‘Black Warrant’ teaser: Vikramaditya Motwane takes us into the unforgiving world of Tihar Jail

Zahan Kapoor, Rahul Bhat and others in a still from ‘Black Warrant’
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Netflix on Thursday unveiled the teaser of its upcoming prison drama series, Black Warrant. Created and show-run by Vikramaditya Motwane and Satyanshu Singh, the series premieres on the platform on January 10.

The teaser begins with Sunil Kumar Gupta (Zahan Kapoor) attending an interview for a job he believes would do something good for the nation. As the newly-appointed jailer of the Tihar Jail, dubbed India’s most unforgiving jail, Sunil is thrown into a world he knows nothing about.

“The series offers a thrilling exploration of the morally charged world of Asia’s largest prison, Tihar, through the eyes of rookie jailer Sunil Kumar Gupta as he takes on some of India’s most notorious offenders. As Sunil grapples with moral dilemmas and power struggles, the drama reveals the raw and unfiltered reality of prison life,” reads the logline.

Black Warrant is inspired by true events and is a dramatised adaptation of ‘Black Warrant: Confessions Of A Tihar Jailer,’ written by author and former superintendent at Tihar Jail, Sunil Gupta, and journalist-author, Sunetra Choudhury.

The series features Rahul Bhat, Paramvir Singh Cheema, Anurag Thakur and Sidhant Gupta. Motwane and Satyanshu Singh also serve as co-directors alongside Ambiecka Pandit, Arkesh Ajay and Rohin Raveendran Nair. The series is produced by Andolan Production in collaboration with Confluence Media and is presented by Applause Entertainment.