Yash Raj Films has introduced that it’s venturing into internet sequence with The Railway Men. The manufacturing home on Thursday mentioned their first internet sequence will function R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma and late actor Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan.
YRF’s streaming content material will created beneath YRF Entertainment and it’ll launch 5 tasks in its first yr. The Railway Men began filming on December 1 and it’ll stream on an OTT platform in December 2 subsequent yr.
The Railway Men is a tribute to the railway employees at Bhopal station who’re the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal fuel tragedy, the world’s largest man-made industrial catastrophe. The challenge was introduced on the identical day because the tragedy came about 37 years in the past. The Railway Men is being directed by debutant filmmaker Shiv Rawail.
Akshaye Widhani, senior vp of Yash Raj Films, mentioned in an announcement, “The Bhopal Gas Tragedy is the world’s worst industrial disaster that has impacted scores of people since the tragedy struck the city in 18984. At YRF, we are constantly trying to develop the best compelling stories for audience and this is our tribute to the unsung heroes of the tragedy, that took place 37 years ago, who, despite saving thousands of lives on that fateful day, are still unknown to people across the world.”
Yogendra Mogre, govt producer at YRF Entertainment mentioned, “The Railway Men is our salute to their spirit, their courage and their humanity. This is a story that needed to be told. We are not going to leave any stone unturned to ensure that this story reaches out to audiences, across the world, in the best possible way so that they can understand the depth of devastation that this tragedy has caused in India.”
YRF Entertainment’s The Railway Men will stream on December 2, 2022 as a homage to humanity and colossal sacrifice within the wake of a disaster that shook the nation.