MUMBAI: ZEE5 has earned the reputation of presenting some of the best content in the web space. Its series State of Siege: 26/11 received a strongly positive response from the audience and was loved by all.

The story on State of Siege: 26/11 revolves around the horrifying terror attacks that took place in Mumbai in November 2008. Not much was spoken or written about Lakhvi until Sandeep Unnithan did in-depth research on the whole incident and wrote a book titled ‘Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11’, on which the show is based.

Mukul Dev‘s looks and vocabulary are loved by the audience. On this, the actor said that Lakhvi’s screen presence is mostly confined to the four walls of the control room and that’s what challenged him to bring this character to life. While he was doing research, he distinctly remembered the voice of the man who was giving instructions to the terrorists in Mumbai. He had a rough voice with an accent. Being a Punjabi, it wasn’t difficult for him to get the lingo, but the task was to portray him with the same attitude and mannerisms as a Pashto would...getting down to every nitty-gritty of the character, from an eyebrow twitch to the way he drank his chai! The whole process challenged him as an actor.

Starring Arjan Bajwa, Arjun Bijlani, Vivek Dahiya, Mukul Dev, Sid Makkar, Tara Alisha Berry, Khalida Jaan, Jyoti Gauba, Shoaib Kabeer, Roshni Sahota, Suzanne Bernert, Naren Kumar, and Jason Shah, the show is directed by Matthew Leutwyler, produced by Abhimanyu Singh of Contiloe Pictures and is currently streaming on ZEE5.

SOURCE – THE DIGITAL HASH