Mandala Murders: Vaani Kapoor To Make OTT Debut In Crime Thriller Series

Yash Raj Films has announced the release of its second OTT show, Mandala Murders, under the banner of YRF Entertainment and revealed that Vaani Kapoor would play the lead. Actor Vaibhav Raj Gupta who was previously seen in Gullak is co-staring. Actors Surveen Chawla and Jameel Khan have been cast in major parts in Mandala Murders as well.

Kapoor released her first look from the series on Thursday, and it looks intense. She can be seen sitting at a table with her hands clasped and a serious look on her face. She is dressed in a brown formal shirt and has bandages on her forehead. Sharing the first look, Kapoor wrote, “Going in for the KILL (literally) for my debut OTT show!"

Kapoor described Mandala Murders as a "gritty crime thriller" and added the series would keep audiences guessing.

Immediately after her post became popular, her close friends and followers congratulated her in the comments section. Meanwhile, Kapoor was most recently seen in Shamshera, opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt. The film, however, did not perform well at the box office.

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Manan Rawat will co-direct the series after serving as an associate director on several YRF films. Gopi Puthran will begin filming Mandala Murders in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow before travelling to Delhi and ultimately Mumbai to complete the project. The team will film in Prayagraj, Lucknow, and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The big-budget production will thus have a big canvas and a grand scale since it will be shot in five different locations throughout India.

This multi-season drama is part of YRF's ambitious OTT schedule, which already includes the highly anticipated The Railway Men, which is based on the terrible 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This series, starring R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyendu, and Babil Khan, is a tribute to the courageous railway employees who rescued dozens of lives on that fateful night of devastation and misery.