Updated On: 07 September, 2022 11:18 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor the series will be based on the book – ‘Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassin’ authored by Anirudhya Mitra and produced for Applause Entertainment by Kukunoor Movies

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The assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is well known and yet there are many hidden truths behind this event that shook the world. Putting a spotlight on the immediate aftermath of this heinous crime, Applause Entertainment, a venture of the Aditya Birla Group greenlights a crime procedural, based on writer Anirudhya Mitra’s recently launched book - ‘Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassin’, Published by HarperCollins Publishers India Private Limited.
The content studio recently announced an exciting slate including Tanaav, Gandhi, and Scam 2003, and has now acquired the rights to Anirudhya Mitra’s book. A former journalist, Anirudhya was one of the firsts to report on the investigation and break several exclusive stories while the hunt for the assassins was on. The series will be a blow-by-blow account of how the CBI’s Special Investigation Team cracked the assassination plot, identified the assassins, and chased the mastermind, to his final hideout.