On the payroll

Jaideep Sahni

After Company (2002), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Chak De India (2007), and Rocket Singh (2009), writer-director Jaideep Sahni has turned exclusive creator for Yash Raj Films' OTT venture. The filmmaker, who often collaborated creatively with Aditya Chopra, will now be an exclusive creator for YRF Entertainment - YRF's digital venture.

A trade source tells mid-day, "Aditya Chopra wants to create shows for global audiences. He roped in Jaideep Sahni, who has always wowed everyone with his scripts, [with the hope] to create genre-defining content." The production house recently announced their maiden OTT project The Railway Men - a story about the untold heroes of the Bhopal gas tragedy that rocked the nation in 1984. The R Madhavan-starrer is being helmed by Shiv Rawail, while Sahni is penning the script for the production house's second outing. "Jaideep will create a genre of his own in the Hindi content space with his first project for YRF Entertainment that is set to roll early next year. Aditya and the team at YRF [will begin] casting next month," the source added.