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| Genre | Action Espionage Thriller |
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| Composer | Advait Nemlekar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (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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| Producer | Shital Bhatia |
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| Editor | Praveen Kathikuloth |
| Running time | 44–55 min |
| Production company | Friday Storytellers |
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| Network | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Release | 17 March 2020 |
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| Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story | |
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Special Ops is an Indian Hindi-language action espionage thriller series for Hotstar Specials created and directed by Neeraj Pandey, with Shivam Nair serving the credits for co-direction. Pandey also produced the series under his Friday Storytellers, a division of his production house, for providing content to the digital medium.[2][3] It stars Kay Kay Menon as Himmat Singh, a member of Research and Analysis Wing, forms a team of five agents, in order to track down a person, who is the mastermind of the terror attacks which took place in India.
Neeraj Pandey eventually conceptualised the idea of the script in late 2010, with the series eventually scheduled to be aired on Star Plus, which however did not materialise. He later revived the project in August 2019. Shooting of the series took place in India, and some scenes were filmed in Turkey, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan. The cinematography and editing were handled by Sudheer Palsane, Arvind Singh and Praveen Kathikuloth, whereas Advait Nemlekar composed the background score.
Special OPS was released through Hotstar on 17 March 2020.[4] The series received positive response from critics. It also received eight nominations at the inaugural Filmfare OTT Awards, winning three of them.[5] Pandey had transformed the series into a franchise, with the second instalment Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story released on 12 November 2021.[6]
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- ^ "Karan Tacker to make a comeback with Neeraj Pandey's web series Special Ops". India Today.
- ^ "Neeraj Pandey to Helm Spy Thriller Web Series 'Special Ops'". www.news18.com.
- ^ "Special Ops trailer: The Hotstar original promises thrills galore". The Indian Express. 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Neeraj Pandey hints at Special Ops Season 2: We carry more responsibility as we take this franchise forward". India Today. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Special Ops 1.5 trailer: Disney+ Hotstar show traces Kay Kay Menon's journey to becoming best RAW Agent". Hindustan Times. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.