Skulls and Roses

Sure, it's a show that's worth all the cringe. You can even have a drinking game based on it. But, around the third episode, the show got better and from the fourth, it became an alternative to your Khatron Ka Khiladi, Fear Factor, Roadies, Splitsvilla, etc. And since this is on Amazon, the cusses weren't censored; matlab you didn't have to find an uncensored clip on YT to find out what the hosts or the contestants said (which was bleeped). The contestants are so full of it and the hosts have their dialogues written by granddads (it's so worse than dad jokes).

The first episode of Skulls and Roses begins with a montage of what's to come on the entire show. In this montage, one of the contestants admits "I was going through multi-sexual feelings." I paused and had a good laugh. I knew very well that I have to sit through this show to find the context for that little gem of a clip.

Like most new shows, Skulls and Roses attempts to lure you in with a lot of skin. So, I was worried that the show may lose steam halfway through. Surprisingly, it became better. After the fourth episode, I began to really enjoy the show (while the intellectual part of my brain hated me for it). It's entertaining and the cast of characters are brilliant. It does feel scripted at times but nevertheless it's entertaining. For instance, Amazon's own The Grand Tour is a scripted program but it is wildly amusing to watch.

Rajiv and Raghu deliver deadpan performances. But, as the show goes on, they get better. The men are talented and good. The women are perfect eye candy and the chemistry tests bring out their naughty side. After the "fakegasm" test, even I was going through multi-sexual feelings. :)

The problem is that while a majority of Indian youths love this kind of stuff, they also want to show off their conservative face and pretend to hate on it. So, I guess that explains why there may be no Season 2.

Worst scripted reality show ever which doesn't have any format on the show. Whoever is doing whatever. It is basically a mindless scripted show with few worthless independent models and meaningless idea. Matlab kuch bhi.

Amazon Prime video in India was doing pretty good. Their originals like Breathe, Inside Edge, Mirzapur, Chacha Vidhayak hain Hamare, Pushpavalli, Shaitaan Haveli etc... were really good. Some were average like Four More Shots, Vella Raja, Laakhon mein Ek, Made in Heaven, Love Me Hate Me etc... But this time they really took a bad misstep with Skulls and Roses. Raghu and Rajiv after Roadies are still in their Roadies personna. They have combined the worst of Splitsvilla and worst of Roadies to create this horrendous series. All contestents are models and small time actors who are handpicked by Raghu-Rajiv. They act like innocent contestants who are genuinely surprised and angry at a particular situation. But their limited acting ability gives it away. The show is fully scripted where most raunchy tasks of Splitsvilla are combined with third rate stunts of Roadies and outcome here is already fixed. I don't know what content executives at Amazon were thinking while finalizing this show. Overall very disappointed.

For a reality show, this show feels the least real, everything in this show feels scripted from the way the people talk to the way the people walk. I have never watched a worse show, filled with this level of crap in my life. Save your time, and skip this one.