Jaideep
Ahlawat
As
Hathiram
Chaudhary
We
first
meet
Hathiram
Chaudhary,
a
cop,
well
aware
of
‘how'
his
world
works,
‘who'
to
stay
clear
off
and
‘where'
he
exactly
stands
in
the
society.
As
a
dharti
lok
cop
stuck
working
in
paatal
lok,
Chaudhary
is
eager
to
leave,
and
the
chance
of
a
lifetime
comes
when
he
is
assigned
to
an
open
and
shut
case
of
an
attempted
assassination.
But
the
high
profile
case
keeps
slipping
out
of
his
hands
because
of
corrupt
cops,
big
time
businessmen,
and
journalists
with
political
agendas.
Abhishek
Banerjee
As
Hathoda
Tyagi
The
crime
thriller
has
as
many
pivotal
characters,
as
it
has
cuss
words,
and
there
are
a
lot.
Even
with
many
subplots
and
detours,
the
nine-part
series
does
not
waver
from
the
story
even
for
a
minute.
Paatal
Lok
not
only
stays
true
to
the
crime
thriller
genre,
but
at
the
same
time,
shows
you
the
entire
world
around
it,
from
the
media,
politics,
businessmen,
cops
to
the
contract
killers,
who
are
all
involved
in
the
crime
one
way
or
another.
We
follow
Hathi
and
his
confidant,
Ansari
throughout
the
show,
as
they
struggle
to
prove
themselves,
the
crimes
at
the
centre
of
the
story
and
lies
that
are
hiding
the
truth.
Hathiram
Chaudhary
With
Imran
Ansari
(Ishwak
Singh)
Hathi
and
Ansari
both
have
a
lot
to
prove.
While
the
former
is
under
the
scrutiny
of
his
family,
Ansari
is
under
the
scrutiny
of
the
world,
on
account
of
his
religious
identity.
Despite
different
stories
and
struggles,
they
make
for
a
great
team.
Watching
them
together
will
also
give
the
audience
a
chance
to
see
what
culture
prejudice
in
real
life
looks
like,
since
most
have
developed
a
selective
perception
to
it,
and
what
should
be
done
about
it.
Similarly,
the
makers
have
shown
the
criminals' past
not
to
justify
their
crimes,
but
to
show
where
the
hate
dwells
and
comes
from.
Neeraj
Kabi
as
Sanjeev
Mehra
The
screenplay
and
direction
talks
about
perspective,
and
uses
the
phase
similar
to
'evil
is
not
born
it
is
made'.
It
also
comments
on
several
other
ongoing
social
issues
from
domestic
violence,
racism,
casteism,
LGBTQA
rights,
animal
rights,
yellow
journalism,
to
other
concerns
like
emotional
intelligence,
mental
health
and
social
pressure.
It
shows
the
truth
we
don't
want
to
see
and
quickly
moves
on
to
the
next
worst
thing,
just
as
the
news
changes
every
day,
and
nothing
is
shocking
enough
to
revisit
again.
Gul
Panag
As
Renu
Chaudhary
Swastika
Mukherjee,
Niharika
Lyra
Dutt,
and
Gul
Panag,
the
women
in
the
show
don't
get
the
credit
they
deserve,
but
they
hold
the
fort.
Some
even
with
little
screen
time,
leave
a
strong
and
promising
mark.
As
for
Neeraj
Kabi,
Jaideep
Ahlawat,
Abhishek
Banerjee
and
Ishwak
Singh,
together
they
show
us
every
shade
a
man
(human)
is
capable
of.