Paatal Lok (2020)
- Original title
- पाताल लोक
- Genre
- action television series, crime television series, crime thriller film
- Country
- India
- Length
- 2 seasons, 17 episodes
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 117 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A disillusioned police officer investigates a failed assassination attempt in India. The case pulls him into a dark underworld of criminals and corrupt power. The story looks at justice and morality in a broken system.
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What happens
Paatal Lok (transl. Netherworld) is an Indian neo-noir crime thriller television series on Amazon Prime Video, created by Sudip Sharma, who wrote the script along with Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra, and directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy. The series was produced under the banner Clean Slate Filmz, and stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Gul Panag, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Ishwak Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Niharika Lyra Dutt, and Richa Chaturvedi. Loosely based on Tarun Tejpal's 2010 novel The Story of My Assassins, the first season is about a disillusioned cop who lands the case of an assassination attempt gone wrong. Ahlawat, Singh, and Panag reprised their roles in the second season (set amidst political turmoil in Nagaland), and were joined by Tillotama Shome, Jahnu Barua, Nagesh Kukunoor and Prashant Tamang. Sudip Sharma wrote the script in January 2017, and took more than a year for writing and pre-production. It is filmed across more than 110 real locations, with Paatal Lok being the first series to be shot at Chitrakoot. The cinematography for the series were handled by Avinash Arun and Saurabh Goswami, with editing done by Sanyukta Kaza. The background score was jointly composed by Naren Chandravarkar and Benedict Taylor. The first season of Paatal Lok was premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 15 May 2020. The series received rave reviews from critics, praising the performances, storyline, writing and direction. The series were listed in the Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020, by The Indian Express. Variety listed Paatal Lok as one of the best international TV shows of 2020. In May 2020, the makers announced that the second season is to be conceptualized. The second season was released on 17 January 2025. Paatal Lok received eight nominations at the inaugural Filmfare OTT Awards, and won five awards – Best Actor (Jaideep Ahlawat), Best Series, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay and Best Direction (Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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