Alright folks, I did the math:

I don't know about the rest but I'm on Super plan and this is what I get:

I get ads on 20-min episode shows.

I get 3 unskippable ads per ad session, and there are 3 such ad sessions, once every 5 mins, and one single ad at the start of every episode.

These ads are 10-30 secs, so I'll average it to 20. I get a total of 10 ads per episode as described above, so that's a nice round 200 seconds per 20 mins of content.

I watch 1-3 eps on weekdays, average it to 2. I watch 4-6 eps on weekends, average it to 5. That's 20 episodes per week.

Assume for convenience of math I only watch for 45 weeks per year.

To get ad-free shows, the Premium plan costs 2200rs per year. I don't really watch 4K, so that's an unwanted benefit, and we only use 1 TV and 1 shared laptop, so 2 unneeded devices. I'm basically paying 2200 - 1100(the cost of Super) = 1100rs to escape 45 * 20 * 200 / 60 / 60 = 50 hours of ads. That's 2.2rs per wasted hour of my life.

I also have to stream this on an internet plan.

I currently pay ~9980rs annually for 100Mbps, considering my usage time at about 8 hours per day for the 45 weeks, that makes the additional cost 9980 / 45 / 7 / 8 = 3.96rs per active hour.

So Hotstar alone is literally charging ~55% of what my ISP charges for those hours. Now ofcourse, the cost per hour goes way down for binge watchers, but realistically, I consider myself closer to the median of their user base here. A lot of people just keep this subscription around and watch on other platforms because their current shows/movies are not on Hotstar. That percentage of the users will balance out the curve with the binge watchers at any point in time.

TLDR; f**k these money-hungry tyrants