Madhu Shalini stills at 9 Hours Web Series Interview

Madhu Shalini latest stills at 9 Hours Web Series Interview. Madhu Shalini does the role of a journalist named Chitra in the series. The 9-episode series will start streaming from June 2 on Disney+ Hotstar.

Madhu Shalini says, “The plot unfolds in the mid-1980s. I am a reporter who is present at the crime scene. Niranjan, one of the journalists, was a journalist himself. He shared his experiences with me, how they functioned in the media, and how they found communicating quite hard in those days. Chitra speaks her mind. She doesn’t back off. She is uncompromising. It was taboo for women to be in the media in those days, unlike today. There is a woman empowerment angle but ‘9 Hours’ is essentially about human emotions.”

This is the first time I got to work with Taraka Ratna although both of us have been around for many years.

Krish Jagarlamudi is a phenomenal filmmaker. I was very happy that someone like him thought about me for a role like this. It was a surreal experience to collaborate with him. I have followed his work for years.

We workshopped together before the shoot began. The workshops really helped us. We were well-prepared. The prep really helped us. None of us was clueless or had to panic. This is an unpredictable series, story-wise. Every episode has got an unexpected twist or so.

I like only a few scripts. I may not be doing films in Telugu but I have had releases in other languages. Only last month, I had a release in Tamil. It’s nice to not be doing the same roles. I am fortunate that nice scripts have found me over the years.

My family members have watched ‘9 Hours’ and they were really excited. It is a binge-worthy series. It raises the bar in the Telugu OTT segment.