Disney+Hotstar's OTT series Escaype Live will chronicle the 'realities of social media in today's times'.
Featuring Siddharth, Jaaved Jaaferi, Shweta Tripathi Sharma and Swastika Mukherjee, Escaype Live is billed as a social thriller which will stream from May 20.
Siddharth Kumar Tewary is the director and showrunner for the nine episodes, which he has written with Jaya Mishra.
Please click on the images for a look at the cast.
IMAGE: Siddharth plays the lead.
Set in contemporary India, Escaype Live explores the journeys of six Indians as they struggle to win fame and fortune on a social media app called Escaype Live.
Shades of Squid Game?
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IMAGE: Shweta Tripathi Sharma plays a character 'full of love and hope'.
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IMAGE: Waluscha De Sousa plays a woman who calls the shots in a man's world.
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IMAGE: Jaaved Jaaferi's character is 'neither black nor white'.
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IMAGE: Happily, we have been seeing a lot of Swastika Mukherjee after her breakout OTT role in Paatal Lok.
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IMAGE: Plabita Borathakur, who was so real in Bombay Begums, dresses up in character.
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IMAGE: Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, who made a mark as the cop in Soni, hopes to captivate us again.
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IMAGE: Jagjeet Sandhu shot to fame playing Chaku in Paatal Lok.
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IMAGE: Dancer-actor Sumedh Mudgalkar has a pivotal role in Escaype Live.
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IMAGE: Child actor Aadyaa Sharma shows her dance skills in the series.
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IMAGE: Showrunner and Director Siddharth Kumar Tewary wants to tell a story of today's India where social media is not just a habit but a form of emotional expression.
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