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Netflix Series Honors Raju Srivastava Through Every Episode
Operation Safed Sagar is a Netflix series about the Indian Air Force’s role in the Kargil War.
Kushal Srivastava created the series after serving in the Air Force for seven years.
His uncle, comedian Raju Srivastava, helped him leave the Air Force and enter filmmaking.
Kushal later worked on the project with Raju’s daughter, Antara.
The story was first planned as a movie.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team changed it into a series.
Netflix approved the series around May 2022.
Raju died in September 2022, so the family put a tribute to him at the end of every episode.
Raju Srivastava helped his nephew Kushal Srivastava obtain permission to leave the Indian Air Force and pursue filmmaking.
Kushal later directed Vodka Diaries and developed Operation Safed Sagar with Raju’s daughter, Antara Srivastava.
The project was originally planned as a film but was changed into a series after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netflix approved the series around May 2022, a few months before Raju Srivastava died in September 2022.
Each episode ends with an acknowledgment of Raju Srivastava for his encouragement and support of Kushal’s filmmaking career.
- Who
- Kushal Srivastava, Antara Srivastava, Raju Srivastava, Netflix, and the makers of Operation Safed Sagar.
- What
- A Netflix series about the Indian Air Force’s role in the Kargil War includes an end-credit tribute to Raju Srivastava.
- Where
- The project was developed after Kushal moved to Mumbai to pursue filmmaking, and it focuses on events involving the Indian Air Force during the Kargil War.
- When
- Netflix approved the project around May 2022; Raju Srivastava died in September 2022.
- Why
- The tribute recognizes Raju Srivastava’s encouragement and help during Kushal’s early filmmaking journey.
Key facts
- Platform
- Netflix
- Project
- Operation Safed Sagar
- Creators
- Kushal Srivastava and Abhijeet Singh Parmar
- Director
- Oni Sen
- Original format
- Feature film
- Final format
- Series
- Netflix approval
- Around May 2022
- Tribute
- Raju Srivastava is acknowledged at the end of every episode
Quotes
Kushal Srivastava
Filmmaker and former Indian Air Force officer who created the series
“Years ago when I told my chacha that I want to do something so that the whole world knows my name, he joked that I should install hand-pumps everywhere with my name on them. But when he realised I was serious about joining the film industry, he helped me secure permission to leave the Indian Air Force.”
businesstoday.in
“We had the cast and script locked. Then we faced a setback as COVID-19 happened. Later, we decided to develop it as a series, and around May 2022, Netflix gave us a go-ahead.”
businesstoday.in
Sources
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