'Namaste London' Director Vipul Amrutlal Shah To Produce And Direct A Web Series On COVID-19 Vaccine Trials?

The ‘Singh Is Kinng’ director decided to chart a challenging and unexplored territory with his next offering, ‘Humans’, a web series based on human drug testing. Read on.

The race to develop the COVID-19 vaccine in a cost-effective manner among the countries has raised several questions on the modus operandi. Medical experts across the globe have been working round-the-clock to develop a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus. Given the urgency to stem the spread of Covid-19, some drug makers are moving straight into small-scale human tests, without waiting for the completion of pre-human testing procedures. Director Vipul Amrutlal Shah decided to chart a challenging and unexplored territory with his next web series, ‘Humans’. ALSO READ| ‘Drishyam’ Director Nishikant Kamat Passes Away; Confirms Riteish Deshmukh The web series will be based on human drug testing that would unravel the shades of grey, risk-taking measures, loopholes and disparity in our bid to develop the vaccine. This project will also mark the digital debut for the ‘Waqt: The Race Against Time’ director. According to a source, “Humans will mark Vipul sir’s return to the thriller genre after the success of Aankhen (2002). He is quite excited and confident about the show, surprisingly more so because, he has no connection with the medical world. He has been researching on the subject since the last 2-3 years and has got a panel of doctors and researchers to help him figure out the huge underbelly of the medical fraternity who develop these kinds of drugs and vaccines tested on humans.” ALSO READ| Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Family Lawyer Vikas Singh Expresses SHOCK Over Delay In Supreme Court’s Judgement For CBI Investigation The source added, “Considering the current pandemic scenario and the constant efforts by the medical research team across the world to develop a vaccine, the subject of human drug testing is quite relatable. Since it’s a very sensitive subject, Vipul sir wants to leave no stone unturned in the writing department and so he has been gathering as much information as possible to make the show an eye-opener. Humans is a show about human drug testing. In today’s world, the vaccines and new medicines are needed daily but what all happens creating them is one of the biggest scams in the world. Humans will try to shed light on the scam affecting thousands of human lives during this process” The web series will also feature two female leads supposed to be announced soon. Produced and directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah under his banner Sunshine Pictures Private Limited and written by Mozez Singh and Ishani Banerjee, ‘Humans’ is scheduled to go on floors by the end of this year. ALSO READ| Bigg Boss 14: Ramanand Sagar’s Great Granddaughter Sakshi Chopra Known For Her BOLD Social Media Posts In Salman Khan’s Show? Watch this space for more updates.