Kapoor has said that The Empire will cover 25 years of Babur's life.įrom The Empire to The Suicide Squad, What to Watch in August

But The Empire begins before the creation of his empire, back when he was still a young ruler in the Fergana Valley, in what is present-day Uzbekistan. Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti) is in the lead as Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. The Empire will also be available Friday, August 27 on Hotstar in the US, the UK, Canada, and Singapore. The Empire release dateĪll eight hourlong episodes of The Empire season 1 will release Friday, August 27 at 12am midnight IST on Disney+ Hotstar in India. Here's everything you need to know about the new Hotstar Specials series, be it when it's out, who's in it, the number of episodes, and the trailer. Filmed in Hindi and Urdu, The Empire will also be available in Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, and Kannada. The Empire season 1 is set in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, it would seem, following Babur's early struggles in and around Samarkand, before he looked south-east towards Kabul and the Delhi Sultanate. How The Empire Is Billing Itself as India's Biggest Ever Series Can they combine to deliver a season that builds the requisite foundation? Turaz (Padmaavat) supplying the dialogues. Bhavani Iyer (Raazi) is said to be the head writer on The Empire season 1, with lyricist A.M. It's not clear how Advani and Kumar divide directorial duties. Batla House director Nikkhil Advani is on board as creator, director, and executive producer for The Empire, with Mitakshara Kumar - associate director on Sanjay Leela Bhansali movies such as Padmaavat and Bajirao Mastani - helming several episodes too. If it goes on, The Empire would need to change its cast every season or so, just as The Crown does, given the vastness of its saga.īut all that depends on its debut. That's a story that spans two centuries - from Babur to Aurangzeb - and stretches from Uzbekistan in the north, to southern India. The Hotstar Specials series is taking on an unprecedented challenge though: cover the rise and the fall of the Mughal Empire. The Empire, coming to Disney+ Hotstar this week, is being billed as India's biggest ever TV show on streaming, though there's no word on how much money Star India is pumping into it.

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