Updated On: 09 June, 2025 02:08 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Slamming Ted Sarandos, Kashyap took a dig at saas-bahu drama in India. Ektaa Kapoor who is known for successful saas-bahu soap in India, did not take this mockery lightly and hit back at Kashyap

Ektaa Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap
TV Czarina Ekta Kapoor has slammed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who called Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos "dumb" for saying that Sacred Games was the wrong choice as India's first original web series by Netflix. Slamming Ted, Kashyap also took a dig at saas-bahu drama in India. Ektaa Kapoor who is known for successful saas-bahu soap in India, did not take this mockery lightly and hit back at Kashyap.
Sarandos during a podcast with Nikhil Kamath has said that he was unsure if the idea of starting the Netflix Original in India with the Saif Ali Khan-starrer Sacred Games was the right decision. This left Kashyap red-faced.
Anurag took to social media and said, "He should have started with Saas Bahu .. he would have done well. Which he is doing now Z I always knew the tech guys are dumb when it comes to story telling but tedsarandos is the definition of dumb is what I didn’t know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now."