The primary 4 episodes of the online sequence Showtime dropped in the present day on Disney+ Hotstar. The Karan Johar-produced present has caught consideration because it makes an attempt to indicate the darkish secrets and techniques of the Bollywood movie trade. Whereas the present delivers on this entrance, it additionally has a number of different surprises. Bollywood Hungama has realized that the present boasts of a number of cameos by distinguished members of the movie trade. The truth is, it may very well be the best ever for a Hindi net sequence.
REVEALED: From Dharmendra to Janhvi Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi’s net sequence Showtime has a RECORD variety of cameos
A number of the distinguished actors who’ve a particular look in Showtime are Janhvi Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi. Then, veteran actor Dharmendra makes his net debut-of-sorts with a particular look on this present. And that’s not all. Reputed filmmakers like Hansal Mehta, Gurmmeet Singh of Mirzapur fame, Dangal (2016) and Chhichhore (2019) director Nitesh Tiwari and Monica O My Darling (2022) director Vasan Bala additionally seem in essential scenes. Apparently, Vasan is directing Karan’s upcoming movie, Jigra, starring Alia Bhatt. Reputed costume designer Manish Malhotra can be seen in a scene.
The makers additionally go one step forward. For a funeral scene, footage of Neetu Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan, Jeetendra and Prem Chopra from an precise ultimate journey of a real-life movie star has been neatly woven into the narrative. One other distinctive initiative is {that a} movie depicted through the course of the story is Screw Dheela, starring John Abraham and Tamannaah Bhatia. In 2022, Karan Johar launched a movie of this identify, starring Tiger Shroff. It was placed on the backburner as a result of pandemic-related elements.
Showtime stars Emraan Hashmi, Mahima Makwana, Rajeev Khandelwal, Mouni Roy and Shriya Saran in lead roles with Naseeruddin Shah in a supporting position. It’s the story of the son of a well-known producer, who tries to run the family-owned studio on his personal phrases, inflicting friction between the 2. Nonetheless, what provides to the son’s dilemma is when an outsider springs out of nowhere and takes on him.
