Mumbai, Apr 19 (PTI) Actor Sidharth Malhotra is set to star in a new project by filmmaker Rohit Shetty, which will expand the director's cop universe to the digital space, streaming platform Amazon Prime Video announced on Tuesday.

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While there is no official confirmation, the project is said to be a series with Shetty serving as its showrunner.

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It will be reportedly directed by Sushwanth Prakash.

"Watch out for a thrilling ride coming your way tomorrow," the Instagram account of Prime Video posted with a picture of the "Shershaah" star dressed as a cop.

Malhotra also posted the still and wrote, "Rohit Shetty's cop universe goes digital tomorrow".

Shetty's cop universe includes films like the "Singham" franchise, headlined by Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh-starrer "Simmba" and "Sooryavanshi", which featured Akshay Kumar.

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