Selection Day (TV series)

*Selection Day*
Selection Day
	Poster
Created by	Marston Bloom
Based on	Selection Day; by Aravind Adiga
Written by	Marston Bloom; Karan Agarwal
Directed by	Udayan Prasad; Karan Boolani;
Starring	Mohammad Samad; Yash Dholye; Karanvir Malhotra; Rajesh Tailang; Mahesh Manjrekar; Ratna Pathak Shah; Shiv Panditt; Akshay Oberoi; Parul Gulati; Amruta Subhash
Composer	Shashwat Sachdev
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1 (2 parts)
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producers	Anil Kapoor; Anand Tucker;
Production location	India
Production companies	Anil Kapoor Films & Communication Network; Seven Stories Ltd.;
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	28 December 2018

Selection Day is an Indian sports drama television series, based on Aravind Adiga's 2016 novel of the same name.^[1] Produced by Anil Kapoor and Anand Tucker, and adapted for television by Marston Bloom (with Hindi Dialogues by Sumit Arora) it stars Mohammad Samad, Yash Dholye, Karanvir Malhotra, Rajesh Tailang, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Shiv Panditt, Parul Gulati, Amruta Subhash and Akshay Oberoi. The series follows the life of two brothers Radha and Manju who are raised by their cricket obsessed father and meet their rival Javed.^[2] The first six episodes of Selection Day premiered on 28 December 2018 on Netflix.^[3] Part 2, consisting of another set of six episodes, was premiered on 19 April 2019.^[4]

Plot

Radha and Manjunath are two brothers who have been trained by their father to become the next great pair of cricket batsmen. After toying with the bowling attacks of their local village teams, their father decides it is time for them to move to Mumbai and hope to be selected to play in domestic leagues in the upcoming selection season.

Cast

Mohammad Samad as Manju Kumar
Yash Dholye as Radha Kumar
Karanvir Malhotra as Javed Ansari
Rajesh Tailang as Mohan Kumar
Mahesh Manjrekar as Tommy Sir
Ratna Pathak Shah as Nellie
Shiv Panditt as Lord Subramanyam
Akshay Oberoi as Anand Mehta
Vipashyana Dubey as Zoya
Parul Gulati as Monica Tandon
Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Gulshan
Pakhi Gupta as Sophia
Amruta Subhash as Meera
Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Panther's Coach

Episodes

Series overview
Season	Episodes		Originally released
Part 1	6		December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
Part 2	6		April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[5]
Part 1
1	1	"Episode 1"	Udayan Prasad	Marston Bloom	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
2	2	"Episode 2"	Udayan Prasad	Marston Bloom	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
3	3	"Episode 3"	Udayan Prasad	Marston Bloom	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
4	4	"Episode 4"	Udayan Prasad	Marston Bloom	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
5	5	"Episode 5"	Udayan Prasad	Marston Bloom	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
6	6	"Episode 6"	Udayan Prasad	Marston Bloom	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
Part 2
7	1	"Episode 7"	Karan Boolani	Marston Bloom & Karan Agarwal	April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
8	2	"Episode 8"	Karan Boolani	Marston Bloom & Karan Agarwal	April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
9	3	"Episode 9"	Karan Boolani	Marston Bloom & Karan Agarwal	April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
10	4	"Episode 10"	Karan Boolani	Marston Bloom	April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
11	5	"Episode 11"	Karan Boolani	Marston Bloom	April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
12	6	"Episode 12"	Karan Boolani	Marston Bloom	April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)

Marketing

The series was announced in August 2017.^[6] A 16-second teaser was released on 8 October 2018.^[7]

References

^ "Netflix announces original series Selection Day". The Indian Express. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ Mirwani, Saniya (9 November 2018). "'Selection Day' Teaser: Netflix Promises a Gripping Cricket Drama". The Quint. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ "Netflix sets December date for web series 'Selection Day'". Scroll.in. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ "Selection Day Part 2". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Selection Day – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Ramachandran, Naman (3 August 2017). "Netflix Announces India Originals 'Selection Day' and 'Again'". Variety. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ Arora, Akhil. "Netflix Indian Original Series Selection Day Gets December Release Date". NDTV. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

External links

Selection Day at IMDb

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[1] "Netflix announces original series Selection Day". The Indian Express. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[2] Mirwani, Saniya (9 November 2018). "'Selection Day' Teaser: Netflix Promises a Gripping Cricket Drama". The Quint. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[3] "Netflix sets December date for web series 'Selection Day'". Scroll.in. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[4] "Selection Day Part 2". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

[TFC-5] "Selection Day – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

[6] Ramachandran, Naman (3 August 2017). "Netflix Announces India Originals 'Selection Day' and 'Again'". Variety. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[7] Arora, Akhil. "Netflix Indian Original Series Selection Day Gets December Release Date". NDTV. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

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