Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has announced his next film, Police Company, with Harshvardhan Rane in the lead role. The film is being produced by T Series and is based on the story of a real life police squad that became known for fighting some of Mumbai’s most dangerous gangsters.
Police Company will be set during a period when Mumbai’s underworld was going through major changes. The story will focus on a police squad that operated between 1997 and 2004. During these years, the team reportedly took down more than 300 gangsters. The events will also be shown against the background of the rivalry between underworld figures Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan.
The film’s title refers to the police squad at the centre of the story. Varma has also used the tagline “more dangerous than D Company” to describe the project. The line draws a comparison with D Company, the name commonly associated with Dawood Ibrahim’s criminal network, while shifting the focus toward the police force fighting organized crime.
The story is expected to explore what happened when the police squad was given greater powers to deal with criminal groups. Instead of focusing only on gangsters and police encounters, the film is likely to examine how those powers affected the people inside the squad and the way the team operated.
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— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 10, 2026
POLICE COMPANY
With the tag line
“It Is More Dangerous Than D Company “
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But when an institution is given extra powers, it…
Harshvardhan Rane will play the central character in the film. However, details about his role and the other members of the cast have not yet been announced. More information about the characters is expected as the project moves forward.
Shooting for Police Company is scheduled to begin in mid August 2026. The film marks another return to the crime genre for Varma, who has made several films based on Mumbai’s underworld and crime stories.
Unlike a fictional gangster story, Police Company is being presented around a real police squad and events linked to the period between 1997 and 2004. This gives the film a historical background while allowing Varma to explore the relationship between the police, organized crime and the power given to law enforcement.
Further details about the film’s release date, complete cast and storyline are expected to be announced once production begins.
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— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 10, 2026