Filmmaker Onir is ready to direct a sequence on the 2019 Pulwama terror assault by which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had been killed by a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist.
Titled Pulwama Key No. 1026, the eight-episodic SonyLIV sequence relies on creator and journalist Rahul Pandita’s ebook The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur.
The CRPF personnel had been killed when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosives-laden car into their bus on February 14, 2019.
“To pay homage to the bravehearts and the NIA team who painstakingly investigated the attack, SonyLIV brings the never-seen-before story with Pulwama Key No. 1026 helmed by National Award-winning director Onir. The series is a tribute to all those martyrs whose dreams were blown to smithereens the minute the suicide bomber’s car hit the bus,” a press release from the makers learn.
Ashish Golwalkar, Head-Content, SonyLIV, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Pictures Networks India, stated Pulwama Key No 1026 goals to chronicle an “authentic narrative” of the ugly assault.
“Rahul Pandita’s book The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur is a noteworthy read and brings out the unknown facts about the incident and what ensued thereon. We are pleased to announce this project that’s backed by Onir, an amazing director,” Golwalkar stated.
Onir, who’s on board because the director and showrunner of the sequence, stated the assault not simply claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans but additionally “broke India and its people.”
“Forty is not just a number, but the living dreams of these brave men and their families blown apart. A riveting, emotional tale of an incident that left the entire nation devastated, Pulwama Key No. 1026 is the story about the men and women who worked tirelessly to find the truth. It’s a story every Indian should know, and I feel honored to helm this project along with writer Rahul Pandita,” the director stated.
Rahul Pandita stated the sequence will give highlight to the lads who misplaced their lives and those that investigated the assaults.
“As a journalist reporting from battle areas, my endeavor at all times has been to lend face to individuals who in any other case get buried in historical past as statistics. The troopers killed within the Pulwama assault had names, lives, desires, hopes of future.
“So do those who investigated the case painstakingly, often putting themselves in danger. I am glad that with my friend Onir we will be able to tell these individual stories all weaved in one epic drama,” he added.
