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TopicPaatal Lok

Topic: Paatal Lok

Nagaland to Nizamuddin, how Nikita Grover broke every casting rule for Paatal Lok

Casting director Nikita Grover scoured streets, social media, and cafes to cast Paatal Lok Season 2. She skipped 'cliche casting' and fought for some of her picks.

How Sudip Sharma broke OTT’s crime drama rut, Paatal Lok to Kohrra

In a streaming landscape crowded with stylised violence and formulaic crime lords, Sudip Sharma brings in cops and villains who are complex and human, Nagaland to Punjab.

Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua lights up Paatal Lok. But he’s not ready for the spotlight

Jahnu Barua, a 12-time National Award-winning director, made his acting debut in Paatal Lok Season 2 as Uncle Ken. ‘Prefer being behind the camera,’ he says.

Jaideep Ahlawat is Haryana’s Diljit Dosanjh. And ‘grounded, available, accessible like Irrfan’

Jaideep Ahlawat, who modelled Inspector Hathi Ram's lopsided walk on his schoolteacher father’s, acknowledges that the world is full of people like him – invisible, unidentifiable, missable.

From Northeast extra, Chinese secretary to Paatal Lok’s Rose Lizo—Merenla Imsong’s many lives

Merenla Imsong is now one of India’s most recognisable Northeastern actors. She was so convincing as drug addict Rose Lizo in Paatal Lok that fans tell her to ‘get well soon’.

Paatal Lok season 2 gets Nagaland right. Doesn’t spoon-feed Northeast to Hindi viewers

Naga characters speak in Nagamese instead of accented Hindi. In one fell swoop, Paatal Lok demolishes the idea that Hindi is the norm.

Before ‘Paatal Lok’, director Avinash Arun was insecure. ‘School of Lies’ made him a risk-taker

For five years after winning a National Award, Avinash Arun Dhaware did not direct. Instead, he found solace as a cinematographer. From Irrfan Khan to Vicky Kaushal, he has shot the who’s who of Bollywood.

Straight from Paatal Lok plot — Delhi constable cracks UPSC in last attempt, joins force as ACP

The success of Firoz Alam, a constable in Delhi Police, is similar to that of the fictional character Imran Ansari in last year's Amazon Prime show Paatal Lok.

Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime is to Delhi what Sacred Games was for Mumbai

Saif Ali Khan's Sartaj Singh from Netflix’s show can take a rest. My latest ‘grey’ character crush is Hathi Ram Chaudhary in Paatal Lok, played by Jaideep Ahlawat.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.