Pod Prikritie
Undercover (Bulgarian: Под Прикритие, pronounced Pod Prikritie /pɔt pri'kritiɛ/), is a Bulgarian crime-drama TV series of BNT directed by Dimitar Mitovski, Dimitar Gochev and Viktor Bozhinov which premièred in March 2011. It tells the story of an undercover police officer who has infiltrated the Bulgarian Mafia and is primarily based on Bulgaria's post-communism period. The series is product of SIA production company and Studio Ekran with Dimitar Mitovski and Dimitar Gochev in producer roles. "Pod Prikritie" will be aired on prime time of BNT. Leading roles are played by Zahari Baharov, Vladimir Penev, Mihail Bilalov, Ivaylo Zahariev, Marian Valev and Irena Milyankova.
It has been announced that New Films International will distribute the TV series internationally.
Plot summary
The specially trained agent Martin has been appointed to the most dangerous mission in Bulgaria - to go undercover in the gang of the mafia boss Djaro. On his way he has to encounter a lot of challenges in order to completely become part of the criminal world. His task becomes more complicated when he meets the big boss's girl Sunny. While undercover he gets a promotion in the mafia hierarchy and becomes part of the world – full of crime, violence and corruption. "Undercover" is a modern crime series which realistically depicts the reality of the underground world in Bulgaria. It is a fictional series and is not related to any real persons. However the plot contains a number of real events happening in the modern life that cover the pages of newspapers and magazines – gangster wars, drug market redistribution, forgery, gun shots in the city center, corruption schemes, bank robberies, etc.
Cast
Dimitar Mitovski – Producer; Dimitar Gochev – Producer; Rosen Tzankov – Producer.
Vladimir Penev as Comisar Emil Popov; Ivaylo Zahariev as undercover cop Martin Hristov; Zahari Baharov as Ivo Andonov; Irena Miliankova as Sunny; Mihail Bilalov as underground Boss Petar Tudjarov a.k.a. Djaro; Aleksander Sano the Silver as Zdravko Kiselov a.k.a. Kosama; Marian Valev as Rosen Gatsov a.k.a. Kukata; Deyan Donkov as Vasil Nikolov; Kiril Efremov as Tisho a.k.a. The Big Twin; Ventsi Yankov as Niki a.k.a. The Little Twin.
Airing
The series premiered on 17 April 2011 on BNT 1, and has aired on Sundays at 20:45 EET ever since with reruns airing on Fridays at 23:30 EET.
Since 2013, it is airing in Latin America in AXN network