Actors Ali Fazal and Sonali Bendre have been roped in for an upcoming web series based on the 1978 Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping and murder case, also known as the Ranga-Billa case. HT City has exclusively learnt that the series is currently being shot in Delhi.

The case, which shook the nation, led to the death sentences of the convicted criminals Kuljeet Singh (alias Ranga) and Jasbir Singh (alias Billa), and execution in 1982. In the series, Sonali and Ali will play investigative officers tasked with cracking the case.

A source close to the production tells us, “The team has been researching the case for several months... Shooting is underway in Delhi and is expected to continue through the end of April. This is the first time a series based on the Ranga-Billa case is being made, and it will explore the events in depth.”

Post the schedule wrap in Delhi, the crew will move to multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh, with the final schedule in Mumbai next month, the source shares, adding, “The story has been treated with sensitivity and aims to show how deeply the case affected Delhi.”

The series is expected to enter post-production in June-July and will reportedly release by the end of the year.