The show, headlined by Kajal Aggarwal, is about a television crew that wants to make a reality show and how they get trapped in a haunted house
“I started writing this story back in 2005,” recalls filmmaker Venkat Prabhu, who is making his streaming directorial debut in an over-the-top (OTT) platform with Live Telecast, a seven-episode horror series on Disney+ Hotstar. What was supposed to be his debut as a film director was put on hold after his friend and film producer S.P.B Charan said that it would not be feasible budget-wise as a film.
The two eventually went on to make the 2007 sports drama Chennai – 600028, which marked the debut of Prabhu as a director on the big screen. “I am making my first script into my first web series now,” he says with a chuckle.
This web series is about a television crew that wants to make a superhit reality show, and how they get trapped in a haunted house while the cameras are rolling. The episodes were shot in a building amidst the…