‘Freedom at Midnight’ trailer gives a peek into what went behind final moments of India’s independence

The trailer of the upcoming streaming series, ‘Freedom at Midnight’ was unveiled on Saturday, and it promises a solid period drama unravelling what went down in the final moments of India’s independence. The trailer opens with Clement Attlee, the then Prime Minister of the UK declaring the independence of India. It then shows its key characters, the founding fathers of the nation including Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and the Former Governor-General of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The trailer then nose dives into full-blown chaos as Jinnah demands the creation of a separate state of Pakistan. On the other side of the world, British officials grapple with the task of granting independence to India, and drawing a line between India and Pakistan, which continue to scar generations of the neighbouring nations.

The series stars Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vohra as Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Chawla as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Arif Zakaria as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Ira Dubey as Fatima Jinnah, Malishka Mendonsa as Sarojini Naidu, Rajesh Kumar as Liaquat Ali Khan, KC Shankar as V.P. Menon, Luke McGibney as Lord Louis Mountbatten, Cordelia Bugeja as Lady Edwina Mountbatten, Alistair Finlay as Archibald Wavell, Andrew Cullum as Clement Attlee, Richard Teverson as Cyril Radcliffe in pivotal roles.

Produced by Emmay Entertainment (Monisha Advani & Madhu Bhojwani) in association with StudioNext, Freedom at Midnight boasts a stellar team behind the scenes. Nikkhil Advani spearheads this project as the showrunner and director, while the story is penned by a talented team, including Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das, Gundeep Kaur, Divya Nidhi Sharma, Revanta Sarabhai, and Ethan Taylor.

The series is based on the eponymous book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.

‘Freedom at Midnight’ is set to stream from November 15 on Sony LIV.

Watch: Vijay Deverakonda Falls On Stairs at Mumbai Event

Tollywood hero Vijay Deverakonda is currently busy with films. Recently, he completed a shooting schedule in Kerala. Vijay is currently working on a film titled “VD12”, directed by Gautham Tinnanuri. The film is produced by Suryadevara Nagavanshi and Sai Soujanya under the banner of Sithara Entertainments.

After this, Vijay has given a green signal to do films with directors Rahul Sankrityan and Ravi Kiran Kola. Meanwhile, Vijay recently created a stir in Mumbai. Vijay attended an event and unexpectedly fell on the stairs, and a video related to this went viral on social media. However, Vijay did not suffer any injuries.

For the first time, Vijay Deverakonda is acting in a music album video. The poster related to this has been released recently. Vijay will be seen in a Hindi music video song for the first time in his career. Radhika Madan will be seen alongside Vijay in this song.

The song, titled “Saahiba”, has music by famous Bollywood pop singer Jasleen Royal, and is directed by Sudhanshu Saria. The song will be released soon. It is learned that Vijay has currently gone to Mumbai for this event.

Actor Vijay Deverakonda slipped and fell on stairs while he, along with Radhika Madan, were attending an event in a college in Mumbai. We hope he hasnt received any significant injuries! #vijaydevarakonda #vijaydeverakondasai #actor #RadhikaMadan #movies #mumbai pic.twitter.com/RD39cWqQUh

— HT City (@htcity) November 8, 2024