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Revision as of 20:39, 2 January 2024
Sevak: The Confessions | |
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Written by | Saji Gul |
Directed by | Anjum Shahzad |
Starring | |
Country of origin | Pakistan |
Original languages | Urdu Hindi |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Original release | |
Release | November 26, 2022 |
Sevak: The Confessions is a Pakistani action thriller web series directed by Anjum Shahzad and is originally streaming on Vidly.[1] The series released weekly on the platform with first episode was released on 26 November 2022. It stars an ensemble cast of Hajra Yamin, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Adnan Jaffar, Nayyar Ejaz, Nazarul Hassan and Ammara Malik. Set in India, the series claims to be based on true events from 1984 (1984 anti-Sikh riots) to 2022 about purported human rights violations by Hindutva groups in India (including in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, and conspiracies regarding the 2007 Samjhauta express bombings and the 2008 Mumbai attacks).
Cast
- Hajra Yamin as Vidya
- Mohsin Abbas Haider as Diljeet Singh
- Adnan Jaffar as Inspector Karkaray
- Nayyar Ejaz as Swami Ji
- Nazarul Hassan as Manu
- Ali Ammar as Junaid Khan
- Fahad Hashmi as Vinayak
- Bushra Yasmin as Pragya Thakur
- Ammara Malik as Dilpreet
- Carl Von Urban as Graham Stains
Production
Release
The first teaser of the series was released in early November 2022 and the first episode was released on 26 November 2022 on Vidly.[2][3] The series has eight episodes.[4]
On 12 December 2022, India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banned the web series along with the OTT platform Vidly TV as it portrayed "a distorted version of sensitive historical events pertaining to India."[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Kalbe Ali (20 November 2022). "Vidly.tv to release web series next week". Dawn.
- ^ "Sevak, the confessions thriller released". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Sevak – The Confessions, all-set to shake audiences from 26/11Eight Stories, One Crime". 23 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022.
- ^ "'Sevak — The Confessions' features eight stories". Daily Times. 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Centre bans Pakistan-based OTT platform Vidly TV for 'anti-India' web series". Hindustan Times. 12 December 2022.
- ^ "India bans Pakistani web series 'Sevak: The Confessions'". Express Tribune. 13 December 2022.
- Pakistani web series
- Anti-Indian sentiment in Asia
- Censored television series
- Religious controversies in India
- Religious controversies in television
- Television controversies in India
- Hinduism-related controversies in television
- Television series about conspiracy theories
- Television shows set in India
- Urdu-language television shows
- Pakistani action television series
- Pakistani drama television series
- 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings
- Television shows set in Haryana
- Television shows set in Punjab, India
- Television shows set in Jammu and Kashmir
- Television shows set in Odisha
- Works based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks
- Television shows set in Mumbai
- Television shows based on actual events
- Television series set in 2008
- Television series set in 1999
- Television series set in 2007
- Television series set in the 1980s
- Television series set in the 1990s
- Television series set in the 2000s
- Television series set in the 2010s
- Television series set in the 2020s
- 1984 anti-Sikh riots
- Fiction about Sikhism
- Fictional portrayals of the Punjab Police (India)
- Television episodes about Hinduism
- Television series set in 1984
- Television series set in 2022
- Fiction about the insurgency in Punjab
- Kashmir conflict in fiction
- Pakistani crime television series
- Pakistani period television series
- Television shows about Islam
- Television series about Christianity
- Ayodhya dispute