‘Made in India – A Titan Story’ series review: Jim Sarbh, Naseeruddin Shah bring to life an illuminating period-drama
The review praises the period drama 'Made in India – A Titan Story' for its authentic storytelling and strong performances by Jim Sarbh and Naseeruddin Shah. It highlights the show's focus on the life of Titan founder Xerxes Desai.
Why it matters
The show offers a cultural look at the history of one of India's most successful consumer brands, reflecting on industrial leadership.
In a hyperactive, incessantly digitised, alarmingly AI-driven landscape, it would be highly favourable to create a period drama without much hassle. A fitting answer to dropping attention spans would be to transport everyone to a vintage life in early ‘70’s Bombay, reimagining its streets on green screens, making the sun set over dramatic orange hues over the gateway, and having people wear salwar kameez, boot cut jeans, and squared glasses as they don tacky prosthetics and speak a heavily Bollywood-ised Hindustani. It would be easy to slip into the pitfalls of Indian streaming and substitute stillness with chaos by producing a show that is carefully planned and not mindfully crafted. Yet,
The article is a standard entertainment review focused on artistic merit and production quality.
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