Published 16:33 IST, May 15th 2020

'Paatal Lok': Sudip Sharma says basic storyline inspired from Tarun Tejpal’s book

Paatal Lok creator and co-writer, Sudip Sharma opens up about the basic storyline of the serie inspired by Tarun Tejpal’s 2009 novel, The Story of My Assassin.

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It seems that Anushka Sharma's debut as a producer turns out to be a successful one. Amazon Prime Video's latest offering Paatal Lok has already taken social media by storm. creator and co-writer of series, Sudip Sharma reportedly opened up about storyline of series to a media outlet and revealed that it was first inspired by Tarun Tejpal’s 2009 vel, Story of My Assassins

Sudip Sharma says basic storyline inspired from  Story of My Assassins

As per reports, story of Anushka Sharma's-backed show retook show's basic storyline from rape-accused Tarun Tejpal's story and fictionalized it furr. According to reports, much-appreciated series, Paatal Lok, however, is told from viewpoint of a cop played by Jaideep Ahlawat, unlike Tejpal's story which spoke about how five suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting his murder.

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Elucidating furr about storyline and to what extend did makers go beyond original story, Sudip reportedly said that book was only a small portion of story. Only a single plot of story was taken from book and n later writers explored several new angles and avenues from it. As per reports, Sudip said that several or factors have been added to story. Sudip reportedly said that entire creative team decided to explore life of a cop. Also, he added that author of book was t involved in development or production of show at all.

As per reports, Sudip also stated in interview that he had read book almost a decade ago. He took inspiration from book and n started off his journey while exploring several situations. He also mentioned reportedly that he had gone through book about a decade ago and he had been working on this show for last 4-5 years. Paatal Lok has opened to stellar reviews on May 15. series is a perfect amalgamation of gritty and dark concepts. It has been receiving tremendous attention from fans online. series has actors like Neeraj Kabi, Gul Panag, Jaideep Ahlawat, Abhishek Banerjee, and Swastika Mukherjee in pivotal roles. Paatal Lok has been directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy and produced by Anushka Sharma who has made her digital debut as a producer.

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16:33 IST, May 15th 2020