Sevak: The Confessions is a Pakistani action thriller web series directed by Anjum Shahzad and is originally streaming on Vidly. The series released weekly on the platform with the first episode being released on 26 November 2022. It stars an ensemble cast of Hajra Yamin, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Adnan Jaffar, Nayyar Ejaz, Nazarul Hassan and Ammara Malik. Set in India, the series claims to be based on true events from 1984 (1984 anti-Sikh riots) to 2022 about purported human rights violations by Hindutva groups in India, including in Punjab and religious and caste-related violence and also portrays conspiracy theories regarding the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, 2008 Ahmedabad bombings and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Cast
Hajra Yamin as Vidya (based on Gauri Lankesh)
Mohsin Abbas Haider as Diljeet Singh (based on Deep Sidhu)
Adnan Jaffar as Inspector Karkaray
Nayyar Ejaz as Swami Ji
Nazarul Hassan as Manu
Ali Ammar as Junaid Khan
Fahad Hashmi as Vinayak
Bushra Yasmin as Pragya Thakur
Ammara Malik as Dilpreet
Carl Von Urban as Graham Stains
Production
Release
The first teaser of the series was released in early November 2022 and the first episode was released on 26 November 2022 on Vidly. The series has eight episodes.
On 12 December 2022, India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banned the web series along with Vidly as it portrayed "a distorted version of sensitive historical events pertaining to India."