Ekta Kapoor Announces Verdict 2: Season 2 To Chronicle Indira Gandhi's Life And The Emergency
On Tuesday (April 6), filmmaker and producer Ekta Kapoor announced the new season of Verdict. Titled Verdict 2- The People vs Indira Gandhi, season 2 is based on two books
On
Tuesday
(April
6),
filmmaker
and
producer
Ekta
Kapoor
announced
the
new
season
of
Verdict.
Titled
Verdict
2-
The
People
vs
Indira
Gandhi,
season
2
is
based
on
the
books
Emergency
Retold
by
Kuldip
Nayar
as
well
as
The
Case
That
Shook
India:
The
Verdict
That
Led
to
the
Emergency
by
Prashant
Bhushan.
Taking
to
her
Instagram
profile,
Ekta
shared
the
covers
of
both
the
books
that
have
inspired
the
new
season.
She
captioned
the
post
with
praises
for
Indira
Gandhi
and
wrote,
"Time
for
Verdict2.
The
People
v/s
Indira
Gandhi.
A
woman
of
worth
admiration
and
critique.
Our
most
ambitious
story
to
tell...
based
on
these
in-depth
stellar
books.
@altbalaji
@thisishowweding
@tansworld
@zee5
@nimishalok
@dheemana
@navneetbehal."
Reportedly,
Tanveer
B
who
is
known
for
producing
the
Voot
Select
show
Asur,
is
also
associated
with
Verdict
2.
Taking
to
the
comments
section
of
Ekta's
post,
Tanveer
wrote,
"The
verdict
is
out.
I'm
more
excited
for
this
than
I've
ever
been
for
any
other
show.
Looking
forward
to
slaying
it."
While
Verdict
2
is
set
to
chronicle
the
story
of
the
1975
Emergency
imposed
by
the
then
Prime
Minister
Indira
Gandhi,
the
first
season
titled
Verdict-
State
vs
Nanavati
followed
Commander
Kawas
Manekshaw
Nanavati's
1959
court
case,
as
he
was
tried
for
the
murder
of
Prem
Ahuja,
his
wife's
lover.
Verdict-
State
vs
Nanavati
released
on
September
30,
2019,
and
starred
Manav
Kaul,
Elli
Avrram,
Saurabh
Shukla,
Angad
Bedi,
Sumeet
Vyas,
Kubbra
Sait,
Makarand
Deshpande,
Soni
Razdan,
Viraf
Patel,
Swanand
Kirkire
and
Pooja
Gor
among
others.
It
is
unclear
if
season
2
will
bring
back
the
same
cast
in
new
roles
or
new
actors
will
be
taking
on
the
roles.