SCOOP: Abhay Pannu signed to direct the FIRST | Indian Movie News
India’s main manufacturing home Yash Raj Films (YRF) has signed filmmaker Abhay Pannu to direct a horror movie for the studio. Pannu, best identified for creating the critically acclaimed sequence Rocket Boys, has also developed the script for the project, which is scheduled to go on flooring later in 2026. The yet untitled project will mark the first-ever horror movie to be produced by Yash Raj Films in the last 50 years.
“Yash Raj Films have made films all across the genres except for horror. Come 2027, and the banner will step into the horror space with a feature film directed by Abhay Pannu. YRF CEO, Akshaye Widhani, facilitated this conversation and the collaboration, as he gave the confidence to Aditya Chopra to explore the uncharted domain of horror for the first time in the ever-so-evolving world of cinema,” a source shared with Bollywood Hungama.
Post the success of Saiyaara, YRF, under the management of CEO Akshaye Widhani, has been actively participating with a new era of storytellers, including Mohit Suri, Sameer Saxena, and Abhay Pannu, with the goal of increasing the studio’s storytelling canvas across genres and codecs
As half of this strategic direction, YRF is strengthening its inside inventive framework to assist a twin development model. A slate of movies creatively developed and produced by Aditya Chopra and a parallel slate led by Akshaye Widhani and his crew, targeted on fostering contemporary inventive voices and new-age storytelling
The source concludes, “It’s the first time in historical past that Aditya Chopra has decentralised the movie manufacturing recreation by bestowing the duty of content creation to Akshaye Widhani, who, after the success of Saiyaara, is wanting to produce a lot more with a newer set of filmmakers.
More particulars on the horror movies are awaited.
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