Nikkhil Advani 's Freedom At Midnight traces the days leading up to the India-Pakistan partition in 1947, and he says he was prepared to receive polarising feedback for the series which tries to turmoil inside the political rooms. ( Also read : Freedom at Midnight review: Nikkhil Advani's sprawling, layered show is India's answer to The Crown ) Vivek Agnihotri criticised Nikkhil for allegedly "whitewashing" history in the series, which streams on SonyLIV, accusing him of distorting the truth. In an interview with Hindustan Times, before the release of the show, he talks about it all.
On mixed response to show Freedom at Midnight is an epic political thriller that vividly captures the dramatic and defining events surrounding India's independence in 1947. The show stars Sidhant Gupta as former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the lead. It is about the struggle for independence and the religious and socio-political dynamics of the era and closely looks at the partition.
“When you are making something like Freedom At Midnight, there will be opposing points of view,” Nikkhil tells us, adding, “I'm sure there are experts who know more about the partition and days leading to independence. And they will have some point of opinion”. Here, he asserts, “What we have tried to do is just stick to the events that took place between August 16, 1946 to January 30, 1948, which are indisputable.
These events took place in history. We have just followed events and tried to take the .
