Madhuri for digital debut

Madhuri Dixit Nene is poised to make her digital debut with an untitled series, which will be produced by Karan Johar for Netflix. The series will be a family drama full of suspense, written by New York-based writer-director Sri Rao, reflecting on the lives of people in the entertainment industry.The series is being jointly produced by Netflix and Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital arm of Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. 

In September, Netflix entered into a long-term partnership with Dharmatic to create a range of new fiction and non-fiction series and films. Writer-director Sri Rao, whose credits include US television series, What Goes On, General Hospital: Night Shift, The Black Widow and the Bollywood film Baar Baar Dekho, will be the showrunner. Rao previously collaborated with Maduri Dixit on a pilot for US network ABC, inspired by her life as a Bollywood superstar-turned-soccer mom in suburban America.