Based on Hatufim | Theme music composer Arjunna Harjaie | |
Genre family, thriller, drama Written by Aseem Arora
Aniruddha Guha
Nikkhil Advani Directed by Nikkhil Advani
Gauravv K Chawla Kaashvi Nair
Nikhil Gonsalves Starring Amrita Puri
Sandhya Mridul
Purab Kohli
Satyadeep Mishra
Manish Choudhary
Parul Gulati
Anurag Sinha (actor) | ||
P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke is an Indian political thriller television finite series developed by Nikkhil Advani, and is loosely based on the Israeli drama Hatufim. The series premiered 7 November 2016 on Star Plus. The trailer of the show was released on the official page of the channel. Several Bollywood celebrities have praised the trailer. The show was premiered at MAMI film fest followed by a talk with Gideon Raff, who developed Hatufim.
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Plot summary
After seventeen years in captivity, two soldiers, who seem to share a dark secret, return to their families. The two families try to pick up where they left off, while a government agent tries to expose their dark secret.
Cast
Development
Star Plus approached Nikkhil Advani after watching his latest film D-Day, to direct a show based on the similar plotline on their channel. Star Plus had him watch both Hatufim and its American counterpart Homeland. Advani sought to make a show like Hatufim since he thought a show like Homeland would not suite Indian's sensibilities.
Casting
Advani decided to rope in Amrita Puri, Purab Kohli, Satyadeep Misra, Manish Chaudhary and Sandhya Mridul – the former debuting on the small screen and the latter returning on the small screen after a hiatus of two years. Sahil Salathia, Anurag sinha and Parul Gulati make a major entry post Episode 60 in the series as the further story unveils. Theater actor Abhishek Gupta plays RAW officer Santosh and Lala (Rashid Jamaal) is played by Denzil Smith in the series.
Music
Arjunna Harjaie made his television debut with this show. He composed all the music tracks, background score, OST and also sung some, except the title track.
Critical reception
Gursimran Kaur Bangal of The Times of India "The show has managed to hold us all through the three episodes aired so far. The narrative is gripping and stirs you emotionally. It keeps you glued to what will happen next. This one is not to be missed!" Anvita Singh of India Today praised the show's unique plot, strong female characters, actors and the good cliffhanger. Mid-Day have compared the show with its American counterpart and told that while it aids in etching the underlying theme of the series, the treatment given to the two adaptations are significantly distanced from one another.