Small towns are a sexy discovery for OTT. They bring local language and a cocktail of hyperlocal idioms, words, dialects and of course a volley of slurs.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
One would have to be extremely naive and gullible to believe that OTT shows expose the reality of “small Hindustans”.
OTT shows are a masala combination of sleaze, profanity and violence. No one can identify with that level of sleaze, profanity or violence simply because it does not exist. At best, a handful of exceptions can be found in this nation of 1.4 billion. But nobody, talks in such profane language, or sexually fantasise about anyone/everyone of the opposite gender or shoot dead random people.
If one has to think of reality, then only a few shows such as Panchayat and Pataal Lok qualify.
The fact that Krishan Murari thinks these OTT shows depict the reality shows how far removed he is from reality. Maybe a visit to a UP or Bihar village, accompanied by a month or two of stay there, would help him cut through the fog and observe the reality of rural life.
Shows like Mirzapur and Sacred Games do not represent rural India or Indian society. For anyone who has stayed amongst the rural folk in UP/Bihar will tell you that law and order is a serious issue. But it’s nowhere like what has been portrayed in Mirzapur. And adults hardly use profanity laden language. The level of profanity in Mirzapur dialogues are absolutely unrealistic.
And last but not the least would be the sleaze. These shows would have us believe that rural folks are sex-crazy people willing to jump into bed with anyone and everyone. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The people who believe that Mirzapur depicts the reality of India have never stayed among rural folk. They have absolutely zero idea of how things are in rural UP/Bihar.
Language purity? Are you serious Mr. Murari?
Bollywood has always promoted a heavily Urdu influenced Hindi. The Hindi of old Bollywood films seems less like Hindi and more like Urdu.
Bollywood has been the biggest champion of Urdu all along.
What kind of language purity are we talking about here?
One would have to be extremely naive and gullible to believe that OTT shows expose the reality of “small Hindustans”.
OTT shows are a masala combination of sleaze, profanity and violence. No one can identify with that level of sleaze, profanity or violence simply because it does not exist. At best, a handful of exceptions can be found in this nation of 1.4 billion. But nobody, talks in such profane language, or sexually fantasise about anyone/everyone of the opposite gender or shoot dead random people.
If one has to think of reality, then only a few shows such as Panchayat and Pataal Lok qualify.
The fact that Krishan Murari thinks these OTT shows depict the reality shows how far removed he is from reality. Maybe a visit to a UP or Bihar village, accompanied by a month or two of stay there, would help him cut through the fog and observe the reality of rural life.
Shows like Mirzapur and Sacred Games do not represent rural India or Indian society. For anyone who has stayed amongst the rural folk in UP/Bihar will tell you that law and order is a serious issue. But it’s nowhere like what has been portrayed in Mirzapur. And adults hardly use profanity laden language. The level of profanity in Mirzapur dialogues are absolutely unrealistic.
And last but not the least would be the sleaze. These shows would have us believe that rural folks are sex-crazy people willing to jump into bed with anyone and everyone. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The people who believe that Mirzapur depicts the reality of India have never stayed among rural folk. They have absolutely zero idea of how things are in rural UP/Bihar.
Language purity? Are you serious Mr. Murari?
Bollywood has always promoted a heavily Urdu influenced Hindi. The Hindi of old Bollywood films seems less like Hindi and more like Urdu.
Bollywood has been the biggest champion of Urdu all along.
What kind of language purity are we talking about here?