If you love movies featured by the Cannes Film Festival more than Hollywood, this is the TV show you cannot miss.

This TV series consists of two different stories in different time periods. (1) A mafia boss' biography from his early days to his acme (in 1980s and 90s, particularly); and (2) Currently happening (possible) terrorism tackled by a good cop. Those two stories are woven into one and go back and forward.

Honestly, mafia's rivalry in general (i.e. the first biography part) is not my favorite genre at all because it always contains grotesque crime scenes with fewer dialogues. However, I was truly fascinated by the biography part, thanks to two factors: (A) The mafia boss is a fictional character, but his life goes along with actual social and political history in India; and (B) Religiously deep and subtle dialogues were made by the mafia although he was cagey. India was emerging economically so as the guy was climbing the mafia career ladder. The third India-Pakistan war ended in 1971 (i.e. more than a decade before his life story), but the TV show describes the Hindu-Muslim conflict remained socially. Religions should be for better life but also bring death, and life and death are always resonating - that's the lesson this show profoundly infused into me even though I am an atheist. In this context, mafia's violence and his reckless personalities play essential roles.

On the other hand, the second part (i.e. possible terrorism vs. a good cop) is not on par with the first one. It is not so thrilling as if base on a template of B-level action movies. That's the reason I cannot rate this show with 10.

Netflix has already renewed the show for the second season, but I wish it had added two more episodes to the first season and completed as a limited series. Most of the mafia's biography was told in the first season. Only the cheesy cop story is left.