The web series focuses on people who get charged for conspiracy to murder presumably targeting the biggest journalist and in many ways the face of time indian television. When the protagonist Hathiram Chaudhary played by Jaideep Ahlawat a police officer that has hired 15 yeaes of service but been barely handed any significant of prominent cased is told to take over. Webseries aims at understanding the motivations of the four characters to assassinate the journalist the soulless and fickle nature of india Journalism today. The personal battles of each other trying to get at the bottom of the to exactly how convoluted matter is and finally on commentary of how our society is segregated with several references to indian mythology that enhances the quality of the webseries tenfold esepically its writting.
Pataal lok presents a layered story encompassing several sections of society. Their ugly image and the reason for there motivations and actions that stand extremely relevant in the current climate we live and breathe around a beautiful quote by Henry Thomas buckle perfectly captures the essence of this webseries " Society prepares the crime. The criminal commits it"