From the world of entertainment, the much-needed international co-productions in film and television between India’s Bollywood and Nigerian motion picture industry is underway, as Global Content Hub by Zee partners with the country’s based Mace Entertainment launch in the second half of the year, a world class TV series titled ‘ Deceptive Measures.’
The one hundred and four episodes TV drama series is expected to be shown in major pay TV and free-to-air channels across the country.
Deceptive Measures, which is an international scripted format by Zee Entertainment is the remake of Pavitra Rishta.
The show was originally produced and shot in a modest environment devoid of any glamour and grandeur and focuses on a middle class household’s routine and lifestyle.
It’s realistic portrayal and its nuances were felt and lived by all those who watched the show back in India.
Starring popular actors from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, the first season of the show which will kick off in the second half of the year will have fifty-two- one-hour episodes.
The production, using Nigerian cast and crew including international crew from Zee Entertainment, Canada and India is said to be the first local adaptation of an Indian scripted format in the history of Nigerian TV production.
