Tandoor (web series)

Tandoor is an Indian Hindi-language web series directed by Nivedita Basu. It features Rashami Desai, Tanuj Virwani and Amitriyaan in the lead roles.^{[citation needed]} Loosely inspired from the infamous 1995 real life incident,^[2][3] the series revolves around a married couple whose lives take an unexpected turn when a friend enters into wife's life leading to her murder. The shooting wrapped up in November 2020.^[4] The series released on 23 July 2021 on Voot, MX Player and Ullu App.^[5]

Tandoor
Genre	Crime thriller
Written by	Ribhu Mishra
Directed by	Nivedita Basu
Starring	Rashami Desai Tanuj Virwani
Composers	Ankit Shah Shubhankar Banerjee
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producers	Nivedita Basu Chitra Vakil Sharma Chandni Soni[1]
Production locations	Mumbai, India
Editor	Shlok Bhandari
Original release
Network	MX Player Ullu
Release	23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)

Premise

Based on the spine-chilling Tandoor case in Delhi, the show reconstructs the events before and after the gruesome murder of a woman by her own husband.

Cast and characters

Main

• Rashami Desai as Palak Sahni/Palak Sharma
• Tanuj Virwani as Sahil Sharma
• Amitriyaan as Aiyaaz

Recurring

• Ravi Gossain as Abdul Razzak
• Vijay Kadechkar as Charan Singh
• Sonal Parihar as Rashi
• Kamal Malik as Robert Pereira
• Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Bahubali Mishra
• Yuvraj Haral as DCP Shenoy
• Utkarsh Gaharwar as Kanhaiya Shukla
• Jeevan Shetty as Vijay
• Simran Poojary
• Amber Wasi
• Harshita Bist
• Afsar Adil

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Tandoor Kaand!"	Nivedita Basu	Ribhu Mishra	23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
2	"Pyaar Ya Takraar"	Nivedita Basu	Ribhu Mishra	23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
3	"Pati, Patni Aur Woh?"	Nivedita Basu	Ribhu Mishra	23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
4	"Ladai Ka Nishana"	Nivedita Basu	Ribhu Mishra	23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
5	"Junoon, Ek Saza?"	Nivedita Basu	Ribhu Mishra	23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)

Production

Casting

Tanuj Virwani had been in talks for Tandoor with Nivedita Basu for a long time. Around March 2020 when they were planning to take the next step, lockdown due to COVID-19 was implemented. Things between them picked up again around August–September. Dates at that time became a concern as Virwani was stuck in continuity on another project and Basu needed him to look a certain way. However, due to forced halt on the other project for some reason, he was able to change his look as Basu wanted. So he gained some weight, grew his hair and facial hair for the role.^[6]

On the other hand, Basu had initial plans to cast Rashami Desai for another project. However, Vibhu Agarwal, the CEO of Ullu, was very keen on getting Desai on board for the series.^[7] Upon narration, Desai found the script intriguing and immediately took up the project.^[8]

Filming

The series was originally supposed to be shot in Delhi but due to COVID -19 Pandemic the plan changed and it was entirely shot in Mumbai, India.^[7] The series went on floors soon after the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were lifted in Maharastra and the government gave a green signal for shootings to resume. A stringent shoot of 14 days was planned and executed with a plenty of precautions in order to ensure that COVID-19 stayed at bay from filming sets.^[9] The filming wrapped up in November 2020. Assistant Directors - Jagpreet Khokar, Rahul Dubey, Ravi, Himanshu Singh.

Marketing and release

Rashami Desai unveiled the first poster of Tandoor on 7 March 2021 via her Instagram handle.^[10] The trailer was released on YouTube on 12 July.^[11]

Reception

Ronak Kotecha gave the series 3 stars in his review for The Times of India, and wrote "Tandoor surely grabs your curiosity and manages to build on the suspense. This despite the fact that we know the outcome of the case yet it is exciting to watch the mystery unfold."^[12] Tandoor was also nominated in filmfare OTT 2021 under Best webseries category.

References

1. "Nivedita Basu: A woman's character helps in layering the subject". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
2. "Rashami Desai says her role in web series Tandoor is layered". India Today. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
3. "Tandoor case: Murder most foul". Rediff. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
4. "First look of Tanuj Virwani in his upcoming series Tandoor". The Tribune. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
5. "Coming this March: 8 OTT Releases". Rediff. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
6. Keshri, Shweta (22 March 2021). "Tanuj Virwani says any actor would kill for the character I play in Tandoor". India Today. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
7. "I am happy that Ullu gave us the opportunity with Tandoor, which will be a game-changer: Nivedita Basu". Tellychakkar.com. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
8. "Rashami Desai on Digital Debut in 'Tandoor': It Breaks Away from My Regular TV Work". www.news18.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
9. "Here's how webshow Tandoor was shot, right after the COVID lockdown was lifted". www.mid-day.com. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
10. Service, Tribune News. "First look". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
11. Shweta Keshri (12 July 2021). "Rashami Desai, Tanuj Virwani's Tandoor trailer out. Web series premieres on July 23". India Today. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
12. "Tandoor Season 1 Review: Tandoor relives one of the most chilling crime stories of India", The Times of India, 27 July 2021, retrieved 28 July 2021

External links

• Tandoor at IMDb