Freedom At Midnight’s official trailer is out. The show chronicling the last days of British rule in India before independence will be streamed on Sony LIV on November 15. The web show created by Nikkhil Advani is based on the book of the same name by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins.
Freedom At Midnight Trailer
The show’s trailer opens with British prime minister Clement Atlee announcing in 1947 his government’s plan to leave India. Far away in India, a girl rushes to Mahatma Gandhi, revered as Bapu, and informs her that India will attain freedom on August 15.
The Indian National Congress leaders in a meeting are slamming the British for its proposal to divide India on communal lines. On the other hand, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is firm on his demand for an independent Muslim state of Pakistan.
The show chronicles the last days of freedom struggle which not only culminated with Independence but bore the painful Partition as well. The show has references to the 1946 Direct Action Day when riots took place.
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Freedom At Midnight cast and crew
Freedom At Midnight has an ensemble cast featuring Sidhant Gupta as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vohra as Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Chawla as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Arif Zakaria as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Cordelia Bugecha as Edwina Mountbatten and others.
The show has been created by Nikkhil Advani, who has also helmed shows like POW- Bandi Yuddh Ke, Mumbai Diaries 26/11, Rocket Boys (creator) and others. He is known to have directed films like Kal Ho Naa Ho, Salaam-e-Ishq, Patiala House, D-Day, Batla House and others.
His latest directorial venture was Vedaa, centred around caste discrimination in Barmer. The film featured Sharvari, who essays the role of a Dalit girl named Vedaa Berwa. She is trained by court-martialed ex-Indian Army officer Major Abhimanyu Kanwar (John Abraham). The film also featured Abhishek Banerjee, Rajendra Chawla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kumud Mishra and Danish Husain.