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| Genre | Mystery Crime thriller |
| Based on | Hostages |
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| Directed by | (Season 1)
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| Theme music composer | Karel Antonin |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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| Production location | India |
| Running time | 25-33 Minutes |
| Production companies | Applause Entertainment Banijay Asia |
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| Network | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Release | 31 May 2019 |
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Hostages is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller series for Hotstar Specials, which is an official remake of an Israeli series of the same name. Written by Nisarg Mehta, Shiva Bajpai and Mayukh Ghosh, the series is directed by Sudhir Mishra. Starring Tisca Chopra, Ronit Roy, Parvin Dabas, Aashim Gulati, Mohan Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, with Malhaar Rathod, Sharad Joshi, Aashim Gulati, Surya Sharma and Anangsha Biswas in supporting roles. The series is about a renowned surgeon who is scheduled for a routine operation on the chief minister was ordered to assassinate him in the process, in order to save family being captivated.
Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment brought the rights for the adaptation in April 2018, followed by the principal shooting which started in May 2018 and completed in March 2019. Marked as Sudhir Mishra's digital debut, the series was eventually premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 31 May 2019. The series received mixed response, and although the writing was criticised, critics praised the performances of Ronit Roy and Tisca Chopra. The actors eventually won two awards at the Gold Awards (an award ceremony for television-based content) for their performances. The series was also broadcast on StarPlus in April 2020.[1]
A second season was officially announced on 16 October 2019. The narrative of the second season eventually follows a week after the events of the first season, with the retired cop, kidnaps the chief minister for a bone marrow transplant to save his wife's life. Production of the second season began in October 2019 and ended in July 2020, despite production delays due to COVID-19 pandemic. The new season is directed by Sachin Krishn,[2] replacing its predecessor Sudhir Mishra, who also worked on the second series. It premiered through Disney+ Hotstar on 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus lockdown: TV channels introduce re-runs of shows, web content". Business Standard India. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Sudhir Mishra on Hostages 2: Lockdown has slowed down work, but series will be out by May". India Today. 14 April 2020.