This series is an unfortunate misstep in the genre of documentary, emblematic of a troubling trend in Indian filmmaking. The creators seem to believe that anything—regardless of its lack of research, depth, or intellectual rigor—can be paraded as a documentary. What we are presented with is little more than an exercise in mutual admiration, with a coterie of Bollywood elites lavishing hollow praise on one another.
The documentary starts with a glimmer of potential, creating the illusion of a meaningful…
