Trailer: India's 24

It's the trailer for the Indian remake of Fox's iconic action-thriller TV drama 24, which is itself coming back as an 'event series' next summer. Bizarrely, this Hindi-language remake stars Bollywood legend Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire) in Kiefer Sutherland's lead role; an actor who played President Omar Hassan in the original's final season. I don't speak Hindi, but the embedded trailer appears to be a straight remake of 24's first season -- right? I wonder if the long-term plan is to continue in that vein, or if they'll create their own original stories going forward...

Anyway, I just thought it was worth highlighting this promo. It's surprisingly rare that a big-budget US drama gets remade in this way; as most English-speaking countries see little need to create a native version of a US hit, or don't have the finances to do a comparable version, and non-English viewers are accustomed to dubs or subtitles on imported entertainment.

The Indian 24 premieres on the country's Colors channel later this month. I'm hoping Kiefer Sutherland will be persuaded to cameo as a US Ambassador one day, or something...