Khandelwal's most challenging role yet

India's largest video streaming platform, ZEE5, announces its upcoming Original Naxal starring renowned actor Rajeev Khandelwal. The ten episode web series is a fictional account of the protagonist's fightback against a red uprising. Directed by Kunal Kohli, Naxal will be the first web show based on the Naxalite movement.

Naxal is an action-packed web series that alternates between the heavy jungles of Maharashtra and metropolitan cities which increasingly become hotbeds for the Naxal ideology. It is a race against time for Raghav (Rajeev Khandelwal) - a cop, heroic but flawed, to save the country from an imminent, looming threat. The show will also feature two female leads whose names will be announced shortly.

Rajeev Khandelwal shared, `Naxal will deal with an issue that has been around for decades. I think this is a relevant story to tell and is unlike anything you have seen on this subject. For me, personally, this is a role that audiences haven't seen me in at all. It feels great to be working with ZEE5 again.`

On his digital directorial debut, Kunal Kohli said, `Naxal is a subject that has not been explored before in the web space and it has been both challenging and exciting for me as a director. I have been involved in the script writing as well and realised how different it is to create a web show compared to a film. ZEE5 has already established themselves as a leader in the space of Indian originals and I look forward to working with the entire team.`

Produced by GSEAMS (Arjun & Kartik) and directed by Kunal Kohli, Naxal is all set to go on floors from 24th March and will stream in June, exclusively on ZEE5.