Tandav (TV series)

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Tandav
Tandav 2021 poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Genre Thriller
Action
Political drama
Created by Ali Abbas Zafar
Story by Gaurav Solanki [1]
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar
Starring See Cast section
Music bySongs:
A. R. Rahman
Score:
Julius Packiam
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9 (list of episodes)
Production
CinematographyKarol Stadnik
EditorSteven H. Bernard
Running time26-38 minutes
Production companyOffside Entertainment [2]
Original release
Network Amazon Video
Release15 January 2021 (2021-01-15) –
present

Tandav is an Indian political thriller television series on Amazon Prime Video, created, directed and produced by Ali Abbas Zafar, in his digital debut, with the script being written by Gaurav Solanki. [3] [4] The series has an ensemble cast featuring Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Grover, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Dimple Kapadia, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Dino Morea and Anup Soni. [5] The series is about the dark corners of Indian politics, where people who will go to any lengths in pursuit of power. [6]

Contents

Principal shoot of Tandav began in October 2019, with filming mostly took place across the Pataudi Palace in Haryana, and Delhi. The series has cinematography handled by Karol Stadnik and edited by Steven H. Bernard; the background score is composed by Julius Packiam. The series premiered through the streaming platform Amazon Prime Video on 15 January 2021. [7]

Premise

The charismatic leader of a premiere political party known as Janata Lok Dal (JLD), Samar Pratap Singh (Saif Ali Khan) feels he's ready to inherit the chair of PM but Samar's father, the party patriarch and the PM, Devki Nandan Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia), isn't willing to retire yet. Anuradha Kishore, Devki's close associate (Dimple Kapadia) and party senior leader Gopal Das (Kumud Mishra) are few of many other leaders considering themselves fit to sit in this chair. But this chair never comes easily, they must constantly keep striving for it. A parallel story is that of the idealistic campus activist Shiva Shekhar (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) who becomes an overnight icon as he shines at a political event. Shiva now wants to bring the change, sway the youth, overthrow the power pillars – he knows the sweet taste of power. And power corrupts. Shiva and Samar will meet as country politics will cross roads with youth politics. Tandav is the coming together of a series of manipulations that exposes layers of human greed, ambition, love, vulnerability, and violence.

Cast

Episodes

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Tanashah" Ali Abbas Zafar Gaurav Solanki 15 January 2021 (2021-01-15)
Shiva is a student in VNU, near Malakpur, where farmers are protesting against a factory and highway being built in farmland. Police start attacking and shooting the protestors, killing two people. Shiva's friend, Imran, who was also at the protest, is arrested at VNU. Shiva and his friends go to bail him out, but the police refuse, and call several officers to beat up Shiva and the other college students who came to the station. Meanwhile, Samar Pratap Singh (Saif Ali Khan), a rising star of Lok Janata Dal Party, is the son of the incumbent Prime Minister Devki Nandan Singh, who has been ruling on that post for the last 10 years. The story begins with Samar coming out on the terrace of his house waving towards his party workers, cheering him up and hailing for Samar, as everybody is expecting a win in the General Elections, whose results are about to be declared the very next day. It is obvious to everyone that Samar's father will again become the Prime Minister of India. Although Samar's father is doubtful of his son's intentions toward the nation, he agrees that Samar has a higher popularity among the general public than himself. Still, he believes that Samar has the characteristics of a dictator, which may have ill effects on the country's democratic setup. Devki plans on giving Raghu, the son of Anuradha, the Defense Minister position, but Samar wants to give the position to Aditi, a female Air Force pilot. At night, Samar gives Devki a glass of wine, laced with Aconite, killing him. As he dies, Devki calls Anuradha, but he is unable to reach her.
2"Aazaadi"Ali Abbas ZafarGaurav Solanki15 January 2021 (2021-01-15)
The police at the station threaten the VNU students with a report that the students beat up three Police officers for no reason. Shiva visits Imran, who is worried that the media will tie his name to a terrorist organization. Shiva creates a fake video of the Police's attack on the protestors, and the Malakpur protests start trending on social media. Samar and his wife clean up Devki's office to make it seem like he died of a heart attack. News of Devki's death spreads like wildfire. Samar prepares for the funeral, while also talking to other members of the JLD party for support. Gopal Das, who was Devki's right-hand man, asks for Samar to support him as the new Prime Minister. Samar says he'll think about it, but spreads a rumor through the news that Gopal Das has started campaigning for Prime Minister almost immediately after Devki's death, shaming him in the eyes of the public. To save his reputation, Gopal Das tells the media he has no plans to run for Prime Minister. At Devki's cremation, Anuradha tells Samar that he'll support her for becoming Prime Minister, because she knows he killed Devki with Aconite.
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