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=== Politics ===

=== Politics ===

According to Tanul Thakur of [[The Wire (India)|The wire]]; Paatal Lok begins with the excitement of a fantastic [[bildungsroman]]. Later, at the end of this traditional coming-of-age play, the protagonist comes to a critical realisation, discovering his True Self. However, because Hathi is about to dive into a macabre murky realm, that classic cliche is given a wonderful twist: what if you find the world but lose yourself?<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paatal Lok: A Descent Into Hell With Stories and Back Stories |url=https://thewire.in/culture/pataal-lok-amazon-prime-review |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The Wire}}</ref> In addition to conveying a tight plot, the programme is astutely political. No matter how excellent an officer Ansari is, his last name follows him everywhere, subjecting him to harsh remarks — many of which are made by his colleagues. An extramarital romance between Sanjeev and his coworker Sara (Niharika Lyra Dutt), who is many years his junior, takes an unsettling turn, exposing his hidden hypocrisies. The petty power conflicts in the police station, particularly between Virk and Hathi, expose the Indian middle-innate class's cannibalism. And we witness a ruined India in the stories of Tope, Tyagi, Kabir, and Cheeni, where individuals are consumed and destroyed for no fault of their own, and where they in turn consume and destroy others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gurjar |first=Nitin Pratap |date=2020-05-20 |title=Regressive Depiction of Caste & Bad Politics in 'Paatal Lok' |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/hot-on-web/regressive-depiction-of-caste-and-bad-politics-in-pataal-lok |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bedika |title='Pataal Lok is political' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/pataal-lok-is-political/20200520.htm |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>

According to Tanul Thakur of [[The Wire (India)|''The Wire'']], "Paatal Lok begins with the excitement of a fantastic [[bildungsroman]]. Later, at the end of this traditional coming-of-age play, the protagonist comes to a critical realisation, discovering his True Self. However, because Hathi is about to dive into a macabre murky realm, that classic cliche is given a wonderful twist: what if you find the world but lose yourself?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paatal Lok: A Descent Into Hell With Stories and Back Stories |url=https://thewire.in/culture/pataal-lok-amazon-prime-review |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The Wire}}</ref> In addition to conveying a tight plot, the programme is astutely political. No matter how excellent an officer Ansari is, his last name follows him everywhere, subjecting him to harsh remarks — many of which are made by his colleagues. An extramarital romance between Sanjeev and his coworker Sara (Niharika Lyra Dutt), who is many years his junior, takes an unsettling turn, exposing his hidden hypocrisies. The petty power conflicts in the police station, particularly between Virk and Hathi, expose the Indian middle-innate class's cannibalism. And we witness a ruined India in the stories of Tope, Tyagi, Kabir, and Cheeni, where individuals are consumed and destroyed for no fault of their own, and where they in turn consume and destroy others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gurjar |first=Nitin Pratap |date=2020-05-20 |title=Regressive Depiction of Caste & Bad Politics in 'Paatal Lok' |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/hot-on-web/regressive-depiction-of-caste-and-bad-politics-in-pataal-lok |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bedika |title='Pataal Lok is political' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/pataal-lok-is-political/20200520.htm |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>

== Release ==

== Release ==