VICE India Releases 'श Se Shooter', Episode 2 of its New Original Crime Series

VICE India Releases 'श Se Shooter', Episode 2 of its New Original Crime Series, ‘क Se Crime' - The VICE Guide to Crime in India

Link: 'श Se Shooter'

The second episode, 'श Se Shooter', as part of VICE India’s original crime series ‘'क Se Crime’ dropped today hosted on its global YouTube channel with over 10 million subscribers. Touted to be non-fictional six-part crime series, 'क Se Crime - The VICE Guide to Crime in India’, the show has been inspired by Amazon Prime Original Series ‘Mirzapur’.

Voiced by critically acclaimed actor, Vijay Raaz, 'श Se Shooter' takes an in-depth look at how a street thug moves up the ladder in a gang to become an expert shooter, with specific examples and stories of the most notorious shooters from the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The remaining episodes after 'श Se Shooter' airing from today on, will release over the course of two weeks bringing out different aspects of crime that occur in Uttar Pradesh. The episodes that are yet to release are as follows ‘ग Se Gang’,‘औ Se Auzaar’, ‘फ Se Faraari’ and ‘स Se Smuggling.’

Speaking about the series, Samira Kanwar, Head of Content, VICE India said, “The area of crime as a conversation has always been VICE’s strength globally and we have been researching a lot on how to localise the topic for the country. In India, the usual format of consuming information around this topic is through sensationalizing news. Our intent is to present a more authentic and relevant picture – looking deeper into how it all began and why.”

Link: 'श Se Shooter'

About VICE Media:

VICE India is a full-scale media company with content at its centre and a multi-platform distribution plan – producing scripted, film, news and culture content from India for television, SVOD, OTT and digital platforms.

VICE is the world’s leading youth media brand. Launched in 1994, VICE is on pace to bring its award-winning programming to over 80 territories worldwide by Q1 2018 across mobile, digital, and linear platforms.

VICE operates an expanding international network of digital channels; a television and feature film production studio; an Emmy-nominated international television network, VICELAND; an Emmy-nominated weekly newsmagazine show on HBO; a nightly news series on HBO; an in-house creative services agencies and branded studio; a magazine; and a record label.

VICE's award-winning programming has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabody Awards, Sundance Film Festival, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Frontline Club, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club, James Beard awards, and Webby Awards, among others.

VICE India Releases New Original Crime Series

VICE India Releases 'श Se Shooter', Episode 2 of its New Original Crime Series, ‘क Se Crime' - The VICE Guide to Crime in IndiaLink: 'श Se Shooter'

The second episode, 'श Se Shooter', as part of VICE India’s original crime series ‘'क Se Crime’ dropped today hosted on its global YouTube channel with over 10 million subscribers. Touted to be non-fictional six-part crime series, 'क Se Crime - The VICE Guide to Crime in India’, the show has been inspired by Amazon Prime Original Series ‘Mirzapur’.

Voiced by critically acclaimed actor, Vijay Raaz, 'श Se Shooter' takes an in-depth look at how a street thug moves up the ladder in a gang to become an expert shooter, with specific examples and stories of the most notorious shooters from the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The remaining episodes after 'श Se Shooter' airing from today on, will release over the course of two weeks bringing out different aspects of crime that occur in Uttar Pradesh. The episodes that are yet to release are as follows ‘ग Se Gang’,‘औ Se Auzaar’, ‘फ Se Faraari’ and ‘स Se Smuggling.’

Speaking about the series, Samira Kanwar, Head of Content, VICE India said, “The area of crime as a conversation has always been VICE’s strength globally and we have been researching a lot on how to localise the topic for the country. In India, the usual format of consuming information around this topic is through sensationalizing news. Our intent is to present a more authentic and relevant picture – looking deeper into how it all began and why.”

Link: 'श Se Shooter'

About VICE Media:

VICE India is a full-scale media company with content at its centre and a multi-platform distribution plan – producing scripted, film, news and culture content from India for television, SVOD, OTT and digital platforms.

VICE is the world’s leading youth media brand. Launched in 1994, VICE is on pace to bring its award-winning programming to over 80 territories worldwide by Q1 2018 across mobile, digital, and linear platforms.

VICE operates an expanding international network of digital channels; a television and feature film production studio; an Emmy-nominated international television network, VICELAND; an Emmy-nominated weekly newsmagazine show on HBO; a nightly news series on HBO; an in-house creative services agencies and branded studio; a magazine; and a record label.

VICE's award-winning programming has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabody Awards, Sundance Film Festival, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Frontline Club, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club, James Beard awards, and Webby Awards, among others.

VICE India hosts a preview

VICE India hosts a preview of its non-fictional series, 'क Se Crime' – star cast of ‘Mirzapur’ and other industry stalwarts join

Prior to its official release, VICE India last night, organized a showcase of its crime-series, 'क Se Crime' amidst the star cast of Mirzapur and other notable professionals in the industry.

 

 

The event, hosted at Khar Social, saw the likes of Ali Fazal, Rasika Dugal, Shriya Pilgaonkar, and others, all gathered together to support the web series inspired by the now trending Amazon Prime Original Series, Mirzapur. Other attendees included Biswa Kalyan Rath, Ashish Shakya, Abhishek Upmanyu, Srishti Dixit, Namik Paul, and more.

Taking mug-shots with props, hearing from the creators of the series first-hand or enjoying food and beverages inspired by the local gang lingo, the guests took to social media to share interesting updates! Stay tuned as 'क Se Crime' goes live soon!

Hard-hitting stories from India

Hard-hitting stories from India

Over the years the Indian film-makers have come all the way from just penning down fictional characters to bring real stories into the forefront. They have gone on to extract buried facts and instances, which would have remained undiscovered otherwise and transformed it into a reel journey. Here we have handpicked a few similar stories that were surely an eye-openers bringing the brutal instances to us.

1.      Talwar Murder Case: Unsuljha, Unsuna, Undekha, a series based on Aarushi-Hemraj murder case streaming online, highlights a lot more than what the public has known so far. The series convincingly tried to bring forth Aarushi Talwar’s murder mystery into the light sharing insights that went missing immediately after the instance had happened.

2.      Gangs of Wasseypur cover facts about the significant mafia troops hailing from the lands of iron ore. Everybody saw the clash between reel Sardar Khan and Sultan that took a toll on their living and ignited a deadly blood game spanning over three generations.

3.      Black Friday is still considered as the darkest chapter in the Indian history. The film out-rightly showcased the conspiracy that leads up to the Bombay blast of 1993 followed by the subsequent police investigation.

4.      The Attacks of 26/11 marks its 10 years this week reminding about the Martyrs who sacrificed their lives for our well-being. Released in 2013 the film depicted the real story of ten terrorists who sailed to Bombay secretively and waged war on the city for about 72 hours in a stretch.

5.      क Se Crime a series based on real-instances, releasing this December is all set to showcase another grey chapter of rivalry from the hinterland of Uttar Pradesh. Inspired by one of the recent gangster series Mirzapur, ‘क Se Crime’ will highlight names like Brijesh Singh, Mukhtar Ansari and Munna Bajrangi who reigned and battled for the game of power.

VICE India unveils the teaser of its first ever crime

VICE India unveils the teaser of its first-ever crime documentary, 'क Se Crime', inspired by Indian crime thriller 

web television series, Mirzapur

Touted to be a non-fictional documentary episodic series, 'क Se Crime' covers a whole length of crime-related stories of Uttar Pradesh.

Here's presenting the first cut exclusive teaser of the series, क Se Crime:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/status/1066218799236554752

Live in India since April 2018, VICE India has launched 20+ original video content pieces and 100+ original editorial pieces aiming to be an all-inclusive voice of the youth showcasing the realities and diverse aspects of our country without conforming to the boundaries set by multiple languages or cultures.

About Vice Media

VICE India is a full-scale media company with content at its centre and a multi-platform distribution plan – producing scripted, film, news and culture content from India for television, SVOD, OTT, and digital platforms.

VICE is the world’s leading youth media brand. Launched in 1994, VICE is on pace to bring its award-winning programming to over 80 territories worldwide by Q1 2018 across mobile, digital, and linear platforms.

VICE operates an expanding international network of digital channels; a television and feature film production studio; an Emmy-nominated international television network, VICELAND; an Emmy-nominated weekly newsmagazine show on HBO; a nightly news series on HBO; an in-house creative services agencies and branded studio; a magazine; and a record label.

VICE's award-winning programming has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabody Awards, Sundance Film Festival, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Frontline Club, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club, James Beard awards, and Webby Awards, among others.

Do you remember top five iconic super-villains from Bollywood?

Do you remember top five iconic super-villains from Bollywood? 

Here we have something for you

‘Kaleen Bhaiya’ of Amazon Prime Original Series ‘Mirzapur’ may join this list soon!

There’s a certain charm that tags along with every villain we’ve seen so far on the silver screen. So much of their badass mannerism that thrills us more than that of a protagonist’s heroism. Each iconic villain so far has given us numerous memorable dialogues or statements which we can’t skip out of our heads, come what may!

Owing to its precedents popularity, Amazon Prime Original Series is arriving with a fresh set gangster drama ‘Mirzapur’ that is sure to add another impressive anti-hero/villain/ to our list. But hold! Let’s quickly take a trip down the memory lane reminiscing about the supervillains of all time across the palette of Indian cinema so far-

1.       Remember the uber cool Amrish Puri from Mr.India and his much-loved statement-‘Mogambo khush hua!’ I’m sure we still can’t get over it! 

2.       ‘Kitne Aadmi The?.. Does it ring a bell? I’m sure it does! 

How can we not count Amjad Khan for his fantastic on-screen avatar ‘Gabbar’ from the cult classic of all time, ‘Sholay’. 

3.       Dominating the list at number 3, we have ‘Kancha Cheena’ from ‘Agneepath’. 

Yes, Kancha a.k.a. Danny Denzongpa from 1990’s Agneepath had already set a benchmark but we certainly can’t compare Sanjay Dutt’s version of gruesome ‘Kancha’ from 2012’s remake. 

‘Tum kya leke aaye the, aur kya leke jaaoge. Rahejaye sirf ek insaan, sarva Shakti-shali, sarva Shaktimaan’

4.       ‘Hum Khiljion ne saath mil kar ek khwaab dekha tha, ki ek din humara parcham saare jahan par leherayega’

Ranvir Singh has floored us with his phenomenal portrayal of ‘Alauddin Khilji’ in Padmavat and nothing can take his chance to stand upright on the list of the great villains.

5.       While we already have quite an intimidating villain segment available for us to binge watch, Amazon Prime’s Original Series, Mirzapur, is giving us another reason to look forward to ‘Kaleen Bhaiya’ this season. He is shrewd and has potential to top the charts to become one of the most legendary villains amongst others. 

Who can forget the already-legendary dialogue from the trailer --‘Izzat nahi karte, darrte hain sab. But darr ki yahi dikkkat hain, kabhi bhi khatam ho sakta hain!’

 Get-set and prepare yourself for ‘Kaleen Bhaiya’ from Amazon Prime’s Original Series, Mirzapur arriving this November at your home screens.

5 instances from the trailer

5 instances from the trailer where Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyendu Sharma are justifying their powerful on-screen avatars

Have you not watched the trailer of the much-awaited gangster banter- Mirzapur yet? Set against the gloomy backdrop of Uttar Pradesh, the Amazon’s Prime Original Series is a dark tale of power and position. The trailer has already left us perplexed for its intimidating narrative and we can’t agree to this anymore. Created by Karan Anshuman and the splendid producers’ duo- Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, Mirzapur stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyendu Sharma playing characters like never before.

This Prime Original Series acquaints us to the world of ambiguity and mistrust, where the one with power and position has a right to survive. We bring you 5 best instances from the trailer where Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyendu Sharma shine bright justifying their respective avatars;

1.       Remember Guddu Pandit, who seems so fearless and impulsive in the trailer, is sure to surprise you and make you think twice about his character throughout the Series. Ali Fazal will be seen playing a different ball game with short hair and a changed dialect, complimenting to his transformed avatar of a gangster. (Picture 1)

2.        Akhandanand Tripathi, a millionaire carpet exporter aka the Man of this deadly play-off is as astute and clever as possible. The trailer features his story in a voiceover with him sitting with absolute authority and a stern face. Pankaj Tripathi will be seen as a man who’d walk on dead bodies to triumph the crown of Mirzapur. He holds no grudges but a burning desire to stand out amongst the rest.  (Picture 2)

3.       Who would expect a gangster over a dinner table? This is quite a possible an event in Mirzapur. Munna Tripathi, the only heir who seeks nothing but power and will turn all your fancies about a goon into reality after this scene. Take a trip back to the film ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’ where you were in an awe of ‘Liquid’ aka Divyendu Sharma’s character and to a completely gruesome avatar in this Amazon’s Prime Original Series.  (Picture 3)

4.       Ali Fazal is surely setting some high standards with his back-to-back appearances in the trailer- which looks both dreadful and intriguing at the same time. It would be no less a treat to watch this talented actor seizing hearts with his performance in Mirzapur.  (Picture 4)

5.       In a jungle full of hungry animals, the lion always remains undisturbed. Not to forget, Akhandanand Tripathi is shrewd yet the most composed individual across the character palette of Mirzapur. This dynamic actor is all set to blow our minds once again with his unmatched acting skills and we can’t wait to watch the show this November.  (Picture 5)

Do not miss the unaltered thrill and excitement into the worlds of the unknown this season. Amazon Prime Original Series, Mirzapur is all set to create benchmarks on 16^th November 2018.

5 reasons to watch Amazon Prime Original series, ‘Mirzapur’ this fall!

Here are 5 reasons to watch Amazon Prime Original series, ‘Mirzapur’ this fall!

Gangsters, Don & BhaiyaJis’ have always remained a prominent part of our Bollywood narratives all these years. Truly with the digital video streaming growing like a wildfire, the culture seems to have finally arrived at our home televisions. Climbing on the list of a binge watch is the Amazon’s upcoming Prime Original series Mirzapur, set against the backdrop of a revolting maze of Purvanchal region. The plot boasts of an ensemble star-cast partnered with a peculiar criminal play-off which is sure to startle the audience for its uniqueness. The makers have already caught our eyes with its powerful and high-volt trailer. The series is set to release during the winters this year.

Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, Amazon Prime Original series Mirzapur holds a lot more than that meets the eye.

We have 5 reasons that will surely hook you to the show:

1.             Pankaj Tripathi in his elements

Pankaj Tripathi certainly has become one of the most Goggled artists after his succeeding appearances in the films like Fukrey Returns, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Stree, Newton to name a few. The actor will be now seen in a reformed avatar, with a changed diction and a version that’s even fiercer. He will be playing a gangster for whom morality and goodness mean nothing.

2.             Buried and cruel stories of Purvanchal region

The story is set against the backdrop of Purvanchal region, filled with sinners and death stories like never before. The plot knits the tale of gangsters and powerful men involved in the business of weapons and ammunition, illegally.

3.             An ensemble of star-cast

Mirzapur has already piqued our interests for its beguiling storyline and now the star-cast sounds promising too. The series stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Vikrant Massey in lead roles, sketching characters like never before. Divyendu Sharma, Shriya Palganokar and Rasika Dugal will also appear in pivotal roles. Names like these striking on a screen together for a mind-bending and dark tales of the underworld is sure to leave you with a spine-chilling experience.

4.             Dialogues that will blow your mind

Written by Karan Anshuman, who is known for penning down the much-appreciated series ‘Inside Edge’ has again weaved another chronicle into the worlds of crime. The dialogues in the trailer are hard-hitting and piercing as it seems. The writer has made sure that the monologues and dialogue exchanges present in the scenes remain as relevant and in sync with the mood of the story line.

5.             From the makers of International Emmy Awards Nominee- Inside Edge

The former series has benchmarked high standards after its release. The splendid producer-duo Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani are back with yet another masterpiece, ‘Mirzapur’. The trailer has already established a larger-than-life structure of a world lesser known and the narrative looks extremely captivating.

With such an enthralling series coming our way, we’re sure that you wouldn’t mind taking out time to watch Mirzapur this season on Amazon Prime Video.