Have you ever felt frustrated when a show becomes too popular and hyped — so much so that, even if you were initially planning to watch it, you simply lose interest? If yes, you might be more like Konkona Sensharma than you think.
The National Film Award-winning actor recently shared her candid take on binge-watching and hype culture in a podcast with Chalchitra Talks. “If too much of a big deal is being made of something na , then I don’t want to watch it,” Konkona admitted.
She revealed that she had followed the American neo-Western crime drama Breaking Bad religiously until just before the finale. “I saw every single episode except the last one,” she said.
The mounting hype around the finale didn’t sit well with her — which is precisely why she never watched it, not even later. “