Netflix and Applause Entertainment confirm season 2 of Zahaan Kapoor and Vikramaditya Motwane's 'Black Warrant'

Following the critical acclaim and audience love for its gripping first season, Black Warrant will return for a Season 2. Presented by Applause Entertainment, an Andolan Production in association with Confluence Media, Black Warrant is based on the book Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer by Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury.

With Zahan Kapoor emerging as a breakout star and the narrative receiving widespread praise for its realism and intensity, the show’s renewal further cements Applause’s growing slate of powerful, homegrown franchises that push the boundaries of Indian storytelling.

As the story dives deeper into the human truths of incarceration and redemption, Black Warrant Season 2, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, promises to raise the stakes, led by a creative partnership between Netflix, Applause, Andolan and Confluence that continues to set the benchmark for premium drama.

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In an interview with Firstpost, real-life jailer Sunil Kumar Gupta revealed, “I am against the death sentence because mostly this is given to poor prisoners who are marginalised because they can’t get good advocates to fight their cases, so they are hanged.

I would advise them to give longer prison terms, say 30 to 40 years or even 50 years.

Even in the Nirbhaya case I was against the death sentence.  In my experience as a jailer I have seen that the death sentence is given to poor people who cannot afford a private advocate. See  Surendra Koli is out after killing dozens of people because he could afford a lawyer.”

He added, “Criminals can be reformed, but it is difficult. I would say only 2 to 3 percent of criminals do’t have an inclination to get reformed. The important tool for reforming them is to make them educated. We have open school and distance education in jail from where the prisoners are passing their 10th and 12th standard exams and even their graduation and post-graduation exams.”