Amazon’s Inside Edge nominated for international Emmy Awards

The cricket-oriented series Inside Edge has been nominated for the International Emmy Awards as it has landed a spot in the best drama category.

The cricket-oriented series Inside Edge has been nominated for the International Emmy Awards as it has landed a spot in the best drama category. It is Amazon’s only representation in the award list.

According to the Variety.com report, “The show will go up against buzzy Spanish series Money Heist, Brazil-produced One Against All and Urban Myths, which was on Sky in the UK, as per the nominations announced on Thursday.

The cricket-themed series was produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under their banner Excel Media and Entertainment Private Limited, Inside Edge came as Amazon’s original web series from India in July 2017.

The story of the series revolves around cricket and its other side, involving business world, the world of glamour and entertainment and politics that goes around it. It stars Richa Chadha, Vivek Oberoi, Tanuj Virwani, Sidhhant Chaturvedi, Sanjay Suri, Sarah Jane Dias, Sayoni Gupta and Angad Bedi.

Richa Chadda was excited to hear the Emmy nomination and took to micro blogging site Twitter and wrote, “Despite detractors, was always proud to be part of India’s first original web series! It’s now nominated for the International Emmys! Congratulations team- especially to our team of writers, and again Excel Entertainment for having and keeping the faith!”
The actors are working on the second season.

Richa, who was in Georgia for a shoot, further added, “You all know second season is turning out to be awesome. Loads of love. Gonna work harder and smarter!”

According to the report, the awards gala is likely to take place in New York on November 19. This year, some 44 shows across 11 categories and 20 countries have been nominated.

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