Shahid Kapoor has signed his first web series, to be directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK of Go Goa Gone fame. The makers are yet to make a formal announcement of the same. The web series also features Vijay Sethupathi in an integral role. An action thriller, the project goes on floors next month.
It will mark Shahid Kapoor's debut in the online space and will be premiered on Amazon Prime as an original. The team has finalised a title for the series as well. It is tentatively titled 'Gavar' (illiterate). The contracts have been signed and both Shahid and Vijay have locked their dates for the web series.
The OTT project will be shot across Mumbai and Goa, starting January and will be an eight or ten part episodic series that will be wrapped up around March/April. Shahid Kapoor, who was supposed to start this project after finishing work on Shashank Khaitan's Yoddha opted out of the Dharma project and will now first flag off the Raj and DK actioner. Like their trademark brand of cinema, Gavar will also be a popcorn action thriller series that will be shot in two parts.
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Meanwhile, Shahid will soon resume the shoot of his forthcoming film Jersey. The film is a remake of 2019 Telugu film of the same name. It also casts Mrunal Thakur and Pankaj Kapur in key roles.
Shahid Kapoor's last movie was Kabir Singh in the year 2019, which proved to be his biggest commercial success in which he played the sole male lead.