Aarya teaser out: Sushmita Sen gives a glimpse of her debut web series

Disney+ Hotstar has released the first look at Sushmita Sen (Main Hoon Na) in its next original series — Aarya — under the “Hotstar Specials” banner. It doesn't reveal much, except that Sen's title character is physically strong.

That somewhat fits with a report from April which claimed that Aarya is a remake of the Dutch crime thriller series Penoza, about a widow who takes over her husband's organised crime business after he's killed, in lieu of turning into a state witness. Aarya has been directed by Ram Madhvani (Neerja) and is a production of Ram Madhvani Films and Endemol Shine Entertainment.

Aarya was one of the few productions that managed to wrap up just before the ongoing coronavirus pandemic swept India. The Disney+ Hotstar series began filming in December last year in Rajasthan and finished shooting just before “the world came to a standstill,” Sen wrote on Instagram in April. It was originally slated to première alongside the arrival of Disney+ in India, but delays in post-production were brought on by everyone working from home, Sen added. Disney+ Hotstar has yet to announce a release date for Aarya, but it will likely release later in June.