Two of Bollywood’s greatest stars, Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan Khan, are teaming up and getting again into enterprise with Netflix.
Netflix introduced as we speak, November 19, that the father-son duo would government produce an untitled “Bollywood collection” about an outsider breaking into the Hindi movie trade. The present shall be created and directed by Aryan Khan in what shall be his directorial debut, whereas SRK’s firm, Pink Chillies Leisure, will government produce the collection.
In line with Netflix, Khan’s untitled collection is about “a captivating, bold outsider [who] navigates the dazzling but unsure world of Bollywood.” Netflix provides that the collection “blends self-aware humor with a high-stakes narrative — and guarantees a bunch of depraved cameos, blockbuster thrills and an unforgettable experience into the world of Indian cinema.”
The collection will premiere on Netflix in 2025. No solid was introduced for the mission.
Although Aryan Khan himself grew up surrounded by the movie trade, the collection logline largely displays his father’s expertise of shifting to Mumbai at a younger age and breaking into cinema with no trade connections. A report from again in January by way of The India Instances stated the mission could be referred to as “Stardom” and that although it wasn’t SRK’s biopic, it could echo some second’s of the actor’s life.
Talking at a press occasion on Monday, Netflix’s VP of India Content material Monika Shergill described the collection as a commentary on Bollywood “from somebody who grew up within the trade.”
“It’s a whole Bollywood entertainer,” Shergill stated. “The drama is epic, the music is tremendous charged, the comedy is self-aware and refreshing, and the characters are bigger than life.”
The collection marks Aryan Khan’s first foray into the movie trade after he launched a luxurious trend model, vodka, and malt scotch underneath the D’yavol model in 2022.
Pink Chillies Leisure was based by Shah Rukh and his spouse Gauri Khan in 2002 and has produced hit Hindi movies together with “Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani,” “Principal Hoon Na,” “My Title is Khan,” and the 2023 movies “Jawan” and “Dunki” that every star Shah Rukh. The corporate has additionally partnered with Netflix prior to now on a handful of TV reveals, together with “Bard of Blood” and “Betaal” with Netflix. Up subsequent for SRK, he’ll be the voice of Mufasa within the Hindi model of Disney’s live-action “Lion King” sequel.
“We’re excited to current this new collection with Netflix that provides a refreshing look into the glamorous cinematic world and what it takes to succeed as an outsider,” Shah Rukh Khan stated in an announcement. “It’s a singular narrative delivered to life by Aryan, many passionate minds and the staff at Pink Chillies Leisure. This one’s going to be all coronary heart, all hustle, and an entire lot of leisure.”
Netflix on Monday teased a slate of all of its worldwide collection and movies all through 2025. Among the many different Indian collection coming to the streamer subsequent yr are a second season of “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” from Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali, a second season of “Rana Naidu” as based mostly on the English collection “Ray Donovan,” and Season 3 of “Delhi Crime,” the Emmy-winning procedural that for its new season will give attention to circumstances of human trafficking.
Further reporting by Brian Welk