Anupam Tripathi will voice star in the audio series as a telemarketer-turned-phone scammer from India and the drama will chart his journey to create a new identity.
Anupam Tripathi said the global acclaim the show received was made possible by the cast and crew of "Squid Game", who "held their hands together" and worked "shoulder to shoulder" to bring out the story "of the people for the people".
From Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nimrat Kaur to Anupam Kher and Anupam Tripathi, we take a look at Indian-origin actors who did the country proud by featuring in acclaimed international shows.
Korean shows dominated global popular culture in 2021 with "Squid Game" alone becoming the streamer's biggest show ever, most viewed in 94 countries. The 95 per cent of "Squid Game's" viewership came from outside Korea and led viewers to explore more K-content on Netflix.
"Squid Game", a Netflix survival drama which was released in September 2021, revolves around hundreds of cash-strapped contestants who accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly.
The survival drama series 'Squid Game' was one of the biggest shows from the streaming service Netflix last year. It clocked over 100 million views in less than a month of its debut in September 2021.
In the K-pop industry, BTS continued its record-shattering run this year as its second English-language single 'Butter' stayed for 10 non-consecutive weeks on the 'Billboard Hot 100'. Also, "Hellbound', a new South Korean fantasy horror series from Netflix, overtook 'Squid Game' as the most-watched TV show on the streaming platform, one day after its release last month.
'Squid Game' star HoYeon Jung reacts to fans' concern about her drastic weight loss. "I don't want to come off negative at all, just want to say that seeing you in the black dress makes me a bit worried," one fan commented.
Money Heist season 5 Vol. 2 will stream on Netflix from December 3, consisting of the final five episodes in the series. Known as La Casa de Papel in Spanish, the first volume of season 5 had premiered on September 3 this year. Fans are up for a roller coaster ride as the show comes to a legendary end.
'Squid Game' has eclipsed HBO's juggernaut 'Game of Thrones' on YouTube by garnering 17 bn views. The viewership comes from numerous types of video content, including official trailers and clips from the series, fan recreations of iconic moments, real-world challenges inspired by the plot, and even narration of user-generated video games based on the property.
On Monday night, 'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, and Jung Ho-yeon appeared for a special screening and Q and A session at the Neuehouse Hollywood red carpet rolled out by Netflix. During the same, they spilled beans about the season 2 in works.
Squid Game: Defenders of this cultural cross-pollination say the recent rush of global streaming powerhouses and the subsequent heated-up competition for promising Korean content will afford greater opportunities to Korean creators who have struggled to get a big-enough budget to dramatise their ideas.
Indian actor Anupam Tripathi is being lauded from all corners for his performance as the soft-spoken and trusting migrant worker Ali Abdul in Squid Game. However, Pakistanis are disappointed that an Indian actor was cast to play the role.
Inspired by Squid Game, Ikorodu Bois recreated the complete trailer of the Netflix survival game series that showed the children enacting the group of participants in the show. It also showed one of the kids dressed as the robotic creepy doll that featured in the Red Light Green Light game.
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