Paatal Lok (transl.?Netherworld)[a] is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller television series on Amazon Prime Video. The first season is about a disillusioned cop who lands the case of an assassination attempt gone wrong. The show is inspired by traditional concepts of Svarga, Dharti and Paatal (heaven, earth and the Underworld), as metaphors for the different classes of India and the four estates, with Paatal being served as the prime phase of the storyline.