Ready to play? This event is bringing the Squid Game experience to Mumbai

Updated On: 30 May, 2025 09:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble

Mumbaikars will find out what it’s like to live inside the popular Korean show Squid Game at a curated event this weekend

Listen to this article :

A team member dressed as a Squid Game guard at the Marine Drive promenade. PICS COURTESY/AAYESHA SHAIKH

There was a certain guilty voyeuristic pleasure in watching players fall down like dominoes to silenced gunshots in the popular Korean survival web series Squid Game (2021). “As long as it’s not happening in real life,” we had reasoned with our conscience. We spoke too soon. Just in time for the new season of the series slated for June 27, a Mumbai-based community is bringing the Squid Game experience to the city.

A team of 11 K-drama enthusiasts, led by 29-year-old research professional Ayesha Shaikh have been working on recreating the eerie atmosphere at an indoor venue in Goregaon. “I was watching an episode of the second season last year when I felt a strong urge to bring it to life in Mumbai,” Shaikh recalls.

A still from the newly released trailer for the third season of Squid Game. PICS COURTESY/NETFLIX ON YOUTUBE