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Porus", a new television show attempting to open an unexplored chapter of history on screen, has grand sets spread over 9 acres of land here, an army of people working day and night, and a story executed by some of the celebrated talents of the industry. The team is set to offer a visual treat to the audience.
The story of the show revolves around the journey of King Porus of the Paurava kingdom who fought against Alexander the Great in the Battle of the Hydaspes.
Director of photography Kabir Lal and art director Amit Sen took select media here on a tour of the sets to explore the world of "Porus". The set is divided into five different kingdoms with separate colour palettes -- Taxila Rashtra, Paurava Rashtra, Dasyu Rajya, Macedonia and Persia.
Sen told IANS: "The conceptualization of the whole set had started three years back. I sat together with 35 designers and brainstormed to create the world of 'Porus'. The pre-production started a year ago, and we took around 7 months to construct the set.
"We played with the idea that the whole area WAS dug out of a mountain, so it is rounded in shape. So it has a cave shape, but at the same time, we have tried to capture the nuanced beauty of our ancient culture."
The art direction team made over 250 drafts of sketches before zeroing in on the final draft.
"A lot of redesigning and resketching happened in the process because producer Siddharth Kumar Tewary was very focused from the beginning that we are going to achieve a grander set that the Indian television has never seen before."
'Porus': New show to set bar higher for historicals on TV
Read it whole. Something big is coming.
The story of the show revolves around the journey of King Porus of the Paurava kingdom who fought against Alexander the Great in the Battle of the Hydaspes.
Director of photography Kabir Lal and art director Amit Sen took select media here on a tour of the sets to explore the world of "Porus". The set is divided into five different kingdoms with separate colour palettes -- Taxila Rashtra, Paurava Rashtra, Dasyu Rajya, Macedonia and Persia.
Sen told IANS: "The conceptualization of the whole set had started three years back. I sat together with 35 designers and brainstormed to create the world of 'Porus'. The pre-production started a year ago, and we took around 7 months to construct the set.
"We played with the idea that the whole area WAS dug out of a mountain, so it is rounded in shape. So it has a cave shape, but at the same time, we have tried to capture the nuanced beauty of our ancient culture."
The art direction team made over 250 drafts of sketches before zeroing in on the final draft.
"A lot of redesigning and resketching happened in the process because producer Siddharth Kumar Tewary was very focused from the beginning that we are going to achieve a grander set that the Indian television has never seen before."
'Porus': New show to set bar higher for historicals on TV
Read it whole. Something big is coming.
Featuring Laksh Lalwani, Rohit Purohit, Rati Pandey, Aditya Redij, Praneet Bhat, "Porus" will be aired on Sony Entertainment Television tentatively in mid-November.
'Porus': New show to set bar higher for historicals on TV - Times of India
