Pushpendra Nath Mishra unveils first glimpse of Netflix series Choona

Pushpendra Nath Mishra announced his next project, the web-series Choona, which is in production and due to be released on Netflix soon. The comedy has an ensemble star cast the comprises Jimmy Sheirgill, Aashim Gulati, Vikram Kochhar, Namit Das, Monika Panwar, Gyanendra Tripathi, Chandan Roy, Atul Srivastava and Niharika Lyra Dutt.

In a press release, the filmmaker said the title brings to mind the Hindi phrase 'choona lagaana'. "The excitement of discovering who deceived whom and how they did it is incomparable, especially when it’s the weak pitted against the powerful. There’s no synonym that can do justice to this feeling, since we are all about the drama and rooting for the underdogs (sic),” the release read.

The synopsis of the series describes it as “heist comedy-drama in which an unlikely group of people band together to take down a common enemy — a corrupt politician who has wronged them — using jugaad as their only weapon”.

The filmmaker, who has directed the Netflix web-series Taj Mahal 1989 (2020) and Ghoomketu (2020), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, also shared a still from the show. Set in an old mansion, it features three men, including Sheirgill, sitting down and discussing something.

The release date of the series has not yet been revealed.