To mark the two years in its new avatar, SonyLIV 2.0 is expanding its content offering with 50+ Hindi and 50+ other language premium content.SonyLIV will soon foray into Tamil originals with its first web-series Meme Boys, Tamil Rockerz among others; followed by originals in Telugu and Malayalam.
SonyLIV’s Hindi slate includes Tanaav, produced by the quality-conscious Applause Entertainment. Directed by Sudhir Mishra and co-directed by Sachin Mamta Krishn
it stars Manav Vij, Sumit Kaul, Rajat Kapoor, Shashank Arora, Arbaaz Khan, Zarina Wahab, Ekta Kaul, Waluscha De Sousa, Danish Hussain, Satyadeep Mishra, Sukhmani Sadana, Sahiba Bali, Amit Gaur, Arslan Goni, Rockey Raina, M.K. Raina, Sheen Dass and Aryaman Seth
Brief: Set against the idyllic backdrop of Kashmir in the year 2017, Tanaav tells the story of a Special Unit, their bravery and courage. Delving into the human drama behind the ideologies, dealing with complex emotions and flawed characters, all of whom share the same feelings of love, loss, betrayal and revenge, Tanaav is a socio-political action drama with family at its core.
Director Nikkhil Advani and writers Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das and Gundeep Kaur’s adaptation of Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins legendary book, Freedom at Midnight is an epic political thriller/drama that highlights several incidents from the year of India’s independence and interconnected stories about crucial events and personalities who played a significant role in writing the country’s history as we know today.
In addition, the dramedy Dr. Arora is forthcoming show from SonyLIV documenting the interesting life and times of a travelling s*x consultant played by the very talented Kumud Mishra in a country where people are either too scared off talking about intimate problems or treat it like a taboo.
Avrodh 2 directed by Raj Acharya and produced by Applause Entertainment stars Abir Chatterjee, Mohan Agashe, Neeraj Kabi, Anant Mahadevan, Aahana Kumra, Rajesh Khattar, Sanjay Suri.It is inspired by 9th chapter of Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh’s book India’s Most Fearless 2.
The second season of Maharani 2 begins one year after Rani(Huma Qureshi) sent Bheema Bharti(Sohum Shah) to jail from Assembly floor and promised a fair and transparent administration to people of Bihar, she is struggling on both personal and professional front.
Applause Entertainment’s SCAM 2003: The Telgi Story directed by Hansal Mehta and Tushar Hiranandani adapted from the Hindi-language book Reporter Ki Diary from journalist Sanjay Singh, revolves around Abdul Karim Telgi, who became the mastermind behind one of the most ingenious schemes in Indian history that spread across multiple states and shook the entire country.
Other new webseries on SonyLIV’s anvil are Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Fadu , Onir’s Pulwama Key No 1026, Nikkhil Advani’s Rocket Boys 2, Sudhir Mishra’s Jehanabad – Jail Break and Heart Break,Vikas Bahl’s Good Bad Girl, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Garmi, Nila Madhav Panda’s Jengaburu – A Billion Dollar Curse, Manish Hariprasad’s Main Sahir Hoon, Sudhir Mishra’s Summer of ’77 and Rahul Dholakia’s India’s First Election.
