Shiv Rawail to Direct Alia Bhatt and Sharvari in Yash Raj Spy Universe Film ‘The Railway Men’
The first female-led film in leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films‘ (YRF) spy universe has found its director in Shiv Rawail, Variety has learned.
Alia Bhatt and Sharvari will play super agents in the as-yet-untiitled film. Rawail, who had previous stints as assistant director on YRF productions, debuted as a director with the studio’s 2023 Netflix series “The Railway Men.”
The four-part series deals with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and marks the first in a creative partnership between the streamer and YRF.
“The Railway Men” debuted atop Netflix’s South Asian charts and at No. 8 on the streamer’s non-English TV Top 10. The cast is led by R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, and emerging talent Babil Khan.
The spy universe kicked off with the Tiger franchise and continued with “War” and “Pathaan,” one of the biggest Indian hits of 2023. Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will headline “Tiger vs Pathaan”.
“Shiv‘s debut directorial for YRF, ‘The Railway Men,’ is a humongous hit and he is the talk of the town today.
He is young and has a brilliant pulse on what the youth would want to consume as entertainment as is evident with the global success that he has delivered under the guidance of Aditya Chopra.
The film will commence production this year.
