Lockdown with Dirilis Ertugrul

No…. No…No way is this is happening.

The morning news made my head spin.

I almost passed out on hearing the replay of the broadcast read out by the elegant lady in the mauve saree.

The news about the lockdown was aired in the ‘Midnight Special’ bulletin, so I…along with many other Indians…did not hear about it until today morning.

It was everywhere, FM, television.

However, when I looked outside, everything seemed ordinary…. Almost.

Warm sunlight streamed through my balcony windows. A green parrot perched on my window grill squawked loudly startling me momentarily.

But then again something seemed off, and I realized with a jolt…. There was no traffic sound. It was uncanny to wake up to a silent morning in a city like Mumbai with no sound of blaring horns blasted by rude drivers and the screech of a hastily applied brake by one of the bike riding clans.

My hands shook, I gulped in air like a fish just caught in the nets by our local fishermen...

Lockdown with Dirilis Ertugrul  s a fast paced comedy thriller set during the first lockdown faced by Mumbai city. Iram is a housewife and she is obsessed by the Turkish series. The story takes an unexpected twist when iram, her husband and daughter travel to Madh Island to celebrate the marriage anniversary of Faizal's parents. They discover an innocent event can soon turn into a life threatening situation.