TV Czarina Ekta Kapoor has slammed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who called Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos dumb and suggested he should have started with saas-bahu shows.
Sarandos during a podcast had spoken that he was unsure if the idea of starting the Netflix Original in India with the Saif Ali Khan-starrer Sacred Games was the right decision. This left Kashyap red-faced.
Anurag took to Threads and ranted: ‘He should have started with Saas Bahu .. he would have done well. Which he is doing now Z I always knew the tech guys are dumb when it comes to story telling but tedsarandos is the definition of dumb is what I didn’t know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now.’
Ekta took to her Instagram stories and wrote a post about how “artists who talk of an inclusive world are actually more classist.”
She wrote: “Ur so dumb….saying this put u on an advantage I’m smarter cooler” but naaaaaaaa! Darling how about gracious !!! N self aware an art a lot of artists don’t have! saas bahu n their impact on indian masses (how women got a voice in mass India) is well documented by a prestigious Chicago research! (sic)”
“But artists who talk of an inclusive world are actually more classist! We must do away with this ‘u can’t sit with us we r better attitude for democracy n fair play! Love n light to all,” she added.
It was on her 50th birthday, when it was announced that Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms Ltd and Netflix joined hands for a creative collaboration across different formats of storytelling. (IANS)
