Indira Gandhi’s Controversial Emergency, Tihar Jail Insider Account Earn Series Adaptations From Applause, Vikramaditya Motwane (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Prolific Indian content studio Applause Entertainment, led by Sameer Nair, and acclaimed filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane’s Andolan Films are teaming to produce two politically-charged series. “Black Warrant” is based on the bestselling book “Black Warrant: Confessions Of A Tihar Jailer,” by prison officer Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury, a journalist with vast experience of chronicling India’s prison system.
Delhi’s Tihar is India’s best-known prison. A black warrant is a jailer’s authorization to carry out the execution of a convicted criminal.
The series will benefit from Gupta’s insider knowledge of the prison. He spent close to four decades working there during which time he oversaw prisoners including businessman Rajan Pillai, the perpetrators of the 2012 Delhi rape case, Charles Sobhraj (aka ‘Bikini Killer’ and ‘The Serpent’), kidnappers Kuljeet Singh (alias Ranga Khus) and Jasbir Singh (alias Billa) and Afzal Guru, the terrorist who was convicted for his role in the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament.
Motwane, who last made hit Prime Video series “Jubilee,” a fictitious account of the golden years of Bollywood, told Variety: “It’s a slice of contemporary history.
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