Overview
- Season 2 concludes the adaptation of Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins’ book and premieres January 9 on SonyLiv.
- Early reviews praise performances, highlighting Chirag Vohra’s Gandhi, Rajendra Chawla’s Sardar Patel, and Arif Zakaria’s Jinnah.
- Criticism from viewers in Pakistan targets the portrayal of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as elitist, even as Indian reviewers commend the performance.
- Nikkhil Advani publicly defends the characterization, calling Jinnah a South Bombay elitist and arguing the depiction is intentional.
- Advani says the show avoids villainising any side and welcomes comparisons to The Crown, noting it was made on about one-hundredth of that show’s budget.