Overview
- Prime Video, which unveiled a teaser on Sunday tied to Vijay Varma’s birthday, confirmed the series will debut globally on April 17 with the post, “Pot spelt backwards is top and that is where a king belongs.”
- Set in 1960s Bombay, the story follows Brij Bhatti, a cotton trader who devises a numbers-based gambling game called Matka that spreads from elite circles to everyday players.
- The series is created and written by Abhay Koranne and directed by Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, known for Fandry, Sairat, and Jhund.
- Siddharth Roy Kapur, Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Gargi Kulkarni, Ashwini Sidwani, and Ashish Aryan produce under Roy Kapur Films, Aatpat, and SMR Productions.
- Vijay Varma leads an ensemble that includes Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Jadhav, Bhupendra Jadawat, and Gulshan Grover, with producers framing the drama around ambition, identity, power, and social mobility.