Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh is directing a haunted house series titled Typewriter for the digital giant Netflix. Simran Sethi, Creative Executive India for Netflix, said this at the digital giant's See What's Next: Asia. Sethi said that the series is being shot in Goa. She said: Typewriter is by captivating director Sujoy Ghosh. He mentioned his idea to us and we knew that it was a Netflix series."
She added that the series follows a group of wannabe ghost hunters, who want to capture an evil spirit in a villa in their neighbourhood. Other details are still under wraps.
Ghosh is known for directing movies like Kahaani, TE3N. He has also helmed short film Ahalya featuring Radhika Apte in the titular role. Ghosh is currently working on Amitabh Bachchan starrer Badla which also has Taapsee Pannu and Ali Fazal in important roles. It is an official remake of Spanish thriller The Mysterious Guest.
On a related note, Netflix has commissioned a couple of Indian web series apart from Sacred Games Season 2. Selection Day (which will be premiered on December 28), Leila, Bard of Blood and a Baahubali spinoff are the listed ones.
Watch Ahalya below:
(With IANS inputs)
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