MUMBAI – Video streaming service Netflix is teaming up with Bollywood superstar ShahRukh Khan’s Red chillies Entertainment to produce eight episodes of political espionage thriller series ‘Bard of Blood’.
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The political espionage series is based on the bestselling 2015 book of the same name by Bilal Siddiqi. It will be a multilingual production, featuring characters speaking in Hindu, Urdu, English and other languages. The plot follows a young Shakespearean professor living in the Indian hill station Panchgani who must return home to save both his country and the woman he left behind.
“We have always tried to create world-class content and entertainment from India,” Khan said.
“Netflix has shown that Indian stories have a global audience, and we would love to use this platform and its reach to tell more stories.”
Netflix reciprocated the enthusiasm.
“We believe in the global vision of Red Chillies to create groundbreaking content out of India,” said Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings.
“It’s exciting to deepen our relationship with Red Chillies and expand our slate of originals in India. We are thrilled to work with a brilliant, young writer like Bilal Siddiqi and take his gripping, inventive storytelling to Netflix members worldwide.”
