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Bobby Deol starrer Netflix original Class of 83 starts rolling

Last seen in Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se (2018), Bollywood star Bobby Deol has started shooting for his next project, titled Class of 83. The Netflix original, which went on floors on Sunday, will mark Deol’s debut in the digital world.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is riding high on the success of his latest production Badla (2019), is producing the web-series for Netflix. It will be his second production for the leading streamer after the Emraan Khan and Kirti Kulhari starrer Bard of Blood, which is awaiting its premiere.


Though nothing much is known about the storyline of Class of 83, some insiders reveal it revolves around an inspector who is also an instructor and focuses on his students who are grappling with the complexities of honour, morals, and devotion to the nation.

The digital series is being helmed by filmmaker Atul Sabharwal, who has previously called the shots for such films as Midnight Lost and Found (2008), Aurangzeb (2013) and Their Shoes (2015).

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How Lee Cronin’s 'The Mummy' turns a classic adventure into a domestic horror

Highlights

  • Moves away from the adventure tone of The Mummy (1999) into possession-led horror
  • Shifts the setting from desert tombs to a family home in Albuquerque
  • Focuses on parental fear and a “returned” child rather than treasure hunting
  • Relies on body horror, sound design and shock value over spectacle
  • Critics call it bold and unsettling, but uneven in storytelling

From desert spectacle to domestic dread

For decades, The Mummy has been tied to adventure, romance and spectacle, most famously in The Mummy (1999). That version thrived on sweeping desert landscapes, archaeological intrigue and a sense of escapism.

Lee Cronin takes a sharply different route. His reworking strips away the sense of adventure and relocates the horror into the home. The story still begins in Egypt, anchored by an ancient sarcophagus, but quickly shifts to the United States, where the real tension unfolds inside a family house.

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