Popular production house Yash Raj Films’ streaming production arm YRF Entertainment has recently made its first web series, 'Railway Men' for Netflix which is getting rave reviews. Now it has greenlit its next tentpole project which is an edgy revenge thriller that pits two of the most acclaimed female actors against each other. It is going to be Keerthy Suresh vs Radhika Apte in this deliciously devilish period thriller.
The project is titled as 'Akka' starring Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte who are incredibly natural artistes. Keerthy and Radhika have been pitted against each other makes Akka an exciting series to watch out for. The project is being helmed by debutant writer and director Dharmaraj Shetty, while bankrolled by Aditya Chopra.
YRF Entertainment purposefully keeping every detail of this project under wraps to build intrigue around this series. YRF Entertainment’s first series The Railway Men is a global success story currently as it is trending amongst the Top 10 shows worldwide on Netflix. It is a tribute to the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, starring R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma and Babil Khan.
YRF Entertainment’s second series is Mandala Murders, a multi-season series billed as a gritty crime thriller. Vaani Kapoor, who won critical acclaim playing a transgender character in film Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, leads the series, her debut in the streaming space, alongside Vaibhav Raj Gupta (of Gullak fame). Surveen Chawla (Decoupled) and Jameel Khan (Gullak) are in prominent roles. The series is currently in production.