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'Paatal Lok': Showrunner Sudip Sharma reveals why he chose North India setting for upcoming web series
The showrunner of 'Paatal Lok', Sudip Sharma shared some inside details to share about why they chose North India as the location to shoot at.
Updated : May 13, 2020, 11:03 AM IST | Edited by : Aishwarya Vasudevan
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Only a few days are left for Amazon Prime Original show Paatal Lok to get streamed. The showrunner of the web series is Sudip Sharma and it's backed by Anushka Sharma's home banner Clean Slate Films. The show shows the underbelly areas of the North with Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi and Abhishek Banerjee playing the lead roles. The show has been shot in many locations including Delhi, UP among other places.
Talking about choosing North India as a set up for the show, Sudip said in a statement, "One of the main reasons why the story is set up in Delhi, Punjab and Chitrakoot is because I am very familiar with these places. I spent a lot of my time in Delhi and Punjab, Bundelkhand and UP, for the research I did for my previous work. Another reason to set up the plot in Delhi was that it’s the apex of the Indian political scene and where the power lies. Also, most media channels operate out of Delhi."
Sharma also shared, "Another reason to consider Delhi was because of its location: it has the feel of a frontier town bordering to certain parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. These were aspects that we considered mainly because of what it is surrounded by and the representation in terms of power and national setting. Additionally, we wanted to keep this show as authentic as possible; it demanded us to go to locations such as Chitrakoot and Punjab for the landscape."
Paatal Lok is the first show to be shot in Chitrakoot, revealing the reason behind the place as one of the locations, Sudip said, "This is the first time any film, or series has been shot in Chitrakoot. When we had initially visited Chitrakoot for a scout, we weren’t aware of the terrain and the lack of infrastructure. We had to build the entire shooting eco-system from scratch. Luckily for us, a hotel had recently opened there, and that helped us a lot. The town is almost like a quaint forgotten town, something like Banaras but without the hustle and bustle."
