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Operation Safed Sagar Opens With 2.2 Million Netflix Views
Operation Safed Sagar: The Highest Air Force Mission recorded 2.2 million views and 12.3 million hours watched on Netflix globally from August 3 to 9, according to Binged. The six-episode Hindi series…
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Operation Safed Sagar: The Highest Air Force Mission recorded 2.2 million views and 12.3 million hours watched on Netflix globally from August 3 to 9, according to Binged. The six-episode Hindi series premiered on August 7 and ranked eighth on the platform’s Non-English TV chart. Binged called the debut decent but not especially strong, noting that the show had only a few days to accumulate viewers.
The figure was less than half the 5.4 million views recorded by Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web in its opening week. Times Now News, however, described Operation Safed Sagar as a breakout show and reported that its creators researched the 1999 Kargil War by meeting Air Force officers and veterans and travelling to nearly 16,000 feet in Spiti.
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The lazy verdict that audiences have rejected a quality patriotic show is not supported by one early chart week. Nor does calling it a breakout settle the matter when the reported opening is well behind Taskaree. The August 7 release date limits the comparison, while critical response and sustained viewing remain separate measures. Netflix’s next weekly ranking, and whether the series crosses its opening 2.2 million views, will offer a fairer test.
Sources (2): binged.com, timesnownews.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
