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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s eldest son Aryan Khan is all set to make his directorial debut. The young filmmaker will helm a web show for Netflix. On Monday, details of the show titled Stardom was revealed.
A source shared that the six-episode series will be set against the backdrop of the film industry and has also been written by Aryan. The show is currently in its pre-production phase and is expected to go on floors later this year. It will be bankrolled by Shah Rukh Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment.
A source had told Pinkvilla, “Aryan is penning a script, with a bunch of writers, for Red Chillies Entertainment’s web series. One of them is Lior Raz. The work has already begun on the project and it may kick off by the end of the year. Aryan wants to learn the process of filmmaking. He wants to kick off his career as a writer first before he dives into direction.”
Lior Raz is the director behind the critically acclaimed political thriller television series Fauda which won six awards. The New York Times also voted Fauda the best international show of 2017. The source added, “Multiple actors have been giving auditions for the web series and going by the rate at which the work has started, the show may go on the floor by the end of the year.”
Aryan Khan has studied filmmaking in the US and Shah Rukh Khan on multiple occasions has said that Aryan is not inclined towards acting. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, he had said, “Aryan doesn’t want to be an actor, he wants to make films, become a director and is training for it in the US.”
Aryan Khan on Sunday also launched his luxury streetwear brand DyavolX.
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