Thread by @varungrover

As far as heists go, this is an innocuous one. But it's as much fun as baffling - and exposes chinks in the background checks by @IMDb.

IMDb is the most well-regarded database of movie/TV credits. For every professional, getting their 1st IMDb credit is a memorable day. /thread

I stumbled upon this name while checking the IMDb page of Sacred Games. 'Abhishek Chaudhary' is listed as one of the writers on the show.

Nobody with that name ever wrote anything on the show in its two seasons. (The writers were Smita, Vasant, Pooja, Dhruv, Nihit, and I).

Now Pooja Tolani, one of the actual writers in S2, had to wait a long time & post screenshots from the show footage to @IMDb to get her name added in the credits on the website. While Abhishek - probably a hoax name - gets credited for all 16 eps!

But wait, it gets weirder.

The guy is a bit of a credit-vandal. A normal talent would have credits in 4 or 5 different fields (writer, director etc). A genius like Mr. Ray has credits under 14 categories.

Our maestro 'Abhishek' has 30+ varied talents. From writing to stunts to costume to music to makeup.

And it gets weirder still. Because he has managed to get credited as:

a) A newborn baby in Good Newzz
b) An older man in Badhaai Ho
c) Himself in SOLO STAND-UP SPECIALS of various Indian Comics.

All this, with generally very strict monitoring & verification process of @IMDb.

So honestly, I don't know WTF is going on here and what kind of cheap thrill someone is getting by adding his IMDb credit both as a baby and a writer of Sacred Games.

(PS: Most of his credits are for a short film that exists on youtube. But only as an audio film. (!)) /end