Black Warrant: Confessions of a Former Tihar Jailer written by retired jailer Sunil Gupta along with journalist Sunetra Choudhury has been making waves for months now. The tell-all account of the prison warden where some of the most high profile prisoners of India are lodged was also in the news for Gupta’s stirring interviews, where he said he cried when Afzal Guru was hanged in Tihar.
Gupta’s story, which touched many who watched his interviews, will soon make it to our screens.
“After an intense bidding war the film/scripted series rights have been jointly acquired by Andolan Films — the production company run by director Vikramaditya Motwane, showrunner of Nextflix’s first Indian original Sacred Games – and Confluence Media the platform agnostic media startup founded by award-winning writer-journalist Josy Joesph,” an official statement read.
Somebody pinch me- @VikramMotwane of #SacredGames and #Udaan fame is bringing our little book #BlackWarrant to the screen! Say whaaaat!! https://t.co/8q1nnsTfQ2
— sunetra choudhury (@sunetrac) June 5, 2020
Sacred Games was also an adaptation of an eponymous 2006 book by author Vikram Chandra.
