Mumbai July 5 (IANS) Actor-comedian Vir Das is set to write and produce a new digital series with filmmaker Nikkhil Advani.
While the actor is passionate about acting and his stand-up comedy he also has a flair for writing.
The series will be a dark comedy to be set in Mumbai with a hint of thrill to it. Vir will also play the lead role in the show to be produced by Weirdass Comedy and Emmay Entertainment.
Talking about it Vir said in a statement: I had developed a concept and worked around the script. And it was something I wanted to work with someone who would understand the content of it and thus the idea to work with Nikkhil came about.
When I told him about it he was indeed excited and was an instant collaboration. It s a dark comedy. Having a certain element of thrill we can t reveal the concept per se. We intend to have it as a 10 part series.
Currently their teams are working on the script and the shooting for the series will start in September.
--IANS
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Vir Das, Nikkhil Advani to collaborate for digital series
