Narcos Archives

Hey Netflix, Ditch Narcos. The Karnataka Elections Deserve a Show

News reports, think pieces, and analysis aren’t doing the cliffhanger elections in Karnataka any justice. With all the absurd drama that has unfolded this week, our netas deserve their own multi-genre TV show – working title, Kar-Naatak, The Wild Wild State.

#VALUE! July 21, 2016

Pop Culture

Jorge Salcedo: The True Gentleman of Cali

Narcos’ Jorge Salcedo has emerged as a metaphor for the average man who gets fucked from every side in the war on drugs.

Parthshri Arora June 14, 2016

Pop Culture

Narcos: Mexico Season 2 Refuses to Romanticise the Drug Business

How do corrupt, greedy men who work inured to the law or accountability of any sort, work together? It is a question Narcos: Mexico repeatedly poses, showing us the haywire ways of the drug world that has led to Mexico’s present- day cartel wars.

Manik Sharma May 4, 2016

Pop Culture

#Throwback 2018: Thank You, Sacred Games, for Ganesh Gaitonde, Katekar, and the Gang of Gopalmath

Sacred Games single-handedly ended the drought of smartly written and performed shows of Indian origin, on the internet. It was that unicorn that treated the small screen with the same level of ambition and respect usually reserved for the silver one.

Arré Bench April 24, 2016

Pop Culture

Move Over, Narcos: Mexico. Pablo Escobar Will Always Remain Our Favourite Drug Lord

Narcos’ Pablo Escobar remains my favourite drug lord. The small-time trafficker was a genial, portly guy next door who was as committed to his business as he was to his family. No wonder that his undying love for his family endeared him to Indian audiences like me.

Runa Mukherjee April 9, 2016