After the back-to-back success of Aranyak on Netflix, and Rocket Boys on Sony LIV, Siddharth Roy Kapur’s production house, Roy Kapur Films, has announced a new slate of series in development and production for 2022-23.
Vishnuvardhan, director of Shershaah, is all set to make his series directorial debut with an epic action drama across multiple seasons. It will tell the fascinating story of an integral part of India’s 20th century military history.
Malayalam film director Mahesh Narayanan will helm an edge-of-the-seat multi-season spy thriller set across the Middle East and South Asia.
Hardik Mehta, National Award-winning director of Kaamyaab and Netflix showDecoupled, will headline a thrilling family drama series set across Europe, Africa and India in the rarefied and exclusive world of warring business families.
Abbas Tyrewala, whose directorial debut, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, is a cult youth classic, will write and showrun a suave and stylish spy action drama series, set in the cloak-and-dagger world of South Asian counter-intelligence.
Matka King, which was announced last year, will be created by Sairat director Nagraj Manjule. It is based on the fascinating world of the gambling game, Matka, and the dangerous and brilliant men who ran it.
Arati Kadav, one of the winners of the BAFTA Breakthrough Awards 2022 and whose debut feature film, Cargo, has a cult following in the Indian lo-fi sci-fi space, is creating a series which will be a fresh and quirky take on romance in the sci-if genre.
Bhavesh Kapadia, popular ad filmmaker, will make his directorial debut with a wild and entertaining female-led comic thriller series.
Anubhav Chopra, having earned rave reviews for his Netflix documentary, House Of Secrets: The Burari Deaths, will write and direct a young adult drama series, set in the pressure-cooker environment of a modern-day high school.
Later this year, Roy Kapur Films will release feature films Pippa, Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan? and Bas Karo Aunty!, as well as the much-awaited Season 2 of Rocket Boys.