Genre: historical drama, tragedy, disaster
The plot of the movie is set in 1984. The movie shows the Bhopal gas tragedy that happened at the Union Carbide India Limited plant.
The movie focuses on the lives of station master Iftekaar Siddiqui, a dacoit named Balwant Yadav, a loco pilot named Imad Riaz, and the general manager of the West Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways named Rati Pandey.
Everything is going at its normal pace in Bhopal City. After the chemical gas leakage, the people start to face the battle between life and death. They find it difficult to survive in poisonous air. And they don’t have any support system to escape from this situation. At this time, four people and the Indian Railway saved the lives of local people.
Actors R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu, and Babil Khan are playing key roles in the series.
R. Madhavan is playing the character of Rati Pandey, the general manager of the West Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. R. Madhavan is an Indian actor. He appears in Tamil and Hindi movies. He has received several awards, including the National Film Award, the Filmfare Awards South, and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. He is serving as the President of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
Kay Kay Menon is playing the character of the station master of the Bhopal Junction railway station, named Iftekaar Siddiqui. Kay Kay Menon is an Indian actor. He works mainly in Hindi cinema. He has also done a few Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, and Telugu films Kay Kay Menon is known for his performances in recently released films like Farzi, Bambai Meri Jaan, and The Railway Men.
Divyenndu is playing the character of a dacoit named Balwant Yadav. Divyendu is an Indian actor and model. He is popular for his role in the Amazon Prime Video series Mirzapur. He is also known for his roles in the films Pyar Ka Punchnama, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, and Batti Gul Metre Chalu.
Babil Khan is playing the role of an inexperienced loco pilot named Imad Riaz. Babil Khan is an Indian actor. He is the son of actor Irrfan Khan. He is known for his role in Qala.
Actors in supporting roles are Sunny Hinduja as Jagmohan Kumawat, a journalist; Juhi Chawla Mehta as Rajeshwari Janglay, a principled Railways Ministry bureaucrat; Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Kamruddin, a manager at Union Carbide; Philip Rosch as Madsen, the American head of the plant; Raghubir Yadav as a train guard; Mandira Bedi as Rajbir Kaur, a Sikh woman; Connor Keene as Alex Braun, a German scientist; Sunita Rajwar as Vijaya, a cleaning woman; Manish Wadhwa as Mirza; Shrikant Verma as Ishwar Prasad; Nivedita Bhargava as Imad’s mother; Annapurna Soni as Shazia, Ansari’s widow; Bhumika Dube as Nafisa, Kamruddin’s wife; Thanu Khan as Markhand; Aditya Shukla as Ratlu; and Priya Yadav as Sohini, Vijaya’s daughter.
The series is directed and created by Shiv Rawail. And the story of the series is written by Aayush Gupta. The music for the series is composed by Sam Slater.
The series is produced by Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra, Yogendra Mogre, and Akshaye Widhani under the banner of YRF Entertainment. It’s the streaming division of Yash Raj Films. Some of the famous movies produced by the banner are Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Partner, Taare Zameen Par, Dostana, Wanted, 3 Idiots, Dabangg, Bodyguard, Ra.One, Agneepath, Chennai Express, Jai Ho, and PK.
The series is released on November 18, 2023, on Netflix. The series is available for streaming in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and English.
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