Monday saw the debut of Amazon’s first Indian production, Inside Edge, produced by Excel Entertainment, a Bollywood banner run by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. Cricket—and the corruption within—is a suitable subject to begin an Indian innings, but Inside Edge is a disappointingly feeble show, a watchable but consistently mediocre offering. The only difference between Inside Edge and some tawdry television soap is a couple of racy scenes and many a swear word, something that unfailingly excites our censor-clobbered creators. Three good minutes in a 45-minute episode isn’t the best batting average. Inside Edge isn’t offensively bad—as a lot of Indian television is—and by that benchmark you could certainly watch it, but why must we measure ourselves by our own sloppy standards?

Source: Mint July 12, 2017 08:03 UTC