Vineet Kumar’s Betaal First Look: India’s First Zombie Series Airs May 24

Netflix has dropped the first glimpse of its horror-thriller series Betaal. The seven-part series is based on the book of the same name by Bilal Siddiqui. Actor Vineet Kumar shared the show’s debut look and animated poster on social media.

Vineet tagged the cast and crew associated with Betaal and captioned it as follows: “Here is the first look at my second Netflix series #Betaal @NetflixIndia @blumhouse @skglobalent @RedChilliesEnt @iamsrk @gaurikhan @_GauravVerma #PatrickGraham @iamnm @AahanaKumra @ 27 suchitrapillai #Jatin @ sidmenon1. “

Here is the first look of my 2nd Netflix series (horror-thriller)# Bêtaal @NetflixIndia @blumhouse @skglobalent @RedChilliesEnt @iamsrk @gaurikhan @_GauravVerma realized by #PatrickGraham @iamnm | @AahanaKumra @ Jitendrajoshi27 @suchitrapillai #Jatin @ sidmenon1 pic.twitter.com/sRgtxq52BZ

– Viineet Kumar (@ItsViineetKumar) May 5, 2020

Betaal’s story revolves around a remote village, which becomes the battleground between a two-century-old British Indian Army officer, Betaal, his zombie battalion and Indian cops. A special team called CIPD (Counter Insurgency Police Division) is tasked with fighting against the army of the living dead.

Betaal was written and directed by Patrick Graham of Ghoul Fame and co-directed by Nikhil Mahajan. The series was co-produced by Red Chillies Entertainment of Shah Rukh Khan, Gaurav Verma and Netflix. The cast of Betaal includes Vineet Kumar, Aahana Kumra, Suchitra Pillai, Siddharth Menon, Jitendra Joshi, Manjiri Pupala and Syna Anand.

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