Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos recently appeared on Nikhil Kamath's podcast, where he talked about launching Sacred Games as Netflix’s first Indian original. He admitted he had second thoughts about that choice.

Ted said, “Our very first Indian original show was Sacred Games. And I thought, ‘This is going to be great. People in India love movies. This is a TV show that feels as big as a movie, it has movie stars.’”

However, he also shared, “What I didn’t understand [was] that we were introducing a brand new kind of entertainment in a country the size of India… If I did it all over again, would I have done Sacred Games a couple of years later, and did things that were more populist (instead)? Maybe.”

Anurag Kashyap Calls Ted’s Comment “Dumb”

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who co-directed Sacred Games, didn’t hold back. On Threads, he slammed Ted Sarandos for doubting the show’s timing and said, “He should have started with Saas Bahu… he would have done well. Which he is doing now."

He didn’t stop there. He added, “I always knew the tech guys are dumb when it comes to storytelling but tedsarandos is the definition of dumb is what I didn’t know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now.”

Ektaa Kapoor Defends ‘Saas-Bahu’ Shows, Calls Anurag Classist

TV producer Ektaa Kapoor, who recently teamed up with Netflix, hit back at Anurag on Instagram. Though she didn’t mention him by name, her post was clearly directed at his comment.

She wrote, “You are so dumb... saying this puts you at an advantage ‘I'm smarter, cooler’ but naaaaaaaa! Darling, how about gracious!!! and self-aware??????”

She defended the cultural impact of ‘saas-bahu’ shows and added, “Saas bahu and their impact on Indian masses (how women got a voice in mass India) is well documented by prestigious Chicago research!”

Ektaa also said, “Artists who talk of an inclusive world are actually more classist. We must do away with this 'U can't sit with us, we're better' attitude for democracy and fair play!”

Netflix and Ektaa Kapoor Announce New Partnership

On Ektaa Kapoor’s birthday, Netflix shared big news. The platform announced a creative collaboration with her company, Balaji Telefilms.

Their statement read, “Netflix and Ektaa Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms come together in a creative collaboration to craft compelling stories across formats.” Ektaa called it her “best gift ever.”