In an older earnings overview, Netflix had mentioned that the primary season of the present had been watched by 40 million households in its first 4 weeks. In a weblog revealed a couple of months in the past, Monika Shergill, vice-president, content material, Netflix India had named the sequence as one of many service’s hottest titles in India in 2020.

To make sure, the sequence, additionally that includes Indian actors Sendhil Ramamurthy and Poorna Jagannathan, had drawn a lot flak for its tone-deaf stereotypical depiction of the south Asian group when launched in Might 2020.

“Whereas the present undoubtedly deserves reward for its groundbreaking function in illuminating South Asian American teenage experiences, ‘By no means Have I Ever’ hinges on banal stereotypes and reaffirms the mannequin minority delusion. For a sequence that prides itself on variety and inclusion, the cringeworthy jokes about Hindu-Muslim marriages and Nazism, blatant shows of ableism, and unchallenged cases of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are astounding,” the Harvard Political Overview had mentioned.

In an interview with The Huffington Publish, sequence director Kabir Akhtar had emphasised that it’s unfair to put the burden of a collective id (reminiscent of a group) on one present that may’t be totally identifiable for everybody.

On the identical time, a number of content material specialists had been fast to level that what might seem to be full absurdity to a few of us residing in India, is a actuality, particularly for Indians settled overseas who wage a relentless battle to carry on to their id.