Producer of Oscar-shortlisted film “Last Film Show,” has an eclectic range of films and series due in 2023 from his Roy Kapur Films outfit.

Due in the first half of 2023 is war epic film “Pippa,” a coproduction with Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP, directed by Raja Krishna Menon (“Airlift”) and starring Ishaan (“A Suitable Boy”) and Mrunal Thakur (“Sita Ramam”) with music by A.R. Rahman. Arshad Syed’s film “Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan?,” coproduced by Junglee Pictures, is a screwball comedy starring Taapsee Pannu (“Blurr”) and Pratik Gandhi (“Scam 1992”). Another film, comedy-drama “Bas Karo Aunty!,” stars Ishwak Singh (“Rocket Boys”), is directed by debutant Abhishek Sinha, written by Nitesh Tiwari (“Dangal”), and coproduced by Tiwari’s Earthsky Pictures and RSVP for Disney+ Hotstar.

Returning series include the second seasons of “Aranyak” and “Rocket Boys,” on Netflix and SonyLIV respectively.

There are eight new series in various stages of development. These include a series created by Nagraj Manjule (“Jhund”) that explores the world of the gambling game “matka” and the dangerous men who ran it. Vishnuvardhan, director of Amazon Prime Video film “Shershaah,” will make his series directorial debut with an epic action drama across multiple seasons, which will tell the story of an integral part of India’s 20th century military history.

“Ariyippu” director Mahesh Narayanan will helm a multi-season spy thriller set across the Middle East and South Asia. Hardik Mehta, director of Busan selection “Kaamyaab,” will headline a family drama series set across Europe, Africa, and India in the world of warring business families. Abbas Tyrewala (“Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na”) will write and showrun a spy action-drama series, set in the world of South Asian counterintelligence.

BAFTA Breakthrough 2022 honoree Arati Kadav (“Cargo”) is creating a series which will be a quirky take on romance in the sci-fi genre. Ad filmmaker Bhavesh Kapadia will make his directorial debut with a female-led comic thriller series. And, Anubhav Chopra (Netflix’s “House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths”) will write and direct a young adult drama series, set in a modern-day high school.

Roy Kapur Films also has in development a multi-part English-language series adaptation of William Dalrymple’s 2019 bestseller “The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company.”