Sevak: The Confessions

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Sevak: The Confessions
Written by Saji Gul
Directed by Anjum Shahzad
Starring
Country of originPakistan
Original languagesUrdu
Hindi
No. of episodes8
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Original release
Release26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)

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 religious and caste violence and also portrays conspiracy theories regarding the 2007 Samjhauta express bombings, 2008 Ahmedabad bombings and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Contents

Cast

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 Vidly as it portrayed "a distorted version of sensitive historical events pertaining to India." [5] [6]

See also

Issues depicted in the series

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References

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