‘Fauda’ star Lior became a fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said – we also want an environment like India

Updated: 27-02-2026, 06.33 AM

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Lior Raz, lead actor and co-producer of the popular Israeli espionage thriller series ‘Fauda’, recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has termed this meeting as a great honour. The entire team of ‘Fauda’ was present in this special meeting during Modi’s visit to Israel, a selfie of which is also going viral on social media.

Modi meets ‘Fauda’ stars during Israel tour

During his two-day visit to Israel, Prime Minister Modi met the team of Netflix’s hugely popular series ‘Fauda’. The picture taken of Modi with the cast and producers of the show is going viral on social media. This thriller series has a large and dedicated fan following in India. Lior was also among those who met Modi. After this conversation, he greatly appreciated the Prime Minister’s unwavering support towards art and culture.

Expressed desire to return to India

“This experience was amazing and it was a great honor for me to meet the Prime Minister of India,” Lior said. Recalling the old days, Lior said that he had come to India for the premiere of ‘Fauda’ at the Goa Film Festival and would like to return to India again soon. He said, “India is such a huge country and we know that there is a huge number of viewers who like our shows.”

“We need support for art like India in our country too”

Lior said, “It is an honor for us to receive this honor from your Prime Minister. It is really wonderful to see how much he supports acting, production and art in your country. This is something that I want to see in my country too. We would love to work together again. My show ‘Fauda’ had its Netflix premiere at the Goa Film Festival. We would love to come back there again and repeat such an experience.”

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Effect of success of ‘Fauda’, ‘tension’ created in India

Indian fans are very excited to see the picture of Modi with Fauda’s team going viral on social media. ‘Fauda’ is a world famous Israeli political thriller web series, which has taken the world by storm due to its suspenseful story and realism. There is a huge number of fans of ‘Fauda’ in India. Seeing its success, its Indian adaptation was made named ‘Taanav’, whose story is based on the background of Kashmir.