Sandeep Modi: People said it’d be the end of my career

Updated On: 25 February, 2023 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Even as many dissuaded him from adapting The Night Manager, creator Modi says the idea of retelling the popular show ‘consumed’ him

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A still from The Night Manager

You’d think that the Hindi adaptation of The Night Manager would be viewed as a prestige addition to one’s filmography. But Sandeep Modi, who has served as the creator of the Anil Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur-led thriller, remembers being dissuaded by many from taking up the project. “I got so many calls from people saying, ‘Are you mad? Are you going to remake a classic? Don’t touch it.’ They said it would be the end of my career, which is [taking off] after the success of Aarya’s first season,” begins Modi.

The British original aired in 2016