Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Bipasha Basu Begins Acting Comeback in Crime Thriller Series
Bipasha Basu is returning to acting after almost six years away from the screen.
Her new project is a crime thriller series called Barabanki.
She has started filming the series in Mumbai.
The story takes place in 1984.
It is based on a book by retired police officer Aloke Lal.
The book describes a large operation against an opium cartel.
The operation happened in Barabanki, a district in Uttar Pradesh.
Sunny Kaushal and Vishal Jethwa will also have important roles.
Bipasha Basu is returning to acting in Hansal Mehta’s upcoming crime thriller series, Barabanki.
She has begun filming quietly in Mumbai, nearly six years after her last screen appearance.
The series is set in 1984 and is based on Aloke Lal’s book, The Barabanki Narcos.
It follows a major opium raid led by retired IPS officer Aloke Lal in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district.
Sunny Kaushal and Vishal Jethwa are also attached to prominent roles in the series.
- Who
- Bipasha Basu, director Hansal Mehta, retired IPS officer Aloke Lal, Sunny Kaushal and Vishal Jethwa.
- What
- Bipasha Basu is making her acting comeback in the crime thriller series Barabanki.
- When
- The series is set in 1984; filming has begun nearly six years after Basu’s 2020 appearance in Dangerous.
- Where
- Filming has begun in Mumbai, while the story is set in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district.
- Why
- The series chronicles an opium raid operation led by Aloke Lal against a major drug cartel.
- Series
- Barabanki
- Genre
- Crime thriller
- Director
- Hansal Mehta
- Setting
- 1984
- Source material
- The Barabanki Narcos: Busting India’s Most Notorious Drug Cartel by Aloke Lal
- Filming location
- Mumbai
- Additional cast
- Sunny Kaushal and Vishal Jethwa