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Season 1 of the Indian version of 24 began in October 2013 on Colors.
Summary
- To be added
Major subplots
Differences from the original
For the most part, the series closely hews to the plot of the American series, substituting Mumbai for Los Angeles and featuring the fictional Anti Terrorist Unit. There are a number of significant changes from the American series:
- Names, places, and nationalities are adjusted to reflect the new setting. The primary antagonists are members of a Tamil separatist group called the LTFE, inspired by the real-life Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE for short, commonly referred to as the "Tamil Tigers") in Sri Lanka. The LTFE leader, Ravindran, and his sons Raja and Bala play a similar role as Victor Drazen and his sons in the original first season.
- The political story arc, which followed David Palmer discovering a cover-up perpetrated by his own wife and children, is entirely rewritten; Singhania is unmarried, and instead contends with a scandal involving his mother and siblings that is directly connected to the threat against his life. Over the course of the season, it is revealed that Aditya's brother-in-law, as well as one of his family members - his mother, cousin Prithvi, or sister Divya - is in league with the masterminds of the assassination attempt. In the finale, Divya is exposed as the inside connection and arrested.[1]
- Aditya has only one press secretary, Pooja, who appears to have parts of Patty Brooks, Elizabeth Nash and Jessica Abrams written into her role- but unlike Patty, she does not spy or have feelings for Aditya, and like Elizabeth, was secretly seeing Bala (the Alexis Drazen role equivalent).
- The journalist Mehek Ahuja, based on Maureen Kingsley, also has elements of Dr George Ferragamo, being in touch longer with the Singhania family (one of whom was her source of the story), and actively trying to push the story, although her motivation is different- and eventually getting killed before coming on air with the story.
- The Jonathan Matijevich character has no name, even in credits, and a longer role to play, beyond the first attempt on Aditya's life. He then attempts to kill Trisha and Kiran in the safehouse. He also does most of the work otherwise done by Jovan Myovic, whose counterpart appears briefly in only two episodes, one being the final.
- The Nina Myers character, Nikita Rai, is not revealed to be an enemy agent, instead serving loyally throughout the season. She does not return in the second season and nothing is known about her whereabouts or present status. The Jamey Farrell character, Jiah, is the only mole inside ATU, and takes her own life after being arrested.
- This show does not have a character directly based on Mike Novick, as a result of the structure and background of Aditya's family and associates being changed so heavily. Much of his work is initially done by Prithvi, Aditya's cousin, with an original character, CBI Agent Bhagwat, to carry forward his work later on.
- The make-up and outcome of Jack Bauer's family are altered. Rathod has a teenage son, Veer, enrolled at a military academy, in addition to a daughter. Beginning in "Day 1: 3:00pm-4:00pm," the family's story begins to diverge from the original - Trisha and Kiran manage to kill the assassin sent to kill them at the safe house, while Veer assumes a similar role to Kim Bauer in the latter half of Season 1, being mistakenly arrested for a drug deal and then kidnapped by the engineers of the assassination threat.
- Rathod's wife, Trisha, is hospitalized late in the season and dies during the season finale, mirroring Teri Bauer's death at the end of Season 1.
Timeline
Season 1 begins at 12:00am local time, the day before the swearing-in of newly elected Prime Minister Aditya Singhania.
Production
- Directors for the first season were Nitya Mehra, Abhinay Deo and Rensil D'Silva. The production was also supervised by director Manish Sharma. The action director for the show was Allan Amin.
- Rensil D'Silva also served as principal show writer with other writers Milap Zaveri, Priya Pinto, Bhavani Iyer and Niranjan Ivyengar. Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran were credited as original creators of the material and original 24 writers Howard Gordon, Michael Chernuchin, Lawrence Hertzog, Maurice Hurley, Chip Johannessen, Michael Loceff, Andrea Newman and Virgil Williams also had occasional episodes credited to them due to the show borrowing key episode story lines from the first two seasons of the US version. Sanaullah Khan and Sagar Bhanushali were line producers for the show. Acclaimed writer Javed Akhtar also penned an uncredited speech spoken by Aditya on the show. [2]
- Executive producers for the show included Howard Gordon, Udayan Bhat and Apurba Sengupta with Anil Kapoor producing and Jessu George as producer for the Colors channel. Imagine Television was also credited as an executive producer for the show. RDP Television was also listed as a co-producer for some episodes.
- Music consisted of reused original music by Sean Callery as well as additional music by Guarev Godkhindi and former sound mixer Mark Fulgado.
- Directors of Photography were Jay Oza and Tanay Satam.
Cast
- Main article: Season 1 cast
- Original series counterparts indicated in parentheses
Starring
- Anil Kapoor as Jai Singh Rathod (24 episodes - Jack Bauer)
- Mandira Bedi as Nikita Rai (24 episodes - Nina Myers)
- Tisca Chopra as Trisha Rathod (24 episodes - Teri Bauer)
- Ajinkya Deo as Kartik Chandrashekhar (Kevin Carroll)
- Anita Raaj as Naina Singhania
- Neil Bhoopalam as Aditya Singhania (David Palmer)
- Adhir Bhatt as Tejpal Singh (Tony Almeida)
- Sapna Pabbi as Kiran Rathod (Kim Bauer)
- Yuri Suri as Gill (George Mason)
- Shivani Tanksale as Divya Singhania
Guest Appearance
- Anupam Kher as Wassim Khan (2 episodes - Richard Walsh)
Also Starring
- Raghav Chanana as Prithvi Singhania (Mike Novick)
- Shabana Azmi as Abhilasha Grewal (Alberta Green)
- Adhish Khanna as Veer Singh Rathod
- Nikkitasha Marwaha as Mehr (3 episodes - Mandy)
- Rajat Kaul as an assassin (Jonathan Matijevich / Jovan Myovic) and Max Ferraro (Martin Belkin)
- Priyanshu Cora as Rohit (Rick Allen)
- Kiran Srinivas as Dev (Dan Mounts)
- Shivkumar Subramaniam as Kamaljit Sood (Ryan Chappelle)
- Rahul Khanna as Tarun Khosla (Ted Cofell)
- Aradhana Jagota as Jhanvi Gupta (Janet York)
- Suchitra Pillai-Malik as Mehek Ahuja (Maureen Kingsley)
- Ankur Vikal as Yakub Syed (Ira Gaines)
- Kishore Kadam as Ravindran (Victor Drazen)
- Nikunj Malik as Simran (Melanie)
- Pooja Ruparel as Pooja Bharadwaj (Patty Brooks / Elizabeth Nash)
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Pradhan (Aaron Pierce)
- Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Raja (Andre Drazen)
- Shahnawaz Pradhan as KK (Carl Webb)
- Faiza Jalali as Jiah Pastakhia (Jamey Farrell)
- Nissar Khan as Murad Ali (Mark DeSalvo)
- Gurpreet Saini as Mihir (Milo Pressman)
- Rajeev Siddhartha as Bala (Alexis Drazen)
- Guarev Bakshi as Kabir
- Richa Chadda as Sapna (Lauren Proctor)
- Rahul Singh as Vikrant Maurya
- Supreet Bedi as Shaina (Bridgit)
Episodes
Picture | Title | Number | Production Code | Original Airdate |
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"12:00am-1:00am" | 1 | October 4, 2013 | ||
ATU agent Jai Singh Rathod is called in for a meeting at midnight, missing his wife Trisha's birthday celebrations and causing his daughter to sneak out of the house to a party. Rathod discovers there is a threat to newly elected Prime Minister Aditya Singhania, while Trisha tries to track down their daughter. | ||||
"1:00am-2:00am" | 2 | October 5, 2013 | ||
Jai gets an urgent call for help from Wassim Khan, who is under fire from assassins. Mehr and her sister pass the security card to Yakub, but demand more money. Trisha gets a clue on Kiran's location, but Kiran's situation becomes more dangerous. | ||||
"2:00am-3:00am" | 3 | October 11, 2013 | ||
Jai investigates the evidence implicating Nikita Rai as a traitor. Shaina, Mehr's sister, bargains with Yakub Syed before leading him to the ID card. Kiran Rathod and Jhanvi Gupta attempt to escape, while Aditya Singhania meets with KK to discover the truth about the night of his graduation dinner. | ||||
"3:00am-4:00am" | 4 | October 12, 2013 | ||
Gill places ATU under lockdown while Jai Singh Rathod investigates a lead from the SD card. Aditya Singhania confronts his mother about the political cover-up and Kiran Rathod is handed over to Yakub Syed. Jhanvi Gupta is taken to the hospital, but Trisha is delayed by a police officer. | ||||
"4:00am-5:00am" | 5 | October 18, 2013 | ||
Jai is forced to help the terrorist suspect Parvez to find out more about his missing daughter, but Gill interferes with his plans. Kiran Rathod is taken by Yakub Syed while Trisha and Abhay find Jhanvi in hospital. Aditya Singhania speaks to Mehek Ahuja about the story she is threatening to break. | ||||
"5:00am-6:00am" | 6 | October 19, 2013 | ||
Jai makes it to the hospital to meet Trisha and Abhay. Rohit and Kiran realise they are both prisoners of Yakub Syed, and Yakub makes contact with Jai. Nikita works to identify a dead body, while Aditya resolves to address his allegations head on. | ||||
"6:00am-7:00am" | 7 | October 25, 2013 | ||
Jai's hand is forced when Yakub Syed orders him to impede the investigation. Trisha Rathod attempts to escape from an impostor, while Kiran and Rohit plan their own escape. Divya Singhania attempts to contact her husband, who is pursuing his own agenda. | ||||
"7:00am-8:00am" | 8 | October 26, 2013 | ||
Aditya Singhania makes his address to the labor union while Jai Singh Rathod, under orders from Yakub Syed, facilitates an assassination attempt. Tejpal Singh and Nikita Rai work out the identity of the traitor in the ATU, and Trisha and Kiran are reunited. | ||||
"8:00am-9:00am" | 9 | November 1, 2013 | ||
Jai Singh Rathod escapes from SFG custody and becomes involved in a hostage situation. Nikita Rai and Tejpal Singh question Jiah about her connections, while Naina Singhania tries to stop Mehek Ahuja from going public with her damaging news story. | ||||
"9:00am-10:00am" | 10 | November 2, 2013 | ||
Trisha Rathod calls the ATU on her stolen cell phone, while Nikita Rai and Tejpal Singh attempt to track her down. Jai Singh Rathod has to avoid the police as he follows his next lead, an investment banker, and Abhilasha Grewal arrives to replace Jai at ATU. Aditya Singhania is puzzled by Mehek Ahuja's actions. | ||||
"10:00am-11:00am" | 11 | November 8, 2013 | ||
Khosla dies from an asthma attack, but Jai sets up a meeting with his contact Kartik Chandrashekhar. Nikita and Tej withstand pressure from Abhilasha Grewal, and Trisha and Kiran are prepared for the worst by Rohit. Aditya faces a revelation about his aunt Megha. | ||||
"11:00am-12:00pm" | 12 | November 9, 2013 | ||
Jai Singh Rathod makes it to Yakub Syed's compound to rescue his family, but Kartik Chandrashekhar gives him away. Aditya Singhania attempts to speak to Mehek Ahuja but finds there has been a gas explosion. Abhilasha Grewal tries to turn Nikita Rai and Tejpal Singh against one another. | ||||
"12:00pm-1:00pm" | 13 | November 15, 2013 | ||
Jai Singh Rathod confronts Yakub Syed and attempts to ensure his family's safety. Aditya Singhania speaks to KK to get to the bottom of Mehek Ahuja's death. At the ATU, Nikita Rai discovers a second assassin is behind the attempt on Aditya's life. | ||||
"1:00pm-2:00pm" | 14 | November 16, 2013 | ||
Jai Singh Rathod returns to ATU and is questioned by Sood. Nikita Rai looks after Trisha and Kiran Rathod at the hospital, but discovers a potential threat. Aditya Singhania is made to leave the city, but discovers a link between himself and Jai Singh Rathod. | ||||
"2:00pm-3:00pm" | 15 | November 22, 2013 | ||
Aditya Singhania demands to speak with Jai Singh Rathod at the ATU. They discover their connection to each other, and to a secret mission from ten years ago. At the safe house, Trisha discovers a shocking fact about Nikita Rai and her husband. | ||||
"3:00pm-4:00pm" | 16 | November 23, 2013 | ||
"4:00pm-5:00pm" | 17 | November 29, 2013 | ||
"5:00pm-6:00pm" | 18 | November 30, 2013 | ||
"6:00pm-7:00pm" | 19 | December 6, 2013 | ||
"7:00pm-8:00pm" | 20 | December 7, 2013 | ||
"8:00pm-9:00pm" | 21 | December 13, 2013 | ||
"9:00pm-10:00pm" | 22 | December 14, 2013 | ||
"10:00pm-11:00pm" | 23 | December 20, 2013 | ||
"11:00pm-12:00am" | 24 | December 21, 2013 | ||
External links
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First episode: "12:00am-1:00am" |
Next season: Season 2/India |
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