Following is the first glance of the upcoming series titled ‘Choona’ starring Jimmy Sheirgill, along with other interesting facts about its conspiracy. Filmmaker Pushpendra Nath Misra on Wednesday announced his upcoming Netflix series Choona, starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Namit Das, and Monika Panwar. The show will mark the Ghoomketu director into the long-form series format.

A heist comedy-drama, Choona follows an unlikely group of people who band together to take down a common enemy, a corrupt politician who has wronged them, using ‘Jugaad’ as their only weapon. The ensemble cast also includes Aashim Gulati, Vikram Kochhar, Gyanendra Tripathi, Chandan Roy, Atul Srivastava, and Niharika Lyra Dutt.


About the show, Pushpendra Nath Misra said, “What comes to your mind when you hear the word Choona? For me, it is the quintessentially Indian flavor of ‘Choona Lagana’ deceiving someone.”Choona starring Jimmy Sheirgill to be released on Netflix. 

The official Twitter handle of Netflix India has formally introduced the upcoming project and shared one of its initial posters. The poster gives off an intense look, as Sheirgill and the rest of the cast members sport a somber expression on their faces. They have also shared a small phrase hinting at the theme of the series which reads, ‘The hustle is real. Don’t be fooled. While the first look of the series has been made public, not much has been revealed about what to expect from it.

The excitement of discovering who deceived whom and how they did it is incomparable, especially when it’s the weak pitted against the powerful. No synonym can do justice to this feeling. Since we are all about the drama and rooting for the underdogs,” the director said.

Pushpendra Nath said,” the show is the perfect blend of the heist genre with the “lightness of a comedy”. “Put this together with amazingly talented actors in a long-form series format, and you get ‘Choona’.