Aditya Chopra’s protégée Vaani Kapoor gets continued backing from YRF with new show Mandala Murders – Times of India

It’s a crime thriller titled Mandala Murders. It is created and headlined by Gopi Puthran who directed producer Aditya Chopra’s wife Rani Mukerji in Mardaani 2.

The crime thriller will star Vaani Kapoor in the lead, with the talented Vaibhav Raj Gupta (of the hugely acclaimed show Gullak fame) joining the cast. He has been cast as the leading man for the first time after his brilliant performance in Gullak.

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 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 (again of Gullak fame) 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. That series features R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyendu and Babil Khan in the lead roles. It is a tribute to the brave railway workers who saved scores of lives at the ill-fated night of devastation and horror.