Emraan Hashmi to star in Shah Rukh Khan produced Netflix show Bard of

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In 2017, Streaming giant Netflix announced
a new series called Bard of Blood in
partnership with Shah Rukh Khan and his
production house, Red Chillies
Entertainment. SRK will be working behind
the scenes as a producer for the eight-
episode political espionage series Bard of
Blood', based on the book written by young
author Bilal Siddiqui. Now, Netflix has
officially announced that Emraan Hashmi is
playing the lead role.
Netflix India, on Friday, released the first
teaser for Bard of Blood featuring Emraan
Hashmi. In the few seconds teaser, the
actor is reading the novel and says, "God
has given you one face, and you make
yourself another. A thrilled Emraan took to
his Twitter to express his happiness about
his upcoming web series. He wrote, "To be,
or not to be'... The answer is to be. Ready
to be' Kabir Anand. Excited to be a part of
this thrilling journey !!
Interestingly, it was Emraan Hashmi who
had launched the book Bard of Blood' by
Bilal Siddiqui. They have stayed close friends
for a really long time.
Shah Rukh Khan, when announced the
project in 2017, had said, "We have always
tried to create world-class content and
entertainment from India. 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.
"We believe in the global vision of Red
Chillies to create groundbreaking content
out of India. It's exciting to deepen our
relationship with Red Chillies and expand
our slate of originals in India, said Reed
Hastings, Netflix Founder, and CEO. "We are
thrilled to work with a brilliant, young
writer like Bilal Siddiqi and take his
gripping, inventive storytelling to Netflix
members worldwide, he added when the
project was announced last year.
Venky Mysore, CEO of Red Chillies earlier
said, "We are delighted to extend our
partnership to the Netflix Original series.
Gaurav Verma and our team at Red Chillies
have put it together and we can't wait to
bring this thrilling nail-biter to screens
around the world.
Set against the backdrop of the Indian
subcontinent, the multilingual series will tell
the story of an expelled spy, Kabir Anand
who is recalled from his new life as a
Shakespeare professor in Panchgani to save
his country and the long-lost love. A
combination of combat skills, intellectual
background, and personal circumstances
propel Kabir to avenge the past and face his
deadliest enemies in a race against time.
The series will involve intricate, highly
stylised action sequences never before seen
on screen in India. The series will be shot
on location and the characters will interact
in Hindi, Urdu, English and other languages.
Netflix has already released its first Indian
web series with Sacred Games starring Saif
Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika
Apte. The show has received immense
appreciation from both critics and
audience.


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Netflix giving a fresh lease of life to out of work actors. Yes we need to be watching stuff all the time.
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