Shashant Shah
Review of ZEE5’s The Chargesheet – Relentless in pace, resolute in grip, razor-sharp in narrative
Circa 1988. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was a runaway hit, and its melodious songs rent the air at every panwalla’s shop in every nook in the country. The same year, a young badminton star, the best India had at that time, was shot dead in a well-planned and executed murder. The nation was aghast. Newspaper headlines screamed nothing else; and common people mourned the death of a sports star that had risen from poverty to capture the imagination of the world. CBI investigations that followed in the months after the murder, revealed facts that were so sensational that they made the earl | Click Here...
Jayati Bhatia, Manu Rishi Chadha, Zoa Morani in ZEE5 series Bhoot Purva
ZEE5 will soon come up with a comic thriller titled ‘Bhoot Purva’. The shoot for the series is presently on in Shivpuri, in Madhya Pradesh. The series is produced by Friday to Friday banner helmed by Zeishan Quadri. The series will be directed by Zeishan Quadri and Shashant Shah. Earlier in the day, we wrote about Omkar Kapoor and Drishyam fame actor Rishabh Chadda playing the leads in the series. We now hear of talented and versatile actress Jayati Bhatia joining the cast. This will be Jayati’s first project on the web space. Actor Manu Rishi Chadha will | Click Here...
Omkar Kapoor, Rishab Chadha and Anil Charanjeett in ZEE5’s Bhoot Purva
ZEE5 is all set to launch new web series named Bhoot Purva. The show which will be produced by Friday To Friday Entertainers & Media Private Limited helmed by Zeishan Qadri and Deepak Kumar, will be a horror comedy. Now, coming to the cast, we hear, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 fame Omkar Kapoor will play the lead role of Purva. While, Rishab Chadha, who rose to fame with Drishyam, will play the parallel lead. Joining them in the cast will be, Anil Charanjeett, who was part of movie Simmba. We buzzed the actors but they remained unavailable for a comment. We reached | Click Here...
Rushad Rana in ALTBalaji’s The Verdict – State V/s Nanavati
ALTBalaji’s web-series, The Verdict – State V/s Nanavati, helmed by Samar Khan and Subhash Kapoor and directed by Shashant Shah, has an ensemble cast. We earlier reported Elli Avram, Angad Bedi, Viraf Patel, Manav Kaul, Sumeet Vyas and Saurabh Shukla being part of this series. We now hear that talented actor Rushad Rana, who recently enthralled audience in shows like Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai and Musakaan, has joined the team. “Rushad has been roped in to play an important cameo in the series,” shares the source. We buzzed Rushad but could not get through | Click Here...
Saurabh Shukla joins the cast of ALTBalaji’s The Verdict – State V/s Nanavati
Ace Bollywood actor Saurabh Shukla, known for his roles in movies Satya, Barfi, Jolly LLB, Jolly LLB 2, Kick, Raid etc will soon be seen in a swash-buckling role in ALTBalaji’s web-series, The Verdict – State V/s Nanavati!! The series helmed by Samar Khan and Subhash Kapoor and directed by Shashant Shah, has already roped in a great ensemble cast. Actors Elli Avram, Angad Bedi, Viraf Patel, Manav Kaul, Sumeet Vyas will be part of this series. We now hear of Saurabh Shukla being roped in to play the role of the enterprising journalist, Russi Karanjia, who had a great | Click Here...
Chitrashi Rawat joins Nikita Dutta in Times Internet’s OTT series
Times Internet’s to-be-launched OTT platform will bring in unique and interesting content for the viewers of web space!! IWMBuzz.com recently reported exclusively about popular actor Nikita Dutta foraying into the digital space with a series produced by Times Studio for Times Internet OTT. (If you have missed out, you can read it here: IWMBuzz) The series is directed by Shashant Shah. We now hear of talented actress of Chak De fame, Chitrashi Rawat being part of the same web-series. Yes, this is yet another IWMBuzz.com exclusive report. Chitrashi will play an o | Click Here...
Nikita Dutta to feature in Times Internet’s OTT series
Popular actress Nikita Dutta who has been away from the limelight post her Sony TV show, Haasil will be part of an upcoming project on the web space!! We already know of the fact that Times Internet will soon officially launch its OTT platform with nearly four original series. We have earlier written exclusively about Sudhir Sharma’s Sunshine Productions’ series, Only for Singles being one in the list. We have also written about the series, ‘Failure to Launch’, with Rajat Barmecha and Parul Gulati as leads. We now hear that the OTT will also have a series, title | Click Here...
Director Shashant Shah joins Creative Director Subhash Kapoor for ALTBalaji’s next show The Verdict – State v/s Nanavati
Recently, ALTBalaji had announced the signing of the ace filmmaker Subhash Kapoor as the creative director for their next show ‘The Verdict - State v/s Nanavati’. And now the makers have roped in the talented Shashant Shah to direct this Subhash Kapoor helmed project. Shashant who is known for directing films like ‘Dasvidaniya’ and ‘Chalo Dilli’ to name a few will be directing this show which is based on the infamous 1959 Nanavati case. The Verdict State v/s Nanavati is a courtroom drama and will reveal interesting facts and elements of the case that shook the nati | Click Here...