Vidya Balan and her 10 suspects revealed!
Ahead of its trailer launch, in a first-of-its- kind initiative, makers of the murder-mystery Neeyat release film’s teaser and introduce 11 characters in a single day
Neeyat features a stellar ensemble cast led by Vidya Balan and including Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Amrita Puri, Dipannita Sharma, Niki Walia, Shashank Arora, Prajakta Koli and Danesh Razvi.
NATIONAL, 21st June, 2023: Vidya Balan’s much awaited theatrical release, Neeyat gave a sneak peek into its world of mystery. Ahead of its trailer launch tomorrow, the makers unveiled an intriguing teaser and 11 posters of the movie’s primary characters introducing us to Vidya Balan’s character, detective Mira Rao and the 10 suspects. While the teaser gives us a preview into the enigmatic world of the murder-mystery, each of the posters paint an alluring image of the characters, raising immense anticipation for the trailer.
The classic whodunnit is directed by Anu Menon who last directed Vidya Balan in the 2020 superhit ‘Shakuntala Devi’, based on the life and times of the lady known as the human computer. Anu Menon’s recent directing credits also include multiple episodes of the internationally acclaimed series ‘Killing Eve’. Neeyat has been written by Anu Menon, Priya Venkataraman, Advaita Kala and Girvani Dhyani with dialogues by Kausar Munir.
Produced by the Vikram Malhotra-led Abundantia Entertainment, that also produced Shakuntala Devi, and co-produced by Prime Video, Neeyat narrates a gripping suspense story of an unlikely detective (Vidya Balan) who investigates a mysterious murder at a billionaire’s party where nothing is what it seems and all suspects hide a secret or two.
Neeyat releases only in theatres, 7th July 2023.
Link to teaser: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671367612356501505?cxt=HHwWgoDR-Z7_8bEuAAAA
The links for the posters are given below:
Vidya Balan: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671382606687125506?cxt=HHwWhIDStYPo-LEuAAAA
Ram Kapoor: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671402818497032193
Niki Walia: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671401895880183808?cxt=HHwWgMDSjefKgbIuAAAA
Rahul Bose: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671390093326823424?cxt=HHwWgMDRneeb_LEuAAAA
Shahana Goswami: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671392660110864385?cxt=HHwWgsDToZux_bEuAAAA
Prajakta Kohli: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671393968687550464?cxt=HHwWgMDQ9bD9_bEuAAAA
Neeraj Kabi: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671395432583532544?cxt=HHwWgMDQ5cvS_rEuAAAA
Dipannita Sharma: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671396657282580481?cxt=HHwWgoDUwfCZ_7EuAAAA
Amrita Puri: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671398217320398848?cxt=HHwWgIDU2df0_7EuAAAA
Shashank Arora: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671399329045835779?cxt=HHwWhsDT2bK1gLIuAAAA
Danesh Razvi: https://twitter.com/Abundantia_Ent/status/1671400281081544704?cxt=HHwWgIDU9efsgLIuAAAA
About Abundantia Entertainment
Founded in 2013 by Vikram Malhotra (formerly, COO – Viacom18 Motion Pictures), Abundantia Entertainment is India’s premier content company focused on developing and producing progressive, insight-based and uniquely Indian stories for a global audience.
Operating across film and streaming platforms, Abundantia Entertainment boasts of critically acclaimed and commercial hits like Baby, Airlift, Toilet – Ek Prem Katha, Shakuntala Devi, Sherni, Chhorii and Jalsa along with the action-adventure film, Ram Setu, starring Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandes, Nushrratt Bharuccha and Satya Dev. The company has an exciting slate of films in the pipeline, top-lined by the Hindi remake of Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru, Sukhee with Shilpa Shetty in the lead, the sequel to the successful, genre-defining horror film, Chhorii, the remake of critically acclaimed film, Angamaly Diaries and a murder-mystery, ‘Neeyat’ by the Shakuntala Devi director, Anu Menon with an ensemble cast led by Vidya Balan.
Abundantia Entertainment was a pioneer creator in the streaming world with its Amazon Original, ‘Breathe’ in 2018. This was followed by its much-loved second season, Breathe: Into The Shadows, which also marked the digital debut of movie stars Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menen and brought back Amit Sadh from the first season. The recently released, new season of Breathe: Into The Shadows was a huge hit amongst the critics and audiences globally. Its all-women-led ensemble ‘Hush Hush’ brought yesteryear super stars, Juhi Chawla and Ayesha Jhulka onto the streaming platform, also released to rave reviews on Prime Video. Exciting content in development as streaming originals includes, an Amazon Original, ‘The End’ marking the streaming debut of superstar Akshay Kumar, a multi-season crime drama, based on the popular ‘Rita Ferreira’ books and the remake of the Israeli hit YA series, ‘The Missing’ and ‘The Hood’. Book adaptations of bestsellers like Flawed, are also being developed.
To focus on high-growth and high-potential segments and genres, Abundantia Entertainment has launched two genre verticals – ‘Psych’ for horror and paranormal and ‘Filters’ for the Young Adult segment and is actively developing content under these.