The Waking of a Nation teaser: Ram Madhvani set to explore the Jallianwala Bagh ‘conspiracy’ in new show

The teaser starts with a glimpse of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, cutting to a court scene where Taaruk Raina as Kantilal grapples with racism, erasure, and the fight for truth, calling the episode a “British conspiracy”. Kantilal along with his childhood companions unravels the conspiracy.

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Speaking about the show, the actor said, “I have always been deeply interested in colonialism and, by extension, the issues of racism and prejudice. Questions surrounding cultural, linguistic, social, and artistic colonization have long troubled me. As I was contemplating my next project, I knew it had to be rooted in our past, in the British Raj, and in our freedom struggle. That’s when the idea for The Waking of a Nation came to life.”

The show will combine a courtroom drama with the powerful story of three friends and how India became India.

The show is created, directed and produced by Ram Madhvani under his banner Ram Madhvani Films banner. Apart from Taaruk Raina, the show also stars, Nikita Dutta, Sahil Mehta, Bhawsheel Singh, Alex Reece, and Paul McEwan, among others.

The show is written by Shantanu Srivastava, Shatrujeet Nath and Ram Madhvani.