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Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey made his OTT debut on Disney+Hotstar with ‘Special OPS‘ and the show’s prequel is current in the making.
Meanwhile, Peepingmoon informs that Neeraj Pandey is making his next web show based on a criminal from Bihar.
The story is based on Amit Lodha’s 2018 book, Bihar Diaries: The True Story of How Bihar’s Most Dangerous Criminal Was Caught.
The scripting for the show is completed and they will start shooting for it sometime around August this year. It is also reported that Laila Majnu and Bulbbul actor Avinash Tiwary has been roped in to play the lead in this show produced by Pandey’s own digital content company, Friday Storytellers.
Avinash Tiwary will play the role of real-life IPS officer Amit Lodha in this show that narrates the thrilling account of how Amit arrested Vijay Samrat, one of Bihar’s most feared ganglords, notorious for extortion, kidnapping, and the massacre of scores of people.
The actor will start shooting for this show after completing his Amazon Prime series Dongri To Dubai.
Neeraj Pandey is working on the adaptation of Bihar Diaries for the past two years and was earlier planning to make it as a feature film. However, it was later realized that a two-and-half-hour film could not justify the vast material of the book and eventually decided to adapt it as a six-hour episodic series.
Akshay Kumar was expected to headline this project considering Amit Lodha is his wife Twinkle Khanna’s family friend who also played a key role in launching Akshay’s Bharat Ke Veer campaign that assists families of martyred soldiers of India.
Amit Lodha is the Inspector General of the Border Security Force, posted in Rajasthan. He is an officer who has been a part of many successful operations, including the arrest of gangsters and rescue of kidnap victims throughout his career. He has been the recipient of various awards and commendations including the acclaimed President’s Medal of Gallantry, and the Internal Security Medal.
