MUMBAI: The recently concluded 71st Emmy Awards recognized excellence in primetime programming and individual achievement for the 2018-2019 television season. And the best performances of year have been spoken for! Out of all the award-winning shows, Chernobyl stood out with a total of 10 awards and bagged 3 most crucial awards this year - Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special (Johan Renck) and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special (Craig Mazin). If you're wondering where to catch Chernobyl, it is Now Streaming on Hotstar Premium, that is incidentally leading the tally as the destination with maximum award wins this year.
Chernobyl is a gripping mini-series that has gained global popularity for chronicling the events around one of the worst man-made catastrophes, the 1986 nuclear accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
For everyone who have not watched the amazing series yet, we have listed down the reasons on why you should binge watch the mini-series.
"Chernobyl" is an excellent example of how one can learn about the real-life events and get compelling entertainment at the same time. It gives out intrinsic details of how this nuclear accident happened and who all were involved in this catastrophe.
Today, politics and power play a huge role in the society. The situation then was still like those now. Mazin, the creator of the show wants to show audience how the public is kept in denial about the truth of global war.
This miniseries is a nod to many blockbuster movies which dealt with similar situations. Though Chernobyl isn’t a movie, every episode is a movie like episode. The amount of genuine emotions you will feel for all victims is unbelievable.
Writer Craig Mazin was obsessed with the idea of creating a realistic atmosphere and wanted to show the real world during that time. Most of the scenes were shot in Lithuania. The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, which was closed 10 years ago, is almost 100% equal to the plant, which was in Chernobyl. The crew managed to find an area near Vilnius that resembles the neighbourhood in Pripyat. Some scenes were shot in the Ukraine. The creators worked together with local experts to be extremely accurate. The Kiev city centre was closed during the shooting. It was important to not let any modern details like cars or ordinary people appear in the scenes.
Musical accompaniment is one of the reasons people believe what is happening on the screen. To create unique music, composer Hildur Gudnadottir went to the abandoned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. There, she recorded unique noises and sounds that can be heard in different parts of the plant.
