When an entitled Prince Charming meets a startup whiz, you know it’s going to be fireworks! Will their ambitions crash, worlds collide or even ignite an unexpected love story? The Royals is the first project from Netflix and Pritish Nandy Communications that began with the palaces and ended up in boardrooms. The modern Indian royalty rom-com series is anchored by the undeniable chemistry between Bhumi Pednekar making her debut on series and Ishaan Khatter.
Netflix announces The Royals: Bhumi Pednekar to romance Ishaan Khatter, Nora Fatehi and Zeenat Aman set to make OTT debut, take a look at cast.
Rangita and Ishita Pritish Nandy produced it while Pritish Nandy directed it. “The Royals being our very first with Netflix had to be just the right blend of coming-of-age-India, Gen Z storytelling and feisty fun! There is the inevitable romance of old royalty; monarchs without crowns – pragmatism of ancient rule versus dreams of today’s start-up warriors who’d rather live in garrets than rule kingdoms. Sparks fly when these 2 worlds clash. It was good fun making this for us! We’ve always felt that Netflix genuinely supports inspiring content creators who come up with something new. We’re excited about joining their family so that we can share our version of girl-meets-boy tale- but this time around she’s a maharaja (king) and he’s aamkumari (commoner) –with audiences worldwide.”
Priyanka Ghose has directed it alongside Nupur Asthana, so this appears like a landmark piece on contemporary romance. This will include none other than Zeenat Aman appearing on screens again after a long break in her career as well as marking her entry into Netflix world. The rest in ensemble are Sakshi Tanwar, Nora Fatehi, Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Chunky Panday, Vihaan Samat, Kavya Trehan, Sumukhi Suresh, Udit Arora, Lisa Mishra and Luke Kenny.
“Everyone loves a good love story,” comments Tanya Bami, Series Head at Netflix India. “The Royals is a modern-day regal romance with a spectacular setting and a dazzling cast. We can’t wait for our members to be enthralle by this exciting contemporary fairy tale with a generous dose of wit and humour – signature to Rangita & Ishita Nandy. It’s been an amazing journey to develop our first project with them and our stunning cast led by the ever-so-gorgeous Bhumi, a very charming Ishaan Khattar and a gregarious cameo by Zeenat Amaan. We can’t wait to bring you this treat soon.”
This show has all the ingredients needed for binge-watching –a combination of love stories involving royalties who fight over power; ambitions that drive such people into insane decisions that might destroy their own families among others. Treat yourself to Netflix’s newest roller coaster ride filled with laughter, love with ‘The Royals’ royal repartees.
