Pathaan Writer Sridhar Raghavan To Make Hollywood Debut, Will Work On A Horror Series With 'Conjuring' Producer

The man behind the YRF spy universe Sridhar Raghavan, who has written popular Bollywood movies like Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff starrer War (2019), Shah Rukh Khan-headlined Pathaan (2023) and Salman Khan-starrerTiger 3 (2023), is all set to make his Hollywood debut. The younger brother of filmmaker Sriram Raghavan (known for Andhadhun and Merry Christmas) will now work on a horror series for Conjuring producer Peter Safran.

Pathaan Writer Sridhar Raghavan Is All Set To Make His Hollywood Debut

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Sridhar Raghavan who has previously written for Indian TV shows like CID and Aahat will collaborate with Aquaman writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. He revealed how he cracked the deal in conversation with Bollywood Hungama. He said that Peter Safran had reached out to Reliance Entertainment earlier looking for interesting material in supernatural genre.

"Reliance spoke to me and I talked to Peter Safran. I sent him the book I was working on and he liked the idea. I then started developing it. Peter Safran will produce the show along with Reliance. It¡¯ll have around 6-8 episodes. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who wrote Aquaman, is my script consultant. Currently, we have locked the script. It took us 4 ? years to do so. Covid delayed the process," he told the publication.

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Sridhar Raghavan says he is a classic horror fan.

"I love films like The Omen (1976), The Exorcist (1973), Rosemary¡¯s Baby (1968) etc. I don¡¯t mind recent horror films. But for me, The Omen is the (cult) horror film. In fact, horror is the wrong word. These films are dramas with supernatural elements. The Omen is a father-son story, Rosemary¡¯s Baby is a mother-daughter tale while The Exorcist is about a priest and a girl who is possessed," he added.

Earlier in an interview with PTI, Raghavan had talked about working in Pathaan. "I was joking with somebody recently that I¡¯ll get up in the morning and think about writing ¡®three ways to escape from prison¡¯. It¡¯s like a game you play with yourself. All of us were involved. I wrote versions, Sid added a lot. The actor has ideas of what all would be interesting to do. Some of it I wrote, I can¡¯t remotely take credit for most."

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