Ram Gopal Varma has announced a web series. It will tell the story of the rise and fall of the Dawood Ibrahim company in Bombay. "After a long hiatus me and Madhu Mantena team up to make this web series. It is going to be the ultimate chronicle of the Mumbai Underworld," RGV says.

Admittedly, Varma has been delving into the subject matter of the D Company for over 20 years now. "I have done this research with gangsters, encounter cops, middlemen of the underworld and also many film people who were involved with the underworld," the director says.

"The series will not be a biopic of just Dawood Ibrahim but that of the entire D Company from its initiation to its growth as the most dreaded organization in the entire criminal history of India," he adds.

"It will portray the rise of Dawood Ibrahim from being just a small-time hoodlum to how he overthrew the Pathan gang and then after shifting to Dubai, how he gave it a glamorous and corporate look by mixing up with the high and mighty including film stars," Varma writes.

The web series will also touch upon the demolition of Babri Masjid and the riots that followed in Mumbai, culminating in the 1993 serial bomb blasts. How Chota Rajan broke away from the D Company to declare a war on Dawood will also be told.

The complete script is ready. "The web series will have at least 5 seasons of 10 episodes each. Cast and other details will be announced soon," RGV says.