24 (Indian TV series)
24 is an Indian Hindi-language action thriller television series which aired on Colors TV, based on the American series of the same name. It aired from 4 October 2013 through 21 December 2013. It was written by Rensil D'Silva, Bhavani Iyer, directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Ramesh Deo Productions. Season 2 aired from 23 July 2016 to 9 October 2016.
| 24 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Suspense Serial drama Political thriller Action |
| Created by | Joel Surnow Robert Cochran |
| Based on | 24 |
| Written by | Rensil D'Silva Bhavani Iyer Niranjan Iyengar Priya Pinto |
| Directed by | Rensil D'Silva Abhinay Deo |
| Creative director | Nivedita Basu |
| Starring | Anil Kapoor Neil Bhoopalam Raaghav Chanana Anita Raj Tisca Chopra Mandira Bedi Madhurima Tuli Yuri Suri Pooja Ruparel Shivani Tanksale Adhir Bhatt Ajinkya Deo Sapna Pabbi Akshay Ajit Singh Rahul Singh Priyansh Jora Sakshi Tanwar Angad Bedi Sikander Kher Karanvir Sharma Sudhanshu Pandey Ashish Vidyarthi Naveen Polishetty Amruta Khanvilkar Sumit Kaul |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Apurba Sengupta |
| Producers | Anil Kapoor Udayan Bhat Ajinkya Deo Howard Gordon Sanaullah Khan Apurba Sengupta |
| Cinematography | Jay Oza Tanay Satam Jitan Harmeet Singh Anil Devaiah |
| Production companies | Ramesh Deo Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Colors TV |
| Release | 4 October 2013 – 9 October 2016 |
The Hindi version of 24 is the first adaptation of the show; the India rights were acquired from Fox and 24 producer Howard Gordon by the production company of Anil Kapoor, who also plays the lead role in the adaptation. In November 2011, Kapoor's production house signed a ₹ 100 crore ($20 million at the time) deal to adapt the series. The show is set in Mumbai with the main set of the Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) being a replica of the one in the original series. Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Shabana Azmi both have cameo performances in the show.
The season is directed by Abhinay Deo and Rensil D'Silva, written by Rensil D'Silva and Bhavani Iyer and is supervised by Manisha Sharma. The second season aired in July 2016 to October 2016.