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Information broke at the moment that Netflix has determined to not go forward with Season 2 of the Hindi collection Kaala Paani (“Darkish Water“). The streamer announced a second-season pickup on November 12, 2023, lower than a month after Kaala Paani initially debuted.
The survival thriller collection spent two weeks within the International Prime 10 for non-English collection, incomes a spot within the Prime 10 lists of 11 particular person international locations upon its debut. It won awards for Finest Director (Sameer Saxena) and Finest Authentic Story (Biswapati Sarkar) on the 2024 Filmfare OTT Awards, together with greater than a dozen different awards victories and nominations.
What’s Kaala Paani about?
In Kaala Paani, hundreds of vacationers descend on the Andaman and Nicobar islands for a competition proper as a mysterious sickness breaks out. Medical doctors race to uncover the character of the sickness and discover a treatment whereas politicians attempt to stop panic on this thriller in regards to the intersection of sociology and ecology. The primary episode of Kaala Paani — titled “Nature Wins” — is available for free on Netflix India’s YouTube channel.
The collection stars Mona Singh (Laal Singh Chaddha), Sukant Goel (Ghost Tales), Amey Wagh (Aiyyaa), Arushi Sharma (Jaadugar), and Ashutosh Gowariker (Swades).
What occurred to Kaala Paani season 2?
In line with a report at PeepingMoon.com by Rahul Raut, Netflix and Kaala Paani showrunner Sameer Saxena have been at odds over the collection’ finances for no less than a month. The report’s supply says, “The present required a considerable finances to match the envisioned scale, however Netflix is believed to have declined to approve the proposed funding.” This comes amid a wider pullback in investments throughout the streaming trade, with the report mentioning huge reductions in manufacturing budgets, even to quantities beforehand agreed upon.
Including to the frustration is that Kaala Paani Season 2 was slated to start pre-production on Could 1, with filming scheduled to begin in August with a solid and crew that had already been locked in. Whereas collection cancellations are nothing new at Netflix, it’s uncommon to see it occur to a collection that was formally renewed and so near beginning manufacturing. Whereas collection renewal reversals are uncommon, they do occur infrequently.
Despite this, Netflix has a lot of Indian collection returning for future seasons. Season 3 of Dehli Crime and season 2 of Rana Naidu have each accomplished and are due out later in 2025 with different renewals being handed to She, Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, Weapons & Gulaabs, Maamla Authorized Hai, and Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
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