Neeraj Pandey will soon be producing a new show titled Khakee: The Bihar Chapter directed by Bhav Dhulia. The streaming show is inspired by the true story of the rise of Bihar's dreaded criminal. The crime series follows the tussle between a dreaded gang lord and an upright Indian Police Service officer named Amit Lodha.
The show will soon drop on the streaming platform Netflix, Pandey has earlier worked with Disney+ Hotstar with shows like Special Ops.
Speaking about the show, Pandey said, "This cop and crime thriller, set in the early 2000s, from the heartland of Bihar is a big story which we have been wanting to create and share for sometime and through the directorial lens of Bhav Dhulia and the production expertise of my partner Shital Bhatia, we have endeavoured to bring the flavour alive with the tonality and treatment."
Khakee: The Bihar Chapter stars Karan Tacker, Avinash Tiwary, Ashutosh Rana, Ravi Kishan, Anup Soni, Jatin Sarna, Nikita Dutta, Abhimanyu Singh, Aishwarya Sushmita and Shraddha Das.
Pandey is best known for his directorial ventures like A Wednesday (2008), Special 26 (2013), Baby (2015), MS Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016).