Black Warrant (TV series)

*Black Warrant*
Black Warrant
Genre	Crime drama ; Thriller;
Created by	Vikramaditya Motwane; Satyanshu Singh
Based on	Black Warrant; by Sunetra Choudhury and Sunil Gupta
Written by	Arkesh Ajay; Vikramaditya Motwane; Satyanshu Singh
Directed by	Vikramaditya Motwane; Satyanshu Singh; Arkesh Ajay; Rohin Raveendran Nair; Ambiecka Pandit
Starring	Zahan Kapoor; Rahul Bhat; Paramvir Singh Cheema; Anurag Thakur;
Music by	Ajay Jayanthi
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	7
Production
Cinematography	Saumyananda Sahi
Editor	Tanya Chhabria
Running time	38–50 minutes
Production companies	Applause Entertainment; Andolan Production; Confluence Media
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	10 January 2025 –; present

Black Warrant is 2025 Indian Hindi-language crime drama thriller streaming television series based on the 2019 non-fiction book Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer by Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury, about Gupta's time as a rookie jailer at Tihar Prisons. Created by Vikramaditya Motwane and Satyanshu Singh, it stars Zahan Kapoor as Gupta, alongside Rahul Bhat, Paramvir Singh Cheema, and Anurag Thakur.

The series was released on Netflix on 10 January 2025.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Premise

Set in the 1980s, Black Warrant is based on certain true events told from the perspective of Sunil Gupta, who was a rookie jailer at Tihar Jail.^[4]

Cast

Main

Zahan Kapoor as Sunil Gupta
Rahul Bhat as DSP Rajesh Tomar
Paramvir Singh Cheema as Shivraj Singh Mangat
Anurag Thakur as Vipin Dahiya

Recurring

Sidhant Gupta as serial killer Charles Sobhraj
Joy Sengupta as SP JP Singh
Tota Roy Choudhury as SP Mukhopadhyay
Rajendra Gupta as accountant Saini saab
Mir Sarwar as Kashmiri secessionist Maqbool Bhat
Rajshri Deshpande as journalist Prabha Dutt

Production

In June 2020, it was announced that Motwane will be adapting the 2019 non-fiction book Black Warrant into a web series.^[5] Motwane's production company Andolan Films and journalist Josy Joseph's company Confluence Media & Vipin Agnihotri Films acquired the rights for the web series.^[6]

Release

The series began streaming on Netflix on 10 January 2025.^[7]

Episodes

The Snake
Gallows
Macho
Team Player
Prison Food
The Blanket
Double Life Sentence

Reception

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote that the "series goes the full yard in attempting to unpack the intricate power structure and showcasing caste-and-religious hierarchies in rough-tough Tihar Jail".^[8] Scroll.in's Nandini Ramnath considered it a "grim show" about the "brutalities of prison life".^[9] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV opined, "As a piercing look at Tihar, an absorbing story of a baptism by fire and an insightful snapshot of an era in the life of a nation, Black Warrant warrants bingeing on."^[10]

References

^ Gibson, Kathy (20 December 2024). "'Black Warrant': Everything You Need to Know About Netflix's Indian Series". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ "Vikramaditya Motwane all set to direct Black Warrant and Indi(r)a's Emergency | Filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ "Black Warrant review: Insider account of Tihar Jail is gritty, as real as possible". The Indian Express. 10 January 2025.
^ "Netflix Announces Black Warrant, 'First-of-its-kind Prison Drama' By Vikramaditya Motwane". 9 December 2024.
^ "Vikramaditya Motwane to adapt Black Warrant into series, to bring unheard Tihar Jail stories on screen". India Today. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ Sharma, Unnati (5 June 2020). "Sacred Games creator Vikramaditya Motwane to now tell Tihar tales with 'Black Warrant' series". ThePrint. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ "The teaser of 'Black Warrant' packs a solid punch".
^ Gupta, Shubhra (10 January 2025). "Black Warrant review: Insider account of Tihar Jail is gritty, as real as possible". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ Ramnath, Nandini (10 January 2025). "'Black Warrant' review: Grim show about Tihar jailers rarely lets up". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ Chatterjee, Saibal (10 January 2025). "Black Warrant Review: Firmly Focussed Series Warrants Bingeing On". NDTV. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

External links

Black Warrant at IMDb
Black Warrant on Netflix

[1] Gibson, Kathy (20 December 2024). "'Black Warrant': Everything You Need to Know About Netflix's Indian Series". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

[2] "Vikramaditya Motwane all set to direct Black Warrant and Indi(r)a's Emergency | Filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

[3] "Black Warrant review: Insider account of Tihar Jail is gritty, as real as possible". The Indian Express. 10 January 2025.

[4] "Netflix Announces Black Warrant, 'First-of-its-kind Prison Drama' By Vikramaditya Motwane". 9 December 2024.

[5] "Vikramaditya Motwane to adapt Black Warrant into series, to bring unheard Tihar Jail stories on screen". India Today. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

[6] Sharma, Unnati (5 June 2020). "Sacred Games creator Vikramaditya Motwane to now tell Tihar tales with 'Black Warrant' series". ThePrint. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

[7] "The teaser of 'Black Warrant' packs a solid punch".

[8] Gupta, Shubhra (10 January 2025). "Black Warrant review: Insider account of Tihar Jail is gritty, as real as possible". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

[9] Ramnath, Nandini (10 January 2025). "'Black Warrant' review: Grim show about Tihar jailers rarely lets up". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

[10] Chatterjee, Saibal (10 January 2025). "Black Warrant Review: Firmly Focussed Series Warrants Bingeing On". NDTV. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

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