Escaype Live director Siddharth Kumar Tewary has got an eye for detail: Jaaved Jaaferi 

Actor Jaaved Jaaferi will be seen as Ravi Gupta, the CEO of a social media app, in the Disney+ Hotstar series Escaype Live.

Created and directed by Siddharth Kumar Tewary, the series is a fictional tale of a bunch of content creators, who opt for desperate methods to go viral on the sensational short video content app Escaype Live.

Produced by Tewary's One Life Studios, the nine-episode series highlights our tendency to be competitive and seek popularity.

Escaype Live also stars Siddharth, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Swastika Mukherjee, Plabita Borthakur, Waluscha D’Souza, Ritvik Sahore, Sumedh Mudgalkar, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Jagjeet Sandhu, Rohit Chandel and child artiste Aadyaa Sharma.

Jaaferi said, “When I first met Siddharth, I had read a brief synopsis and I found it of interest. But when I met him and he told me how he approached the series and the various characters that are a part of this, it was quite amazing. I loved his vision and the way he saw this as a writer. And as a director as well.”

According to the actor, Tewary has got an eye for detail. “A lot of people as directors would be more technical but being a writer, he understands the emotions and psychology behind the characters and it really helps when a director can give an input to an actor on what he is looking for and how an actor should approach the character.

“I think he is one of the few directors that I enjoyed interacting with and developing my character with. I think he has a very bright future, and this series is fantastic and will put him on the map,” added Jaaferi.

Escaype Live explores the lengths content creators and tech giants are willing to go to achieve their dreams. Set across different cities of India, the series leveraged different dialogue writers for each city to add regional authenticity. Vinod Sharma, Amol Surve, Ranveer Pratap Singh, Jaya Mishra and Tewary himself have written the dialogues for various characters.

Escaype Live will be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar from 20 May.