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Based on the 2017 Korean movie “New Trial”, “Birbal” is the first installment of the Birbal Trilogy and the first installment in a cinematic universe followed by Ghost in which M. G. Srinivas, who is also the director, reprises his role as lawyer Mahesh Das.

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In Bangalore, Mahesh is the one who stands out from an audition for young lawyers, taking place in a law firm headed by Hedge. The young man, along with Jahnvi, his fiance who also works for the company and Shastry, an assistant who is more cheeky than he should, take up the case of Vishnu. The young man, 8 years ago, was suspected of killing Ramdas, a taxi driver and a police informer, was arrested by Inspector Raghavan and was eventually imprisoned. Now that the case is reopened, he has been released awaiting the trial, and Mahesh and his collaborators are handling his case.

Mumbai, March 3 (Ians) Viacom18, the broadcasters of the inaugural Women’s Premier League (Wpl), announced on Friday that Anjum Chopra, Veda Krishnamurthy, Zaheer Khan and Aakash Chopra will be among the prominent names in their coverage of the tournament taking place from March 4-26.

Other members of the expert panel for the Wpl include Punam Raut, Reema Malhotra, Natalie Germanos, Kate Cross, Mel Jones, Venkatesh Prasad, Parthiv Patel, Saba Karim, Pragyan Ojha, and Abhinav Mukund.

The Wpl season-opener on March 4 will see Gujarat Giants taking on Mumbai Indians at the D.Y. Patil Stadium. The tournament will be presented in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu on JioCinema for no cost.

On TV, fans can catch the action live in English and Telugu on Sports18-1 Sd & HD, in Hindi on Sports18 Khel, in Kannada on Colors Kannada Cinema, and in Tamil on Colors Tamil.

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