then Hindu mythology can equally be aligned with darkness. From Netflix’s Sacred Games to Voot’s Asur, and Disney Hotstar’s Aarya to Amazon Prime’s Paatal Lok, crime narratives resolutely ...

And then there is Sudip Sharma’s idea of a reunion. In the new season of Paatal Lok, Hathi Ram Chaudhary (Jaideep Ahlawat) first catches sight of his old pal Ansari (Ishwak Singh) at a morgue.

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