Netflix on Friday dropped the trailer of its first upcoming web series of the year titled Black Warrant. Created by Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh, Black Warrant is a prison drama that revolves around a rookie jailor named Sunil Gupta who has got his first assignment in none other than Tihar Jail. Tihar Jail is famous for keeping India's most notorious and high-profile criminals. Black Warrant's Trailer has been receiving positive reviews on social media as the story showcases that it will revolve around Tihar Jail but from jailor Sunil Gupta's perspective. Hence, fans are digging into Black Warrant True Story and Black Warrant Real Story.
As the makers have clearly mentioned about Black Warrant Real Story or Black Warrant True Story, fans are also digging deep into real-life Tihar Jailor Sunil Gupta. Below is everything you need to know about Black Warrant Real Story or Black Warrant True Story and Black Warrant Real Jailor Sunil Gupta-
Is Black Warrant a true story?
The answer is yes. Black Warrant is a real story based on Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer, written by Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury. While Sunetra is a journalist, Sunil Gupta was a real-life jailor in Tihar Jail.
The official synopsis of the book reads, "What is life like inside Asia’s largest prison? What happens when a man is hanged, but his pulse refuses to give up even after two hours? Did Nirbhaya’s rapist, Ram Singh, commit suicide or was he murdered? For the first time we have a riveting account from an insider who has spent close to four decades as an officer at Tihar Jail during some of the most turbulent times in Indian political history.
For the first time, he breaks his silence about all he’s seen – from the first man he met in Tihar, Charles Sobhraj, to the controversies surrounding former CBI head, Alok Verma. Responsible for carrying out ‘Black Warrants’, Gupta witnessed 14 hangings, the most recent and his last, being that of Afzal Guru. Joining him is award-winning journalist Sunetra Choudhury whose recent book Behind Bars is a bestseller and took her deep inside the maze of prisons. Read this book for the most intimate and raw account of India’s judicial and criminal justice system."
Who is Sunil Gupta?
Sunil Gupta is a former Tihar jailor turned writer. In an interview with News Laundry, Sunil Gupta clarified that he witnessed 8 hangings.
"We used to consider Tihar as a family. Whosoever is coming to the jail, he is our family. Charles Sobhraj (Serial Killer) was a family for us. He once asked us that he wants to distribute sweets among other prisoners on his birthday. We were never suspicious that he may mix sedatives in the sweets. He broke that trust," said Sunil Gupta.
Talking about hangings, Sunil Gupta witnessed the last days of terrorists like Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru as well. Sunil Gupta also narrated the last-minute conversations with Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat before their hangings. Gupta revealed that while Bhat's face turned blackish, Afzal accepted the death penalty quite maturely.
Sunil Gupta is also active on Instagram. However. Sunil Gupta's Instagram profile is not widely followed.