EXCLUSIVE: The Indian adaptation of Monk has found its lead detective.
Ram Kapoor, one of India’s leading actors who has starred in series including Kasamh Se and Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, will play Armaan Mistry in the series, which is being made for Disney+ Hotstar.
Armaan Mistry is ostensibly the Indian version of Tony Shalhoub’s Adrian Monk, who worked with the San Francisco Police Department on unconventional cases.
Mona Singh (Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin) plays ACP Sehmat Siddiqui, while Shikha Talsania (Wake Up Sid) and Kshitish Date (Mulshi Pattern) also star. Watch the trailer below.
Mistry will premiere on June 27 on the streaming service, which is also known as JioHotstar locally. It is produced by Banijay Asia in association with Universal International Studios and directed by Rishab Seth.
It marks the first adaptation of the series, about a detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder, in
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