Vikram Bhatt’s Recently Released Untouchables Is Inspired By Real-Life Events

Vikram Bhatt’s much-awaited web series Untouchables released this weekend. The series is available on Vikram Bhatt‘s own OTT platform VB Theatre.

Untouchables revolves around a medical student who is an escort who gets trapped in the murder of her wealthy client. Vikram Bhatt plays a lawyer named Aakash Awasthi who comes to her rescue.

While the show is largely a courtroom – drama, what very few know is that it is inspired by real-life events. Sreejita De‘s character in the digital show is based on the life of a girl, Amanda Knox. She is an American writer and activist who was in prison for four years post a wrongful conviction.

While researching on the show, it was his daughter Krishna Bhatt who came across the case. She then developed the idea into a script adapting the struggle of Amanda Knox for a limited series which was then made into a 10 part series.

A source close to the Bhatt‘s say,

“While Krishna was working on a concept to work with she came across this case. Vikram and Krishna found Amanda’s story very interesting. They gave a Indian background to one of the most iconic court cases of America”.