Prime Video's Citadel Indian Spinoff Starring Varun Dhawan, Samantha Called...
The Indian spinoff of American spy action thriller television series Citadel starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra will be called Citadel: Honey Bunny. While the American series was created by Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh, and David Weil for Amazon Prime Video, in India, D2R films is the producer and it boasts of a stellar cast including Varun Dhawan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kay Kay Menon, Saquib Saleem and Sikendar Kher.
“Prime Video India has confirmed the Indian series within the Citadel universe will be called Citadel: Honey Bunny,” lead actress from the Indian version Samantha wrote on Instagram today.
She also said “Citadel: Honey Bunny” has a riveting narrative “that fuses the pulse-pounding elements of a gritty spy action thriller with the heartwarming allure of a love story, all set against the vibrant tapestry of the 90s”.
The series in India will be helmed by Raj and DK, directors, writers, and producers of the Amazon Prime Video thriller series The Family Man (2019–present) and Farzi (2023–present). Apart from Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, the series also has Simran, Soham Majumdar, Shivankit Parihar and Kashvi Majmundar. According to reports, the shooting has already been done and the post production works of the series is currently underway.
Samantha was also part of Raj and DK’s The Family Man, in which she donned the character of a Tamil insurgent. Both, The Family Man and Farzi, by the creators have earned applauds from both the audience and critics alike. In The Family Man, it was the presence of versatile Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee gave the series an edge, while Shahid Kapoor lit up the Farzi, which talked about the counterfeit market spread across India, Nepal and West Asia.
Several spinnoffs of Citadel is in pipeline in different languages in Italian Alps, Spain, and Mexico.
