Exclusive! Sumeet Vyas, Regina Cassandra, Anna Ben, Barun Sobti, and Mita Vashisht in Srijit Mukherji’s cop drama

It is nothing short of a coup as Sumeet Vyas, Regina Cassandra, Anna Ben, Barun Sobti and several others join Srijit Mukherji in his upcoming cop drama for Zee5. Earlier, OTTplay reported that the director has started working on the project. According to sources, the team has almost completed shooting in Shillong. Besides, Chandan Roy is also part of the show.  

There has not been any official confirmation from Zee5. According to sources, the show will be a police drama. The release date has not been finalised yet. Srijit forayed into the Hindi web series space with Netflix’s Ray. Out of four stories based on Satyajit Ray’s short stories in the anthology, he has directed two. Vasan Bala and Abhishek Chaubey have directed the other two. However, the director has worked extensively in the Bengali web space. He had directed Feluda Ferot season 1 based on Ray’s Chhinnomostar Obhishaap for Addatimes. On Hoichoi, he directed Feludar Goyendagiri season 1 which is based on Darjeeling Jawmjawmat. Besides, another Feluda story, Jawto Kando Kathmandute, has been ready for Addatimes but the release got postponed. Srijit’s Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni on Hoichoi has also been a popular show.

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Earlier this year, Srijit had two releases – Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga which features Pankaj Tripathi and Shabaash Mithu with Taapsee Pannu. While both the films failed to impress at the box office, the OTT releases gathered positive audience reviews. The films topped the Indian top 10 charts on Netflix. Besides, he had two Bengali releases – Kakababur Protyaborton and X=Prem. His next, Oti Uttam, was scheduled to release this Puja but got postponned.