When Yash Raj Films launched their television shows a few years ago, they did not create any waves as such. Not amongst the regular television watchers at least. To the discerning viewer, however, one name stood out as a promise of better things to come - Atul Sabharwal. His "Powder", a series on the Narcotics Bureau, was way ahead of its time, and remains a reference point to future filmmakers in the crime genre.
One cannot help but wonder, then, why Atul Sabharwal could not inspire himself to give us the much-expected incredible crime thriller that Aurangzeb could have been. ....