State of Siege: 26/11

State of Siege 26/11 documents what happened in 2008 and celebrates the valour of the men in uniform. Based on Sandeep Unnithan's book Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11, the show tries to give a detailed account of what happened during the operation and how our security forces succeeded in saving several lives despite faulty equipment and lack of funds.

As the author of the book, Sandeep Unnithan admits the show takes some creative liberties in order to make it more engaging for the viewers. But, it doesn't deviate much from the book. It doesn't over-dramatise the terror attacks to factor in the patriotism quotient and focuses on the characters without making heroes out of them, even though they are so in real life.

The show, with eight episodes of around 35 minutes each, begins with the politics of sanctioning budget for NSG, who are struggling with funds and dealing with rationing of weapons and ammunition.....

While the concept is engaging, it completely misses on good acting and execution. There is no feel to the scenes be it when there are killing happening or those patriotic scenes. Technically, Dialogues are way too simplistic, acting is average and props like guns, beard etc. look fake from a mile. NSG casting was average and was not represented correctly like their uniform, Their hair could have definitely been shorter

I think this a low budget series hence gets impacted on technicalities.

The eight episode series unravels the untold stories and is a true to account narrative of the various events that turned into the prolonged terror siege of Mumbai on 26th November 2008. The recently launched State of Siege: 26/11 is receiving rave reviews and stars Arjan Bajwa, Arjun Bijlani, Vivek Dahiya, Mukul Dev and other talented actors and is produced by Abhimanyu Singh of Contiloe Pictures, based on Sandeep Unnithan's bestseller Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11.

Show takes it peak from Episode 5. Episode 1-4 is just politics and pushing propoganda. Real story starts from episode 5.