Commander Karan Saxena
, an action thriller series, which will have
Gurmeet Choudhary
essaying the lead role will soon release on an OTT platform. The series is adapted from novelist and screenwriter
Amit Khan
's book series Commander Karan Saxena.
Amit Khan said, "It was in 1992-93, when around 4-5 of my novels of Karan Saxena were published. The novels were liked by our readers.
But one day, my publisher told me, 'Amit ji, readers have started asking for books by your name. People should ask for Karan Saxena and not the author. People know the character names 'James Bond' and 'Sherlock Holmes,' but fewer people know the authors. For this reason, I have reduced the font size of my name on the book cover. Today, seeing Commander Karan Saxena being adapted into a series makes me feel happier like a father feels when his son becomes more successful than him."
Amit further shared, "Thirty-two years ago, when I used to write Commander Karan Saxena novels, there was no internet, and I used to write about Commander’s international missions. At that time, maps of different cities and countries around the world helped me write the book. From these maps, I would describe the streets and neighborhoods of different cities. Additionally, to gather information about countries and the world, I used to read a lot of literature about their cultures. This is how the novel was conceptualised. Today, research has become much easier thanks to Google."
Apart from Gurmeet Choudhary,
Iqbal Khan
and Ruta Durgule have also played important roles in this series. Amit Khan has millions of readers on Pratilipi. Besides this, his 'Rita Sanyal' series is quite popular with 22 novels published. The web series 'Bichhoo Ka Khel,' based on his novel, was adapted into a web series and produced by
Ekta Kapoor
.
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