Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan released a statement saying that "Server Morghulis was not the desired outcome at all!"

"We faced an unprecedented surge in interest around the opening of the new season of Game of Thrones which resulted in a service disruption of about 8 minutes," he said. "While we are delighted that fans around the country wholeheartedly embraced our message of Torrents Morghulis [Torrents Must Die], we are deeply apologetic for the service disruption."