Netflix backs Indian show after sexual misconduct probe
NETFLIX Inc said it would stick with the team behind Indian hit show Sacred Games for a second season after an independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against two individuals involved with the show.
In a statement emailed to Reuters, Netflix said it would continue to work with the show’s lead writer Varun Grover, one of two men called out in a wave of #MeToo allegations in India in recent weeks.
It said it would continue to work with directors Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap, whose production house Phantom Films was behind the Mumbai-set thriller and who have not been mentioned in the allegations.
Netflix announced a second season of Sacred Games in September, but ran into trouble earlier this month when Phantom Films disbanded in a cloud of allegations against one of its partners, Vikas Bahl, and Grover.
Both men have denied the allegations.
Bahl was not listed as a producer on the first season.
Netflix gave no details of the outcome of the investigation.
The streaming giant launched in India two years ago.
It has a library of local content comparable to rivals and scored a big hit in July with the release of Sacred Games, a hard-boiled thriller built around Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan.
