Anurag Kashyap calls Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos ‘Definition of Dumb’

The Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has launched an attack on Netflix-CCO Ted Sarandos, called him ‘the definition of Dom’ and criticizes the early India strategy of the streaming giant around shows such as ‘Sacred Games’.

The Neo-Noir “Sacred Games”, directed by Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, bending in 2018, directed by Kashyap and Vikramaditya, is the first Indian original series of Netflix.

Sarandos appeared on the podcast “People by WTF” by Nikhil Kamath During his recent visit to India. During the conversation, Sarandos thought about the early India strategy of Netflix, in particular around the launch of ‘holy games’. “I thought this was great. People in India love films. This is a TV program that feels as big as a film. Has has movie stars.” he said. “What was interesting about it is that it was very, very new, but I did not realize that we would introduce a brand new type of entertainment in a country the size of India, because there was nothing else.”

Sarandos suggested that if he ‘did it all over again’, he might have done ‘holy games’ a few years later and did a number of things that were a little more populist programming. Maybe. But we knew that India would be a slower journey to get where we want, but that it is a great price at the end of the day. ‘

In response, kashyap Posted on Social Media: “He should have started with ‘Saas Bahu’ … He would have done it well. What he is doing now. I have always known that the technical boys are stupid when it comes to telling stories, but @tsarandos is the definition of stupid what I didn’t know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now.”

Kashyap’s reference here is to mother-in-law, daughter-in-law Soap “Kyunki Saas Babhi Bahu Thi”, who was broadcast on Star Plus 1.833 episodes between 2000-2008 and was one of the various in the genre produced by the Indian content Queen Ekta Kapoor. On Saturday, Kapoor’s company Balaji Telefilms unveiled a new creative partnership with Netflix.

Variety has contacted Netflix for comment.