Homeland TV series to be adapted for Indian audience
The show, which has found a wide audience in India, too, is in fact a remake of the Israeli TV series, titled Hatufim (Prisoners of War). Now, Star network has purchased the rights to the original series to remake it for Indian television. To adapt it for the medium, they have brought on board filmmaker Nikhil Advani.
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The Indian version, it is learnt, will depict the character of Brody as an Indian agent held prisoner of war in Pakistan. In the wake of the recent Pathankot attacks, the series might take off well but it remains to be seen if it will be able to tread the fine line and not make Muslims, a minority already feeling insecure, seem like villains.