It’s been quite some time since Prime Video in a mammoth event announced a slate of 40+ titles. It was meant to serve the huge audience of India spread across languages and cinematic tastes.
But the ultimate bosses of Prime Video, Gaurav Gandhi & Aparna Purohit have opened up about something which the country might fall in love with.
If you remember then in the same event Prime Video announced a title called “Dancing On The Grave”. It will be based on true crimes which will involve the statement of multiple people involved in the matter including the convict (whenever possible).
In a recent interview, Aparna Purohit said, “We are now expanding our scope of unscripted and docu-series — especially in crime, true crime and investigation. We’ve had dark noirs, thrillers, mystery, patriotic shows, musicals and romance but a few things remain [outstanding]. We want more young adult content, as we want to bring people in early — India is a very young country”.
This might be a game-changer move for the platform. They are already known for grassroot level content, the latest Panchayat is a great example of the same. But this time it’s different.
In India, there are uncountable haunting stories of crime but nobody is there to film them in a documentary format. We know how the TV series based on it glamorizes crime and they often meander
Last time Netflix India made a highly successful attempt and came up with “The House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths”. It was haunting, brilliant and also an indicator of how tremendous potential the genre holds.
Thus Aparna Purohit and Gaurav Gandhi’s statement pumps excitement in us. Prime Video may start a new trend with this because if executed well, chances are that the series will go boom.
Let’s see what the platform comes up with to haunt us with original crime documentaries.