US EditionAnurag Kashyap Calls Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos ‘Definition of Dumb’
- Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on Nikhil Kamath's podcast that launching Netflix India with Sacred Games in 2018 may have been too ambitious.
- Sarandos reflected that a more populist show might have worked better as Netflix faced challenges entering India's complex market.
- Sacred Games, a dark and intense crime drama released in 2018, was co-directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane and featured performances by Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
- Responding on social media, Kashyap called Sarandos "the definition of dumb" and mocked that he should have started with family soaps like Saas Bahu.
- The exchange highlights the tensions around Netflix's early India strategy, suggesting a tension between artistic ambition and market adaptation.
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Recently Anurag Kashyap expressed his displeasure at the CEO of Netflix. He asked him to start with Saas Bahu serial instead of Sacred Games. To which big television producer Ekta Kapoor has now reacted. She has called Anurag a fool.
Anurag Kashyap claps back at Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos for his Sacred Games remark
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos reflected on 'Sacred Games' as Netflix India’s first original, suggesting a more populist start could have been better, sparking backlash from co-creator Anurag Kashyap. The filmmaker shared his reaction on Instagram.
Anurag Kashyap calls Netflix CEO ‘dumb’ over Sacred Games comment: ‘He should have started with Saas Bahu…’
Anurag Kashyap mocked Netflix by claiming that CEO Ted Sarandos should have launched the streamer in India with "saas bahu" shows, which he's making now via a partnership with Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms.
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