R Madhavan, Babil Khan, Kay Kay Menon & Divyenndu Sharma To Lead YRF’s First OTT Project ‘The Railway Men’ Based On 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Yash Raj Movies, India’s largest and the one true blue manufacturing home, is venturing into the booming digital content material (over-the-top or OTT) panorama of India. YRF’s streaming content material manufacturing enterprise can be known as YRF Leisure and it’ll churn out 5 marquee initiatives to start with in its first yr.

The primary large challenge to hit the flooring from the banner is titled The Railway Males – a tribute to the railway employees at Bhopal station who’re the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gasoline tragedy, the world’s largest man-made industrial catastrophe. YRF introduced this challenge on the identical day to salute the heroes of Bhopal who saved 1000’s of lives when the disaster hit the town 37 years again. The Railway Males is being directed by debutant Shiv Rawail, who has been homegrown at YRF and is being mentored by Aditya Chopra.

Shiv will begin the proceedings at YRF Leisure along with his content-forward one-season limited-series concerning the resilience of human spirit within the face of a catastrophe. The Railway Males will characteristic 4 good actors like R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma and Babil Khan. These 4 actors helm the present and the corporate may also announce the presence of a number of different highly effective performers sooner or later of time. The Railway Males began filming from December 1st, yesterday.

Akshaye Widhani, Senior Vice President of Yash Raj Movies says, “The Bhopal Gasoline Tragedy is the world’s worst industrial catastrophe that has impacted scores of individuals because the tragedy struck the town 37 years in the past. At YRF, we’re consistently attempting to develop the perfect compelling tales for viewers and that is our tribute to the unsung heroes of the tragedy who, regardless of saving 1000’s of lives on that fateful day, are nonetheless unknown to individuals the world over.”

Yogendra Mogre, Govt Producer at YRF Leisure provides, “The Railway Males is our salute to their spirit, their braveness and their humanity. This can be a story that wanted to be instructed. We aren’t going to depart any stone unturned to make sure that this story reaches out to audiences, the world over, in the absolute best method in order that they’ll perceive the depth of devastation that this tragedy has induced in India.”

Within the late hours of December 2, 1984, methyl isocyanate gasoline leaked from a pesticide manufacturing unit owned by American Union Carbide Company. It has been reported that greater than half 1,000,000 individuals had been poisoned that night time and the official dying toll exceeded 5,000.

1000’s of survivors have mentioned they, their youngsters and grandchildren are fighting persistent well being issues like most cancers, blindness, respiratory, immune and neurological issues because of the leak.

YRF Leisure’s The Railway Males will stream on December 2, 2022 as a homage to humanity and colossal sacrifice within the wake of a disaster that shook the nation.

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