SonyLIV has adapted a unique approach to promote ‘Freedom At Midnight’, it’s highest budget series ever helmed by Nikhil Advani. Instead of the conventional method of dropping a teaser and a trailer, the viewers are getting glimpses of the show in forms of “drops” and the third one in the series has been launched today. Claiming to tell the history you may not know but should know, ‘Freedom At Midnight’ is set to premiere only on SonyLIV on 15th November, 2024 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and English.
In this latest drop 3, riots have erupted after the protests by Muslim League led by Jinnah. Taking charge Sardar Patel orders to impose curfew and do lathi charge if necessary to control the violence. Worried by this Gandhi ji initiates a tough conversation with Patel and asks him to leave the throne for the sake and love of the nation. He also asks him to hand it over to Jinnah in an attempt to prevent partition of India. The video then shows glimpses of violence and unrest in the country.
Drop 3 follows the events of drop 2 where Jinnah did not agree with Gandhi Ji’s approach of bringing the public onto streets and involving them in the fight for independence as he thinks the general public is not ready or wise enough to take this decision. He then resigns congress and moves forward to launch his own party Muslim League and demands for a separate Muslim nation called Pakistan.
Nikkhil Advani, the creator of ‘Rocket Boys’ serves as the showrunner of ‘Freedom At Midnight’ starring Chirag Vohra, Sidhant Gupta, Rajendra Chawla, Arif Zakari, Ira Dubey, Malishka, Rajesh Kumar, KC Shankar, Cordelia Bugeja, Richard Teverson, Luke McGibney, Andrew Cullum and Alistair Findlay
Based on a book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins ‘Freedom At Midnight’ is set in 1947, the year India got independence but also suffered from partition. The story is being adapted by a team of writers including Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das, Gundeep Kaur, Divya Nidhi Sharma, Revanta Sarabhai and Ethan Taylor.
‘Freedom At Midnight’ is being created by SonyLIV’s sister firm StudioNEXT in association with Emmay Entertainment’s Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani who are also serving as producers for the show. SonyLIV’s highest budget original drama series claimed till date ‘Freedom at Midnight’ will premiere only on SonyLIV ON 15th November, 2024 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and English.