Filmmaker Nikhil Advani, who has directed movies like Kal Ho Naa Ho and D-Day, is back with a bang. The director's latest project is a finite TV series called P.O.W. --Bandi Yuddh Ke. The show is based on the Israeli drama series, Hatufim (Prisoners of War), upon which the hit American TV series Homeland is based.

The trailer of the show was recently released on the official channel of Star Plus.

See pics: Nikkhil Advani shoots for the desi adaptation of Homeland in Delhi



"The show isn't an adaptation of Homeland, which is a thriller. What we have created is a family drama. The channel approached me after watching my film D-Day, and said that they wanted to do a show like that. They asked me to go ahead and try to make it as real as possible. They had already watched Hatufim, and then they made me watch it. It is a story about two soldiers who go missing after the 1999 Kargil War," The Times of India quoted Nikhil as saying.

Nikhil says that the story of the series will also focus on the wives of those soldiers who go missing. P.O.W. will also make a point to focus on their (wives') pain, trials, and uncertainties, as they are the ones who suffer silently.

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"As I watched the show, I realised that the real prisoners of war are these soldiers' wives and families. In those 17 years, the wives haven't been able to move on with their lives, every time they want to move ahead, they have this sense of guilt that's holding them back. They think, 'what if he comes back?' 'There is still hope," added Nikhil.

P.O.W. has been shot mainly in and around Delhi and Patiala. The show stars actors like Purab Kohli and Sandhya Mridul in pivotal roles.



P.O.W. -- Bandi Yuddh Ke will air sometime in October this year on Star Plus.

