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Jubilee is an Indian Hindi-language period drama television series on Amazon Prime Video. The series is co-created and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane along with Soumik Sen and produced by Andolan Films, Phantom Studios and Reliance Entertainment. The series featured an ensemble cast of Prosenjit Chatterjee, Aparshakti Khurana, Sidhant Gupta, Aditi Rao Hydari, Wamiqa Gabbi and Ram Kapoor. Set during the late-1940s and early-1950s, during the partition of India, the series is a fictionalized story exploring the lives of studio owners, stars and two aspiring individuals as they navigate ambition, betrayal and love in the Hindi film industry. The idea of Jubilee was originated in late-2013 as Motwane discussed with his partners in Phantom Studios on the popularity of web series and this prompted to develop a story set during the golden period of Hindi cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Motwane discussed with Atul Sabharwal to create a story based on his idea, while providing additional inputs from Hartej Sawhney and Nishant Agarwal, and had several real life incidents being fictionalized for the narrative. Following an extensive pre-production and casting process, along with the delays of COVID-19 pandemic, the series was shot from December 2021 to early 2022 in a span of 90 days. It was filmed by Pratik Shah, edited by Aarti Bajaj and scored by Alokananda Dasgupta, while also featuring a soundtrack composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Kausar Munir. Jubilee was premiered in two parts with the first five episodes premiering first on 7 April 2023 and the remaining five episodes being premiered a week later. The series' received acclaim for the story, screenplay, direction, performances and the technical aspects which helped in recreating the period era, but received criticism for the length and writing of female characters. It received nine Filmfare OTT Awards, three Indian Television Academy Awards and an Asian Academy Creative Award amongst other accolades.