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Selection Day (TV series)
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<div>{{short description|Indian television series}}<br />
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{{Infobox television<br />
| name = Selection Day<br />
| image = Selection Day Netflix.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| genre = <!-- Must be reliably sourced --><br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Selection Day]]''|[[Aravind Adiga]]}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| creator = Marston Bloom<br />
| director = [[Udayan Prasad]]<br />Karan Boolani<br /><br />
| starring = [[Mohammad Samad]]<br />Yash Dholye<br />Karanvir Malhotra<br />[[Rajesh Tailang]]<br />[[Mahesh Manjrekar]]<br />[[Ratna Pathak Shah]]<br />[[Shiv Panditt]]<br />[[Akshay Oberoi]]<br />[[Parul Gulati]]<br/>[[Amruta Subhash]]<br />
| writer = Marston Bloom<br />
| theme_music_composer = <br />
| composer = [[Shashwat Sachdev]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| location = [[India]]<br />
| editor = <br />
| network = Netflix<br />
| picture_format = <br />
| released = <br />
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|2018|12|28}}<br />
| last_aired = <br />
| company = {{ubl|Anil Kapoor Films & Communication Network|Seven Stories Ltd.}}<br />
| distributor = [[Netflix]]<br />
| executive_producer = <br />
| producer = {{ubl|[[Anil Kapoor]]|[[Anand Tucker]]}}<br />
| num_seasons = 1 (2 parts)<br />
| num_episodes = 12<br />
| list_episodes = <br />
| website = https://www.netflix.com/in/title/80194558<br />
| related = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Selection Day''''' is an Indian sports drama [[streaming television]] series, based on [[Aravind Adiga]]'s 2016 [[Selection Day|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/netflix-selection-day-mahesh-majrekar-ratna-pathak-shah-5393179/|title=Netflix announces original series Selection Day|work=The Indian Express|date=9 October 2018|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> Produced by [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Anand Tucker]], and adapted for television by Marston Bloom (with Hindi Dialogues by Sumit Arora) it stars [[Mohammad Samad]], Yash Dholye, Karanvir Malhotra, [[Rajesh Tailang]], [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], [[Ratna Pathak Shah]], [[Shiv Panditt]], [[Parul Gulati]], [[Amruta Subhash]] and [[Akshay Oberoi]]. The series follows the life of two brothers Radha and Manju who are raised by their cricket obsessed father and meet their rival Javed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/hot-on-web/selection-day-netflix-trailer|title='Selection Day' Teaser: Netflix Promises a Gripping Cricket Drama|last=Mirwani|first=Saniya|publisher=The Quint|date=9 November 2018|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> The first six episodes of ''Selection Day'' premiered on 28 December 2018 on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/reel/897552/netflix-sets-december-date-for-web-series-selection-day|title=Netflix sets December date for web series 'Selection Day'|publisher=Scroll.in|date=8 October 2018|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> Part 2, consisting of another set of six episodes, was premiered on 19 April 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reviews/story/selection-day-part-2-review-story-derails-after-heightened-drama-performances-hold-the-fort-1506729-2019-04-21|title=Selection Day Part 2|access-date=21 April 2019|publisher=indiatoday.in}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Radha and Manjunath are two brothers who have been trained by their father to become the next great pair of cricket batsmen. After toying with the bowling attacks of their local village teams, their father decides it is time for them to move to Mumbai and hope to be selected to play in domestic leagues in the upcoming selection season.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Mohammad Samad]] as Manju Kumar<br />
*Yash Dholye as Radha Kumar<br />
*Karanvir Malhotra as Javed Ansari<br />
*[[Rajesh Tailang]] as Mohan Kumar<br />
*[[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Tommy Sir <br />
*[[Ratna Pathak Shah]] as Nellie <br />
*[[Shiv Panditt]] as Lord Subramanyam<br />
*[[Akshay Oberoi]] as Anand Mehta<br />
*Vipashyana Dubey as Zoya<br />
*[[Parul Gulati]] as Monica Tandon<br />
*[[Dibyendu Bhattacharya]] as Gulshan<br />
*Pakhi Gupta as Sophia<br />
*[[Amruta Subhash]] as Meera<br />
*[[Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh]] as Panther's Coach<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
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|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
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|Title = Episode 4<br />
|DirectedBy = Udayan Prasad<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
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|Title = Episode 5<br />
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|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
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|Title = Episode 6<br />
|DirectedBy = Udayan Prasad<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber = 7<br />
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1<br />
|Title = Episode 7<br />
|DirectedBy = Karan Boolani<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom & Karan Agarwal<br />
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|19}}<br />
|ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber = 8<br />
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2<br />
|Title = Episode 8<br />
|DirectedBy = Karan Boolani<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom & Karan Agarwal<br />
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|19}}<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber = 9<br />
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3<br />
|Title = Episode 9<br />
|DirectedBy = Karan Boolani<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom & Karan Agarwal<br />
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|19}}<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber = 10<br />
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4<br />
|Title = Episode 10<br />
|DirectedBy = Karan Boolani<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|19}}<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber = 11<br />
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5<br />
|Title = Episode 11<br />
|DirectedBy = Karan Boolani<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|19}}<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber = 12<br />
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6<br />
|Title = Episode 12<br />
|DirectedBy = Karan Boolani<br />
|WrittenBy = Marston Bloom<br />
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|19}}<br />
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==Marketing==<br />
The series was announced in August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/asia/netflix-india-original-series-selection-day-and-again-1202514659/|title=Netflix Announces India Originals 'Selection Day' and 'Again'|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|work=Variety|date=3 August 2017|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> A 16-second teaser was released on 8 October 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/netflix-selection-day-release-date-december-india-original-series-1929069|title=Netflix Indian Original Series Selection Day Gets December Release Date|last=Arora|first=Akhil|publisher=NDTV|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt8004628|Selection Day}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindi-language Netflix original programming]]<br />
[[Category:2018 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language television shows]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama television series]]<br />
[[Category:Indian teen drama television series]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows set in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Indian television series distributed by Netflix]]<br />
[[Category:Indian sports television series]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket on television]]<br />
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