Snakes and Ladders (2024 TV series)

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Snakes and Ladders
Genre Black comedy
Thriller
Drama
Created byKamala Alchemis
Dhivakar Kamal
Creative Producer
Karthik Subbaraj
Directed byAshok Veerapan
Bharath Muralidharan
Kamala Alchemis
Starring Naveen Chandra
Nandaa
Manoj Bharathiraja
Muthukumar
Srinda
M. S. Samrith
S. Surya Ragaveshwar
S. Suryakumar
Tarun Yuvraaj
Sasha Bharen
Vishnu Bala
Ramachandran Durairajan
Dileepan
Sreejith Ravi
Subash Selvan
Theme music composerPrithvi Chandrasekhar
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerArjun Ukramakali
ProducerKalyan Subramanian
Production location Tamil Nadu
EditorRadha Sridhar
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeapprox.26–34 minutes per episode
Production company Stone Bench Creations
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
Release18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)

Snakes and Ladders is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language Thriller streaming television series created by Kamala Alchemis and Dhivakar Kamal for Amazon Prime Video. [1] The show is directed by Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan and Kamala Alchemis, Produced by Kalyan Subramanian under the banner of Stone Bench Creations, the show revolves around journey of a group of school-going children, police, and a gang of brainless thugs.

Contents

The principal characters of the series include Naveen Chandra, Nandaa, Manoj Bharathiraja, Muthukumar, Srinda, M. S. Samrith, S. Surya Ragaveshwar, S. Suryakumar, Tarun Yuvraaj, Sasha Bharen, Vishnu Bala, Ramachandran Durairajan, Dileepan, Sreejith Ravi and Subash Selvan. [2] It premiered on 18 October 2024 on Amazon Prime Video. [3] [4]

Cast

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected by
11"Square One"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
21"Four Feet Under"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
31"Friend or Foe?"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
41"A Beautifull Mind"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
51"Young Blood"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
61"Back to Square One"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
71"A New Hope"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
81"Larcenist"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis
91"Sought"Ashok Veerapan, Bharath Muralidharan, Kamala Alchemis

Development

Production

The series was announced by Karthik Subbaraj in March 2024. [5] Creative producer of this series is Karthik Subbaraj [6] [7] under the banner of Stone Bench Creations, which has already produced an anthology film series, Putham Pudhu Kaalai , for Amazon Prime Video in 2020.

Release

The first trailer was released on Tuesday 9 October 2024 [8] [9] featuring and revel of release date. The series was scheduled for a worldwide release on 18 October 2024 [10] on Amazon Prime Video along with dubbed versions in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi languages. [11] [12]

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References

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  7. "கார்த்திக் சுப்புராஜ் கூட்டணியில் உருவாகி உள்ள புதிய வெப் சீரிஸ் ஸ்னேக்ஸ் & லாடர்ஸ்!". zeenews.india.com (in Tamil). 17 October 2024.
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