Becoming a member of the listing of newcomers making their appearing debut in 2026 is Vir Hirani, son of filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani. If issues go as deliberate, the brand new child on the block could seem on display as early as this summer season. mid-day has learnt that Vir’s maiden collection, ‘Pritam Pedro’, which additionally marks the filmmaker’s first internet providing, is being lined up for a Could launch on JioHotstar.
A supply revealed, “The cyber crime thriller was initially talked about within the streamer’s 2025-26 slate. However as work on the collection went on for lengthy, it’s lastly arriving this Could.”
‘Pritam Pedro’ sees Arshad Warsi painting an old-school cop, compelled to staff up with Vir’s younger officer, who’s a laptop geek and makes use of expertise to unravel instances. Rajkumar, who serves because the co-producer and showrunner, had initially solid Vikrant Massey within the position of the younger cop. The actor, nevertheless, needed to exit the undertaking. “Vir wasn’t imagined to be launched with ‘Pritam Pedro’. However throughout casting adjustments, Hirani felt Vir might slot in as a younger tech geek,” stated one other insider.
Arshad Warsi performs a cop within the present; (proper) Vikrant Masseys
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Vikrant Massey was initially supposed to steer ‘Pritam Pedro’ alongside Arshad Warsi. Nonetheless, the actor needed to exit the undertaking