Zee5 presents a new crime thriller show with a twist and turns of investigative journalism named as Crime Beat Web Series. It is directed by Sudhir Mishra and Sanjeev Kaul is the latest addition to the trend of novels being adopted as OTT shows. Crime Beat web series is based on The Price You Pay written by Somnath Batabayl.
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Crime Beat Web Series Story Zee5
The story follows the life of a journalist Abhishek played by Saqib Saleem, who gets involved with the rich and powerful of Delhi’s political and social circles. One of the central characters of the show is a gangster called Binny Chaudhary. People who have seen this show are wondering if the character of Binny Chaudhary is based on a real person.
Small-town crime journalist Abhishek finds his life and career affected by a fugitive gangster. As he gets trapped in a web of lies and motives, what price will he pay- to become a renowned reporter?
A stringer Abhishek, gets caught up in a game of lies, scams, and politics when a fugitive gangster returns to Delhi with a vendetta. How far will Abhishek go, to become the best Crime Journalist?
The integration of the Commonwealth Games scam and how Binni Chaudhary helps Abhishek in unearthing the huge financial scams has been both well written and enacted.
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Zee5 Crime Beat Web Series Cast
- Saqib Saleem
- Saba Azad
- Rahul Bhat
- Sai Tamhankar
- Danish Husain
- Adinath Kothare
- Rajesh Tailang
Director: Sudhir Mishra, Sanjeev Kaul
Starcast: Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad, Sai Tamhankar, Danish Husain, Rajesh Tailang, Ranvir Shorey, Addinath Kothare
Saqib Saleem plays the role of Abhishek Sinha, a very determined reporter from Banaras wanting to make it big.
Rahul Bhatt as Binni Chaudhary plays a trigger-happy gangster role.
Saba Azad plays Maya, a colleague and a love interest of Abhishek. Maya too has her own ambitions of making it big as an investigative journalist. Sai Tamhankar plays the mole of Binny Chaudhary— Archana Pandey.
The Price You Pay as Crime Beat Web Series
Crime Beat Web Series is based on the book The Price You Pay by Somnath Batabyal.
About the book The Price You Pay – When Abhishek Dutta wanders into the offices of The Express, he is just another small-town boy looking for means to survive the big city. Crime reporting in Delhi, however, was never going to be simple. The young man must negotiate a troubled city, its side alleys and six-lane highways, the supermalls and shantytowns, and the cancerous nexus of police, politicians and press. Embroiled in a sensational kidnapping, will Abhishek survive a ruthless megapolis? And what is the price he is willing to pay? Somnath Batabyal’s debut novel exposes India’s dark underbelly, where common lives are mere pawns in deadly games of power and revenge.
Crime Beat Web Series Real Story Details
Abhishek Sinha is the lead character of Crime Beat Web Series played by Saqib Saleem. The character of Abhishek Sinha is not based on a real journalist. In book the lead character of the show is a journalist called Abhishek Dutta. The character of Abhishek Sinha is based on the same character of the book although certain aspects of his backstory have been changed.
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Abhishek gets involved with the rich and powerful of Delhi’s political and social circles. One of the central characters of the show is a gangster called Binny Chaudhary. People who have seen this show are wondering if the character of Binny Chaudhary is based on a real person.
Binny Chaudhary is not based on a real person. The character is based on the character of Babloo Shankar from the book ‘The Price You Pay’ by Somnath Batabyal. In book, Babloo Shankar runs a mafia empire from exile, just like Binny Chaudhary does in the show. The book explores the dark underbellies of India’s rich and powerful as a corrupt nexus exists between the mafia politicians and how the media and police operate while trying to solve and report high-profile crimes.
Archana Pandey, played by Sai Tamhankar, plays the character of an actress who did not succeed in the film industry and fell in love with a mafia don, Binny Chaudhary, played by Rahul Bhat. She does kidnappings for him and is a part of his operation in India as he is in exile. Archana Pandey’s character is not based on a real person. The story of Crime Beat Web Series is based on Somnath Batabyal’s book The Price You Pay. There have been instances, though, especially during the 80s and 90s Bollywood, where many actresses were linked with the Underworld Mafia.
