The adaptation by Mr Grover has been fantastic. The combo of Kashyap And Mr Motwane working in tandem with the direction has yielded some fabulous results. Credit is due for the casting dept as well. Aniruddh Mehta has brilliantly done the artwork.

Siddiqui holds his sway and it was expected. The work of Ms Apte and esp Mr Joshi get a special mention here. How crucial a capable director is to a project, that has been amply depicted here. The audience get to see (after Being Cyrus and Omkara), a good performance by Saif. I would have preferred more 'normal' moments to either build the scenes, or for allowing the audience to gradually slide into the tight settings of this show. The storyline has been adapted to modern times than the original novel's for better relevance and the effect shows.

Indian audience has been lapping up international shows since quite sometime and the sanskaari/aadarshvaadi CBFC has failed to keep up with times. Infact, During its formative years, India had THE most liberal setup. For a country that had prolly the most liberal set up, strangulating the content AND the makers has only been damaging. I also hope that the content makers do not go overboard with the 'freedom' and bring up content which can work nicely even if the words/scenes have to be 'sanitized'. That ll help broadcasting esp on the reg cable network. Hopefully all this will expedite the much delayed maturing up of the approach.

Coming back to the series: The direction has been tight and actors have done a real good job here. Season 1 has covered around 1/3 of the novel, hence looking forward to the second (and maybe even a third season).