‘Chak De! India,’ ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ Writer Jaideep Sahni Set for YRF Entertainment’s Next Streaming Series (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Jaideep Sahni, screenwriter on acclaimed films “Chak De! India,” “Khosla Ka Ghosla,” “Company,” “Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year” and “Bunty Aur Babli” will create the next series from YRF Entertainment, Variety understands.YRF Entertainment is leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films’ streaming business, which was set up in 2021 with an initial investment of $67.1 million.
As revealed by Variety, YRF Entertainment launched in Dec. 2021 with Bhopal gas tragedy series “The Railway Men,” created by Shiv Rawail.
Like Rawail, Sahni has had a long association with the studio. Besides “Chak De! India,” starring Shah Rukh Khan, “Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year” starring Ranbir Singh, and “Bunty Aur Babli,” starring Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan, Sahni has also written “Shuddh Desi Romance,” starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra and “Aaja Nachle,” starring Madhuri Dixit Nene, for Yash Raj.
Sahni’s YRF Entertainment series is going to be “a heady relationship drama about love, ambition and profession,” a trade source informs Variety.
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