“Rampant Poverty” in Kolkata Inspired Netflix Show Devil May Cry Art, Says Creator Adi Shankar, Faces Backlash

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:31pm on 09 Apr 2025,Wednesday India Global

Adi Shankar, creator of Netflix’s Devil May Cry series, said Kolkata’s “rampant poverty” influenced the art style of Episode 6. “Anytime you go anywhere, you look out the car window, and you just see kids that look like you, but they’re living in the streets,” he said in an interview. Many Indians criticized him for focusing on poverty instead of Kolkata’s rich culture. “Nothing sells like poverty,” a social media user commented. Shankar later clarified, “My memory of India was not that it was dark—it was a sweet place with sweet people.” His show premiered on April 3. (PC: @bootleguniverse/ Instagram)

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