The Final Call (TV series)
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| Genre | Serial drama Thriller Philosophy[1] |
| Based on | I Will Go with You by Priya Kumar |
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| Directed by | Vijay Lalwani |
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rakesh Bhagwani |
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| Production location | India |
| Cinematography | Yiannis Manolopoulos |
| Editor | Nitesh Bhatia |
| Running time | 40 minutes approx |
| Production company | JAR Pictures |
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| Network | ZEE5 |
| Release | 22 February – 22 March 2019 |
The Final Call is a 2019 Indian web television thriller series based on 2015 novel I Will Go with You by Priya Kumar. Directed by Vijay Lalwani, it centres around the passengers of a flight from Mumbai to Sydney whose lives are endangered after the captain decides to commit suicide on board. Starring Arjun Rampal, Neeraj Kabi, Sakshi Tanwar, Harshad Arora‚ Anupriya Goenka, Javed Jaffrey, Paula McGlynn, Anshuman Malhotra and Vipin Sharma, The Final Call premiered on the online streaming platform ZEE5 on 22 February 2019. In a Press meet author Priya Kumar stated that she is also writing the season 2 of The Final Call.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Arjun Rampal as Captain Karan Sachdev, a pilot who was a Wing commander in the Indian Air Force.
- Neeraj Kabi as V. Krishnamurthi
- Harshad Arora as Abhimanyu Sahai
- Javed Jaffrey as Siddharth Singhaniya
- Anupriya Goenka as Parineeta "Pari"
- Sakshi Tanwar as ATC Kiran Mirza[3]
- Vipin Sharma as ATS Chief Kale
- Meenal Kapoor as Editor in chief Shalini
- Paula McGlynn as Sarah Parker
- Anshuman Malhotra as Dhruv Sehgal[4]
- Vineet Sharma as Jaikrit Tyagi
- Sulabha Arya as Dhruv's grandmother
- Lydia Backhouse as Giselle
- Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues as Thakur
Filming
[edit]The series was filmed in Kashmir, Kochi, Thailand and London.[1][5] Some portions of the show were shot in London on the same set of a plane where the 2016 film Sully was shot.[6] Rampal took several flight simulation classes for the role.[7] It was earlier titled Row No. 26.[8]
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Pilot" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 February 2019 |
| 2 | 2 | "Off Communication" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 February 2019 |
| 3 | 3 | "Power Of Force" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 February 2019 |
| 4 | 4 | "Do You Copy?" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 February 2019 |
| 5 | 5 | "Thunder Cloud" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 March 2019 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Journey That Matter" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 March 2019 |
| 7 | 7 | "Change In Plan" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 March 2019 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Finale" | Vijay Lalwani | Vijay Lalwani | 22 March 2019 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Vijay Lalwani helms Arjun Rampal's ZEE5 original titled 'The Final Call'". DNA India. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "The Final Call Season 2 web series movie film Cast Trailer Release Date Story Review - Zee5". Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Sakshi Tanwar: We are breaking a lot of stereotypes in The Final Call". The Indian Express. 22 March 2019.
- ^ "'Splitsvilla XI' fame Anshuman Malhotra to share screen space with Arjun Rampal for Zee5's 'Final Call'". DNA India.
- ^ "Arjun Rampal to make his digital debut with The Final Call". The Indian Express. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Bandyopadhyay, Bohni (22 February 2019). "The Final Call: Arjun Rampal Shot In the Same Cockpit As Tom Hanks In Sully". CNN-News18. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Vasudevan, Aishwarya (22 February 2019). "Exclusive: Arjun Rampal gets candid on all things ZEE5's 'The Final Call'". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Priya Kumar's novel I Will Go With You to be adapted into a Zee5 web series". Scroll.in. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- The Final Call on ZEE5
- The Final Call at IMDb