'The Night Manager': Anil Kapoor And Aditya Roy Kapur To Thrill With Their Camaraderie In The Gripping Series

Anil Kapoor and heartthrob Aditya Roy Kapur are all set to thrill the audience with their exciting series 'The Night Manager'. The makers have hyped the web-series as gripping, layered and complex.

New Delhi: Veteran actor Anil Kapoor and heartthrob Aditya Roy Kapur are all set to thrill the audience with their exciting series 'The Night Manager'. The makers have hyped the web-series as gripping, layered and complex. It is a high-octane thriller wrapped in lavish drama and picturesque sights.

'The Night Manager' boasts of an ensemble star cast including Sobhita Dhulipala, Tillotama Shome, Saswata Chatterjee, Ravi Behl among others. The series has been created and directed by Sandeep Modi and co-directed by Priyanka Ghosh and will release on the streaming platform Disney+Hotstar.

Talking about what excited him to take up the role, Anil Kapoor said in a statement, "I have always loved working on differentiated content and characters. The first time I read the script, I just fell in love with the character of Shelly Rungta. Shelly is a powerful man, a philanthropist and a perfect balance of wit and evil with imperceptible menace just like the story of the show - a perfect blend of entertainment and great storytelling. I thoroughly enjoyed working with some of the finest from the industry and one of the leading OTT platforms - Disney+ Hotstar and eagerly waiting to see audience's reaction to the show."

The series' director Sandeep Modi said, "This is my second association with Disney+ Hotstar and we’ve tried to raise the bar with this show, be it the storytelling, scale or technical finesse. It's always exhilarating and exasperating in equal measures to helm such a big show and I am super excited to present this tale of espionage, revenge and betrayal to the world."

Aditya Roy Kapur also mentioned about his character in the series and said, "I have always wanted to perform a multi-layered character in a series with a complex narrative arc, and when the platform approached me to play the title role in The Night Manager, I knew this was just the one I’d been looking for! My character Shaan is the kind of person who can effortlessly make people believe whatever he wants them to, and that perfectly mirrors what we as actors strive to achieve with our craft. I'm glad that the Disney+ Hotstar team and Sandeep Modi gave me this opportunity to play such an exciting character and I can’t wait to bring him to audiences in India and around the world!"

The series, produced by The Ink Factory and Banijay Asia and will release soon on Disney+ Hotstar.