Sarandos, calling him 'dumb'.advertisementDuring the conversation with Kamath, Ted Sarandos expressed some doubt about Netflix's Indian original programming with 'Sacred Games'. He remarked that, in hindsight, the platform could have opted for something more populist to kick off its India slate.
This comment did not sit well with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who co-created 'Sacred Games', and he responded strongly on social media. Sharing a screenshot of a news article on the CEO's remark, Kashyap said he "should've started with Saas Bahu."Additionally, he called Sarandos 'dumb' and added, 'I always knew the tech guys are dumb when it comes to storytelling, but @tedsarandos is the definition of dumb is what I didn't know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now (sic)."Check out the post here:
Photo: Instagram/Anurag Kashyap
advertisement'Sacred Games', co-directed by Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, was Netflix India's first original series. Starring Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the show premiered in 2018 to widespread acclaim. In contrast, its second season received average reviews, and the series was eventually to Nikhil Kamath, Ted Sarandos acknowledged that it took Netflix several years to understand the nuances of the Indian he praised 'Sacred Games' as a 'novel' show that felt like a film with movie stars, he admitted he might have chosen to launch it later and led with content that was more mass-friendly. He also noted that India remains a slower market to develop, but a promising and growing one for Netflix.
