Hiba Nawab and Vishal Karwal to feature in Indian version of Game Of Thrones

The Star Plus adaptation of Game of Thrones will have massive GFX. The channel is ensuring the quality matches the international standards that 'Game of Thrones' has set worldwide

By Shweta Mahesh
Published: November 18, 2016 9:48 AM IST

EXCLUSIVE: Hiba Nawab returns to TV this time as a queen on Star Plus' new show with Vishal Karwal and that would be an Indian adaptation of Games Of Thrones. Indian TV shows always seem to taken inspiration from popular international shows and after adapting Homeland, Star Plus is gearing to adapt 'Game of Thrones' . Also Read - Sophie Turner finds love in British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson after split from Joe Jonas?

The show is tentatively been called King's Daughter though the title will change to a filmi name soon. The pilot of the show is currently been shot in Mumbai. The show is been produced by Vivek Behl, Nisaar Parwez and Aalim Srivastava as a joint venture. Also Read - Joe Jones, Sophie Turner officially confirm separation; the singer caught the actress on 'ring camera'?

The American TV series is very popular in Indian audience as well and people watch all the seasons and episodes online. Its a fantasy show with interesting twists and turns that makes it appealing for Indian audience. Earlier Vikas Gupta was also adapting game of Thrones called 'Rani Mahal' for Sony TV. The show had a star cast of Sakshi Tanwar, Path Samthan , Reena Roy and Anita Hassnandani. But the project was later scrapped over creative differences . But it seems Star Plus has picked up what Sony TV left.
'Game of Thrones' is a fantasy drama series that is very popular worldwide and since the time the show premiered in 2011 has been a runaway hit in all its seasons. It airs on HBO in US and is currently showing the 8th season. The show had an ensemble cast and the series was shot in scenic locations of Europe. Also Read - Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas headed for a divorce? Internet has a major emotional meltdown [VIEW REACTIONS]

For the Indian version the story has been adapted to Indian characters .Hiba Nawab will be playing the daughter of the king and Vishal will play the warrior. A huge set has been erected at Mumbai film city where the shooting is happening.

This is Hiba Nawab 's second show after Meri Sasu Maa. Hiba made her debut with Channel V 's 'Crazy Stupid Ishq' and went on to play Amaya in Star Plus show 'Tere Shehar Mein'. After the unsuccessful show wrapped up last year she returned with Zee TV 's 'Meri Sasu Maa' with Pearl Puri as the lead. The show could not rate well on TRPS and was in news for Hiba's affair with pearl.

While Vishal Karwal will also return to Tv after a long time since he was seen last in Jamai Raja. He was recently seen in Vikram Bhatts film '1920-Evil Returns' With Meera Chopra and Sharman Joshi. Vishal started with career with reality shows like Roadies and Splitsvilla and made his fiction debut with Bhagyavidhata. Later on he did shows like Pratha and Dwarakadheesh. The big turn of his life was doing Big Boss 6 where he was linked with model Karishma Kotak. Later he did cameos in shows like Rang Rasiya and Jamai Raja but has not played a main lead role. So this show will be his comeback as a main lead after a really long time.

The Star Plus adaptation of Game of Thrones will have massive GFX and colorful sets and costumes and the channel is ensuring the quality matches the international standards that 'Game of Thrones' has set worldwide.

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ByShweta Mahesh
Published: November 18, 2016 9:48 AM IST