Fawad Khan is back in the spotlight with two new projects announced at the Tasveer Film Market in Seattle – the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival in the world. These projects will mark Khan’s venture into dark comedies and crime thrillers, Variety reported.

The superstar will collaborate with a powerhouse creative team for Behind the Scenes, a dark comedy set within the cutthroat world of a newsroom. Behind the camera, the project boasts renowned names like Mehreen Jabbar of Jackson Heights, and Sarmad Khoosat of Kamli fame, ensuring a strong mix of storytelling talent. The newsroom thriller promises to explore the undercurrents of the media industry, delving into themes of ambition, ethics, and corporate politics.

Khan is also taking on a lead role in The Prisoner, an upcoming crime series. Based on Omar Shahid’s bestselling novel, the drama, set in the 1990s, revolves around two daring cops on a covert mission to dismantle Karachi’s powerful, mafia-style political party. The series will see the Humsafar actor in a gritty role as one of the lawmen navigating the perilous streets of Karachi.