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New Bhagat Singh Series Coming to Historyverse

Collective Studios is building out a prestige drama on one of India's most legendary freedom fighters.

Historyverse, the historical content wing of Collective Studios, is developing an original series centered on Bhagat Singh, the Indian independence icon whose legacy still shapes the subcontinent's political consciousness. The project teams Collective with Hathiramani Commercial Ventures, and marks entrepreneur Manish Hathiramani's producing debut.

This isn't just another biography flex—the series is specifically designed to dig deeper than the standard hagiography, peeling back layers on a figure whose life and death (executed at 23 by the British Raj in 1931) remain potent symbols of resistance and sacrifice. Given Historyverse's track record of ambitious period storytelling, expect something that treats the subject with real weight, not just reverence.

With streaming platforms hungry for global prestige content and international audiences increasingly tuning into non-Western historical narratives, a well-executed Bhagat Singh series could land hard. The behind-the-scenes team clearly sees something there worth investing in—and that's usually where the real stories start.


Read the full story at Variety → https://variety.com/2026/film/news/bhagat-singh-series-collective-studios-historyverse-1236833000/

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