New Delhi: Yash Raj Films (YRF) has ambitions to produce some of the best content on digital that India has ever seen.
Under the banner YRF Entertainment, the company has announced its second OTT show, a gritty crime thriller titled ‘Mandala Murders’.
Created and directed by Gopi Puthran of ‘Mardaani 2’ fame, the edge of the seat entertainer will star Vaani Kapoor as the lead, with co-starring Vaibhav Raj Gupta.
Manan Rawat, who has previously worked as an Associate Director on many YRF films, will be the co-director of the series.
Gopi will shoot ‘Mandala Murders’ for about a month in Uttar Pradesh starting tomorrow, before heading to Delhi and then Mumbai to finish the filming process. In UP, the team will shoot in the picturesque Prayagraj, Lucknow and Varanasi. The big budget show will thus boast of a huge canvass and a grand scale with it being shot across five different cities of India.
Surveen Chawla and Jameel Khan have also been cast in prominent roles in ‘Mandala Murders’
This multi-season show is a part of YRF’s ambitious OTT slate that already comprises the much-awaited ‘The Railway Men’ based on the deadly 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This series features R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyendu and Babil Khan in the lead roles and is a tribute to the brave railway workers who saved scores of lives at this ill-fated night of devastation and horror.