Vijay Verma has started shooting for his much-awaited Prime Video series ‘Matka King’. The actor announced it with a new poster on June 12. The crime-thriller set in 1960s Mumbai is directed by Nagraj Manjule.

Sharing the announcement poster, Vijay captioned, “Ready to place your bets.”

Check out the poster here:

Directed by Vijay Varma, ‘Matka King’ is a fictional story set in 1960s Mumbai, where an enterprising cotton merchant seeking legitimacy and respect launches a new gambling game called ‘Matka’.

The series also stars exciting actors like Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Gulshan Grover and Siddharth Jadhav in pivotal roles.

Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Nagraj Manjule, Gargi Kulkarni, Ashish Aryan and Ashwini Sidhwani under the banner of Roy Kapur Films, the series is directed by Nagraj Manjule and co-written by Abhay Koranne and Manjule.

The series, currently in production, will be available to Prime members in more than 240 countries and territories upon release.