Titled ‘Trail of an Assassin’, the series is based on former journalist Anirudh Mitra’s book ‘Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassin’.
Titled ‘Trail of an Assassin’, the series is based on former journalist Anirudh Mitra’s book ‘Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassin’.
A series detailing the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is associated with filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor as director.
Applause Entertainment has greenery mark of a murdererWhich is based on the book by former journalist Anirudh Mitra. Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassins,
The upcoming crime procedural series will be a jolt of how the CBI’s Special Investigation Team uncovered the murder conspiracy, identified the killers and chased the mastermind, till his final hideout.
Nagesh Kukunoor, who had previously created city of dreams As for Applause Entertainment, he said that he is looking forward to working on the show. “I look forward to taking on this gritty and thrilling piece of storytelling, which has been adapted from ‘Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassin’.
“Collaborating with Applause Entertainment has always been an enriching and creatively satisfying experience and I am excited to see how it pans out,” the two-time National Award winner said in a statement.
Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment said that the studio is delighted to once again collaborate with Kukunoor to take this heartwarming story to contemporary audiences. “Inspired and guided by our values of being ambitious, audacious and disruptive, we believe that Anirudh Mitra’s adaptation of the book certainly has a compelling story to tell. Most know about this event through news and now A dramatic insider will get the scene of the biggest search operation in Indian history,” Sameer said.
with ‘ Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s AssassinsAnirudh said he has tried to provide “the most definitive account of the greatest discovery ever undertaken in India”.
“The audio-visual format enables multiple aspects and layers of the story to be presented in a more nuanced and engaging manner. With Applause Entertainment’s reputation for passionate storytelling and Nagesh Kukunoor’s directorial expertise, I am confident that an exciting series is in front of us,” the writer continued.
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber at an election rally in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur on the night of May 21, 1991.