India, June 27 -- Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan, whose last film Homebound touched upon inequality and the caste divide deeply rooted in India, recently expressed his discontent with TVF's much-loved show Panchayat and how the show's lead characters are only upper-caste individuals.

In a conversation with Yuvaa, he said, "Take TVF, and they have been doing very good. And they have shows are genuinely very good. And that's exactly why I have the problem. It's made by IIT-ians, who are supposed to be the most educated lot in this country. And every single show of theirs, since inception, has always had upper-caste characters. Not a single lower-caste person, not a single Muslim. Now, you, as this educated person, cannot take that responsibility...