Why
Gaitonde’s
Movie
Was
Included
In
The
Show?
Regarding
the
funny
movie
of
Gaitonde
that
was
shown
in
the
show,
Varun
said
that
it
was
part
of
the
book.
He
adds
that
once
Gaitonde
leaves
Bombay,
he
starts
making
a
movie
named
‘International
Khiladi'.
The
only
difference
is
that
in
the
book,
he
is
not
making
a
film
about
himself
but
a
generic
and
typical
90's
gangster-masala
film.
Gaitonde’s
Movie
Was
Parody
In
A
Way
Varun
adds,
"Though
it
was
parody
in
a
way,
but
it
was
also
fun
because
Anurag
was
directing
that.
A
person
who
has
written
Satya,
and
whose
entry
into
Bombay
was
announced
with
that
real
gangster
film.
Now
he's
making
a
spoof
of
those
times
using
Ram
Gopal
Varma.
So,
it
was
double
level
of
referencing,
double
meta,
actually.
Anurag
directing
a
gangster
spoof
of
a
gangster
show
he
did
last
year." He
further
added
that
they
wanted
to
make
it
a
full
episode
as
they
had
written
and
shot
so
much
about
it,
but
it
was
chopped
off
as
the
show
didn't
have
that
much
space.
Regarding
the
Comparison
Of
Guruji’s
Part
To
Rajneesh
Movement
Comparisons
have
been
drawn
between
Guruji
cult
and
the
Rajneesh
movement
and
Ma
Anand
Sheela.
When
asked
if
it
is
related
to
just
cults
in
general
or
influenced
by
Rajneesh
being
in
the
news
again
last
year,
Varun
said,
"No.
Actually
-
and
we
have
documents
to
prove
this,
but
I'm
sure
nobody's
asking
for
proof
-
we
wrote
the
character
like
a
month
before
Wild
Wild
Country
came
out.
Once
it
came
out,
we
had
a
big
debate
about
whether
to
continue
with
it
or
risk
the
thing
that,
"Oh,
we
kind
of
imitated
this
character
or
something."
Varun
Says…
"And
we
said,
"Okay,
we
know
we
thought
of
this
character."
And
again,
it's
not
complete
invention.
It
is
how
cults
work
around
the
world.
And
so
many
cults
have
-
from
whatever
we
researched
-
like
a
guru,
and
then
a
female
devotee
being
the
number
two.
And
it
was
just
our
research.
And
then
it
started
looking
like
Anand
Sheela,
but
it
was
not."
Varun
Didn’t
Want
To
Kill
Radhika
Apte’s
Character
Anjali
Mathur's
(Radhika
Apte)
death
was
highly
debated
(Season
1).
Varun
says
that
he
didn't
want
to
kill
Radhika's
character,
but
the
whole
creative
team
from
the
writers
to
the
showrunner,
to
the
creative
team
of
Netflix
liked
the
idea.
The
reason
why
Varun
didn't
want
to
kill
the
character
was
1.
In
the
book,
she
wasn't
killed
and
2.
He
felt
like
Sartaj
and
Anjali
made
a
great
team,
and
it
would
have
been
fun
to
see
them
do
the
actual
job
in
season
two.
Reason
Behind
Guruji’s
Theory
-
Why
He
Wanted
The
World
To
End!
When
asked
what
was
the
core
idea
of
including
the
cross-border
India-Pakistan
conflict,
the
Hindu
rashtra
philosophy,
and
the
whole
Hindu
mythology
aspect
of
it,
he
said,
"A
lot
of
it
is
actually
what
we
all
have
been
hearing
about,
talking
about
for
the
last
few
years.
Everywhere
in
the
world,
there
is
rise
of
right-wing
governments
or
dictatorships.
There
is
rise
of
divisive
politics,
anger,
hatred,
riots,
anti-migrant
policies,
right
across
Europe,
America,
everywhere.
It's
the
whole
atmosphere
-
climate
crisis
-
which
is
very
depressing.
Generally,
for
anybody
who's
slightly
pessimistic
like
me.
I
get
scared
of
these
things
very
easily.
We
wanted
to
keep
that
fear.
Every
time
you
come
across
a
news
like
that
(crimes),
you
don't
even
sometimes
mean
it,
but
you
still
end
up
saying,
"It's
better
if
the
world
just
ended."
Pankaj
Tripathi
Liked
The
Idea
He
also
added
how
Pankaj
Tripathi
was
explained
about
his
character
Guruji.
He
said,
"I
just
told
him
my
own
despondent
worldview,
and
told
him
that
this
is
something
which
we
want
to
build
the
character
of
Guruji
on.
That
he
will
tap
into
these
horrible
things,
and
he
will
start
believing
that
this
world
should
end
-
the
current
copy
of
the
world
-
and
he'll
make
a
new
copy.
And
he
instantly,
he
completely
agreed.
Not
on
the
character,
on
the
idea.
It's
a
very
personal
feeling,
which
we
have
tried
to
channel
through
Guruji."
Partition
Story
Cut
Short
Varun
says
that
they
couldn't
add
the
partition
bit
[which
had
the
backstories
of
Sartaj's
mom,
Prabhjot
and
Shahid's
(terrorist)
mom,
Navjeet].
He
said,
"It's
only
one
scene
in
episode
eight.
We
wanted
to
do
a
full
episode
of
that
story.
We
wrote
it
but
[it
didn't
work
out
because
of]
logistical
issues,
dates,
budget,
actors' availability,
and
locations."
Guruji’s
Portion
In
Croatia
He
says
that
they
wrote
Guruji's
portion
for
Croatia.
He
added,
"We
wanted
the
ashram
to
be
in
Croatia,
because
there
is
one
theory
-
again,
we
couldn't
put
that
theory
in
the
show
-
that
the
original
Sarasvati
River
-
which
we
are
trying
to
find
here,
and
there
have
been
so
many
researches
by
this
government
to
find
Sarasvati
River
-
is
in
Croatia."
Where
Guruji’s
Portions
Were
Shot?
"There
are
all
these
theories
about
Croatia,
a
kind
of
connection
to
ancient
Indian
civilization,
and
ancient
Aryan
civilization
and
all
that.
So
those
theories,
we
wanted
to
kind
of
hint
at.
So
that's
why
we
wrote
this
thing
in
Croatia.
We
couldn't
get
Croatia
because
of
whatever
logistical
issues,
we
ended
up
shooting
in
Freedom
Park,
in
Johannesburg,
South
Africa.
That
was
visually
very
different
from
how
we
had
imagined
it
while
writing.
But
again,
we
found
a
great
location
and
it
had
great
architecture,
aesthetics,
kind
of
blended
in
with
what
we
wanted
to
do."