The first promo of Sony Liv’s upcoming series ‘Freedom at Midnight’ is here. This short video shared by the channel tells what exactly happened at midnight before India got independence.

The video shows how Gandhiji handed over a letter to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to withdraw his nomination, even though he was elected Congress President by the majority of party members and later became the first Prime Minister of India. But it was he who chose Jawaharlal Nehru.

The caption of the short clip reads, “History you probably didn’t know. History you should. Here’s a first look at the thrilling story of India’s independence, based on the award-winning book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. ‘Freedom at Midnight’ streaming soon on SonyLIV.”

Watch the video here:

The series features a number of stellar artists, including Siddhant Gupta as Jawaharlal NehruChirag Vohra as Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Chawla as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Arif Zakaria as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Ira Dubey as Fatima JinnahMalishka Mendonsa – Sarojini Naidu, Rajesh Kumar – Liaquat Ali Khan, KC Shankar – VP Menon, Luke McGibney – Lord Louis Mountbatten, Cordelia Bugeja – Lady Edwina Mountbatten, Alistair Finlay – Archibald Wavell, Andrew Cullum – Clement Attlee, Richard Teverson – Cyril Radcliffe in lead roles.

The show, which will soon be airing on SonyLIV, is produced by Emme Entertainment (Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani) in association with StudioNext and SonyLIV. Nikhil Advani is the host and director of the show. The story is written by Abhinandan Gupta, Advitiya Kareng Das, Gundeep Kaur, Divya Nidhi Sharma, Revant Sarabhai and Ethan Taylor.