'' BLACK WARRANT '' BLAST : NETFLIX FILM

When the likes of Anurag Kashyap [ Gangs of Wasseypur, Sacred Games ] recommend a watch, it's bound to be good.

And Netflix's latest production, Black Warrant exceeds expectations.

Co-created and co-directed by none other than Vikramaditya Motwane [ Urrta Punjab, Sacred Games, Jubilee], Black Warrant is a must watch series, steeped in reality and adapted from the non-fiction book, Black Warrant : Confessions of Tihar Jailer by Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury.

Set in the 1980s, the series is based on Gupta's own life and experiences and takes viewers into the murky world of the infamous Tihar Jail and the dynamics between the inmates and the prison staff.

Every episode deals with a case that happened in real life, sometimes showcasing high profile prisoners and their influence, and shedding a light on caste and class disparities in India, how gangs are formed and how their influence shapes the communities and activities within the prison.

One of the things that stands out is how a prison is really run by the inmates themselves, and not just the wardens.

Our heroes, a group of three wardens inducted into Tihar and who're terying to find their footing in the prison world, are imperfect and so are their morals.

But they are, in their own way, trying to survive. Life isn't perfect and that's what makes Black Warrant  such a compelling watch.

The World Students Society thanks Madeeha Syed.