Abhishek Banerjee in a still of Paatal lok. (courtesy: primevideoin )
Strong points
- “I think it’s the ultimate compliment,” said Abhishek
- “The show turned out to be as scary as we wanted to make it,” he said.
- “I could learn a lot by playing Vishal Tyagi,” he said.
New Delhi:
Abhishek Banerjee aka Paatal lokHathoda Tyagi gained a huge fan base after his performance in the new Amazon Prime web series. However, her family refuses to watch the program. Yes, you read that right. Abhishek, who played the role of a serial killer named Vishal Tyagi in the web-series, in a recent interview with Hindustan Times revealed that the “women in his life” – his wife and mother, refuse to watch the show. He said, “I think it’s the ultimate compliment because the show turned out to be as scary as we wanted to make it. The actor said he never thought he would be able to play such an intense character at such an early stage in his life and added: “I never thought I could have played an octane character as high in life. I also learned a lot from playing a character like Vishal Tyagi. “
Pataal Lok, produced by Anushka Sharma and his brother Karnesh’s production house, Clean Slate Films, present the story of an investigator (Hathiram), looking for four criminals behind a failed assassination attempt against a well-known journalist, Sanjeev Mehra. The nine-episode show airs on Amazon Prime. The show also stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Gul Panag, Swastika Mukherjee and Ishwak Singh.
Paatal lok open to stellar criticism. In his review for GalacticGaming, film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the show 4 stars out of 5 and wrote: “Paatal lok is his own beast. She plunges, without flinching, into an abyss and lights up the darkness in her heart. “
