Jaideep Ahlawat to star in Netflix’s ‘Pushpak Vimaan’

Mumbai: Acclaimed writer-director Sudip Sharma is reuniting with ‘Netflix’ for the upcoming collection ‘Pushpak Vimaan’, that includes actors Jaideep Ahlawat, Abhishek Banerjee and Barun Sobti, his collaborators from ‘Paatal Lok’ and ‘Kohrra’.

The present marks Sharma’s reunion with Ahlawat, the lead star of the cult hit collection ‘Paatal Lok’ in addition to Sobti, who featured within the author’s in style collection ‘Kohrra’. Banerjee, who featured within the first season of ‘Paatal Lok’, has co-created and co-written ‘Pushpak Vimaan’ with Sharma.

The crime caper marks a departure from the gritty storytelling related to Sharma, who has additionally written movies resembling ‘NH10’ and ‘Udta Punjab’. ‘Pushpak Vimaan’ revolves round an eclectic ensemble of characters and a collection of occasions that spiral past their management, with humour rising from their circumstances and the conditions they discover themselves in, in accordance with the makers.

“With ‘Pushpak Vimaan’, I needed to discover a really totally different inventive house. It’s against the law caper, however one through which the humour comes from the characters, their circumstances and the sheer unpredictability of the conditions they discover themselves in,” Sharma mentioned.

He added, “‘Netflix is the place I select to experiment and it was the pure dwelling for a narrative of this nature. It offered the house to discover the style freely and to deliver this uncommon ensemble of characters to life.”

Tanya Bami, collection head at ‘Netflix India’, mentioned the undertaking marks the streaming platform’s subsequent collaboration with Sharma, following ‘Kohrra’. “With ‘Pushpak Vimaan’, we’re completely satisfied to champion Sudip’s creativity as soon as once more, this time with a comedy collection he wrote, show-ran and directed. It’s one hell of a enjoyable journey that we will not await our audiences to expertise,” she mentioned.

The collection is co-created and written by Sharma and Banerjee and produced by ‘Movie Squad Productions LLP’. Sharma has additionally directed the present.