Naagin--36 episodes series **UPDATED with Ekta's Interview by E24**

Ekta's Interview by E24...She herself said that Naagin is a 36 episodes series...have a look into that specific Q&A:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxbpjYEueY[/YOUTUBE]

Article...Ekta's Interview...main part in bold😛

She is known for her saas-bahu sagas, but producer Ekta Kapoor now wishes to adapt American series "Scandal" on Indian television.

Starring Hollywood actress Kerry Washington, "Scandal" is a political thriller TV series.

Washingtons character, Olivia Pope, is said to be partially based on former George HW Bush administration press aide Judy Smith, who serves as a co-executive producer.

"I would love to adapt Scandal where the actress falls in love with the President. We also have a single Prime Minister. So, I think that would be a superb thing to do. I dont think it is happening in the future yet but that is something I would love to do one day," Ekta told PTI.

Many American shows/sitcoms are getting adapted here, nowadays, and the Balaji Telefilms creative director feels such series can achieve success only if they are Indianised.

"I think a story needs to be solid whether it is Indian or Western, adapted or not and the story-telling should be amazing.

"Honestly, stories from the West or South-Asia or any part of the world will get adaptation only if they are told with conviction and given a local flavour. And this will be the strength of the producer and content-maker."

The TV mogul is back with a new show "Naagin", which is a mystical thriller series. Ekta said she wanted to re-introduce the concept of Naagin to the viewers.

"I think this concept of Naagin, this folklore is what our culture has given birth to. This is probably our legacy as far as folklore is concerned. The idea was to capture it. We wanted to upgrade the visuals but keep the story rooted," she said.

"Naagin" is a limited series of 36 episodes, a departure from long-running daily soaps and Ekta said she did not want to stretch the drama as it airs on weekends.

"It is a weekend show, it cant be boring and cannot go on and on... It has to be interesting. It is a complete hardcore, masaledaar show. I feel it is good to tell the story in limited time so that the audience remembers your work," she said.

When asked if limited series will be a way forward for Balaji Telefilms, Ekta said, that would depend on the success of "Naagin".

The show, starring Mouni Roy, Arjun Bijlani and Adaa Khan, airs on Colors.

direct link:http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/i-want-to-remake-scandal-on-indian-tv-ekta-kapoor/

Originally posted by: Lamhe89

tfs

36 episode it better be worth it every single moment and scene ekta. i don't want the same crap nonsense i want twist and mystery stuff. surprising is what i am looking forward to ekta. i want shivanya and sesha to plot against the family. let them win the game rather the creating problem among themselves. i want a different and exciting story not the same old love story and villain in the middle nonsense please we have seen that over and over like a broken record. this is the time to do something better and powerpack. each episode has to live up to our expectation then will it be called a naagin show.

Originally posted by: asmaanixx

"I feel it is good to tell the story in limited time so that the audience remembers your work" << anyone else find this extremely hilarious coming from her? 😆

"It is a weekend show, it cant be boring and cannot go on and on... It has to be interesting...again as far i can interpret she indirectly meant weekdays shows are boring especially when unnecessary stretched and carried on for years...she understands show becomes boring when extended without any logic, but still herself have made so many such shows and still doing it...what an irony

Originally posted by: Chang93

me too😲 ..apart from above epic line from her...following are also noteworthy😆

Ekta said she did not want to stretch the drama as it airs on weekends...i still can't understand what she meant by this line...did she meant that stretching show like a rubber on weekdays is correct without any sense of doing it but on weekends it's not right😆😆

"It is a weekend show, it cant be boring and cannot go on and on... It has to be interesting...again as far i can interpret she indirectly meant weekdays shows are boring especially when unnecessary stretched and carried on for years...she understands show becomes boring when extended without any logic, but still herself have made so many such shows and still doing it...what an irony

Originally posted by: --Sanchu--

what she meant was on weekends people have more stuff to do, weekends are more dynamic, and naturally if u don't serve good interesting stuff on weekends people will not watch the show. every episode will have to have something good to watch out for.

weekdays are in general much slower...so same old tracks can go on and on...😆