Netflix released the trailer of Betaal zombie horror series, Shahrukh Khan is the producer.
The writer, director and producer of Betal Ki Kahani is Patrick Graham, who had earlier created Netflix’s Ghool. Nikhil Mahajan (Baaji) has worked with him as director and Suhani Kanwar (Lipstick Under My Burkha) as writer. In his statement, Graham said that he wanted to make a different horror series after Ghool, which was full of action. The concept of a hill cursed by an old spirit is inspired by Indian mythology and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a zombie story in popular fiction. The series creates its own ghost story with action and suspense.
Betaal is a series produced in India under the Blumhouse Productions and Red Chillies banner. Blumhouse is known for low-budget horror films, such as Get Out, Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious, Halloween, The Invisible Man. Earlier, we got to see “Ghool” starring Radhika Apte under both these banners.
You might have seen the series’ lead actor Vineet Kumar earlier in Mukkabaaz and Saand Ki Aankh. Aahana Kumara has previously appeared in Lipstick Under My Burkha and Voot Select’s ‘Marzi’. Pillai was last seen in the Amazon Prime Video series ‘Made in Heaven’. Jitendra Joshi is known for his brilliant performance in Sacred Games. Manjiri Pupala has worked on the small screen in Star Plus show ‘Ishqbaaaz’.
Betaal will be Netflix’s fifth original series of 2020 in India, after Jharkhand-based drama ‘Jamtara’ released in January. Then the romantic drama ‘Taj Mahal 1989’ was released in February, then Imtiaz Ali’s crime drama ‘She’ was released in March and then Vir Das’s dark comedy ‘Hasmukh’ was released in April.
Betal will release on Netflix on May 24.