ISLAMABAD: Netflix, the world’s leading video-streaming network, has reportedly approved its first-ever original web series from Pakistan.
Taking to Twitter, journalist Hasan Kazmi claimed that the streaming giant has green-lighted its first original Pakistani project and allocated a big budget for the same.
While official details about the project are yet to be known, Hasan Kazmi claimed that the series is set to have three seasons with 13 episodes each, however, the authenticity of the claim remains unverified.
#BreakingNews#Netflix finally approves its first original web series from Pakistan.
3 seasons, 13 episodes each with huge budget.
Details will be shared soon.#NetflixOriginals #Pakistan #Webseries— Hasan Kazmi (@hasankazmi_) February 19, 2022
No other details are known; however, Pakistani twitter is already excited about the possibility.
Congratulations. Pakistan reaches Netflix, finally. I hopw the best content is produced. We surely have a lot of talent. https://t.co/1fc2Xs7Edj
— Mean (@poweredbymama) February 19, 2022
This is great news. Netflix finally commissioning content from Pakistan 👏🏼 https://t.co/R90CX57mzY
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) February 19, 2022
The Pakistani feature films currently available on Netflix are: Teefa in Trouble, Janaan, Chalay Thay Saath, Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay, Pinky Memsaab, Cake, Balu Mahi, 7 Din Mohabbat In, Saawan, Abdullah: The Final Witness, Rangreza, Pari, Dukhtar, Chupan Chupai, Moor.
There are also two animated movies: Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor, a film for children by Uzair Zaheer Khan, and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Sitara on child marriages in Pakistan. The four drama serials that made it to the platform are: Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Khaani, Humsafar, and Sadqay Tumhare.
