''Tandoor'' is an Indian

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-language web series directed by

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. It features

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and Amitriyaan in the lead roles. Loosely inspired from the infamous 1995 real life incident, the series revolves around a married couple whose lives take an unexpected turn when a friend enters into wife's life leading to her murder. The shooting wrapped up in November 2020. The series released on 23 July 2021 on

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and

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Premise

Based on the spine-chilling Tandoor case in Delhi, the show reconstructs the events before and after the gruesome murder of a woman by her own husband.

Cast and characters

Main *

as Palak Sahni/Palak Sharma *

as Sahil Sharma *Amitriyaan as Aiyaaz Recurring *Ravi Gossain as Abdul Razzak *Vijay Kadechkar as Charan Singh *Sonal Parihar as Rashi *Kamal Malik as Robert Pereira *Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Bahubali Mishra *Yuvraj Haral as DCP Shenoy *Utkarsh Gaharwar as Kanhaiya Shukla *Jeevan Shetty as Vijay *Simran Poojary *Amber Wasi *Harshita Bist *Afsar Adil

Episodes

Production

Casting

had been in talks for ''Tandoor'' with

for a long time. Around March 2020 when they were planning to take the next step, lockdown due to

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was implemented. Things between them picked up again around August–September. Dates at that time became a concern as Virwani was stuck in continuity on another project and Basu needed him to look a certain way. However, due to forced halt on the other project for some reason, he was able to change his look as Basu wanted. So he gained some weight, grew his hair and facial hair for the role. On the other hand, Basu had initial plans to cast

for another project. However, Vibhu Agarwal, the CEO of

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, was very keen on getting Desai on board for the series. Upon narration, Desai found the script intriguing and immediately took up the project.

Filming

The series was originally supposed to be shot in

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but due to COVID -19 Pandemic the plan changed and it was entirely shot in

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, India. The series went on floors soon after the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were lifted in

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and the government gave a green signal for shootings to resume. A stringent shoot of 14 days was planned and executed with a plenty of precautions in order to ensure that COVID-19 stayed at bay from filming sets. The filming wrapped up in November 2020.

Marketing and release

unveiled the first poster of ''Tandoor'' on 7 March 2021 via her Instagram handle. The trailer was released on

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on 12 July.

Reception

Ronak Kotecha gave the series 3 stars in his review for ''

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'', and wrote "Tandoor surely grabs your curiosity and manages to build on the suspense. This despite the fact that we know the outcome of the case yet it is exciting to watch the mystery unfold." Tandoor was also nominated in filmfare OTT 2021 under Best webseries category.

References

External links

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