Nothing political about 'City of Dreams'

Updated On: 08 June, 2023 07:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

With City of Dreams in its third season, creator Kukunoor and producer Nair on how political thriller was initially imagined as interpersonal relationship drama

A still from the series

In City of Dreams, which is running in its third season, creator Nagesh Kukunoor takes us into the malicious world of politics, telling the story of a politician father-daughter duo. Oddly though, during its inception, the Atul Kulkarni, Sachin Pilgaonkar and Priya Bapat-led show was not envisioned as a political drama. Producer Sameer Nair, whose banner Applause Entertainment backs the series, reveals, “Nagesh had written a fully fleshed-out story called The Affair. It was about a group of people in Mumbai and how their lives intersected. I told him that we loved his story, but had a [suggestion]: instead of the story going from city to city, why don’t we make it as a political drama set in Mumbai? So, it became City of Dreams from The Affair.” He adds that several sub-plots from The Affair found their way into the Disney+ Hotstar series.

Nagesh Kukunoor and Nair