Ishaan Khatter’s Aviraaj Singh and Bhumi Pednekar’s Sophia Shekhar get entangled in a steamy romance as the latter embarks on a mission to transform a palace into a Royal Bed and Breakfast in the trailer of Netflix’s upcoming romcom series The Royals, dropped by the streamer on Tuesday.
The two-minute-47-second-long trailer opens with Aviraaj, the future heir of Motibaag palace, learning that the royal family is struggling financially. He proposes to sell off the palatial building. Meanwhile, Sophia receives the entrepreneur of the year award and signs a business deal to transform the Motibaag Palace into a Royal B&B within six months, failing which she would also have to return the project’s seed money.
As Sophia and Aviraaj’s paths cross, both conflict and romance brew between the two, making way for an unexpected love story.
The trailer also features Nora Fatehi, whose character tries to convince Aviraaj that her royal lineage makes her a better fit for him.
Sakshi Tanwar and Zeenat Aman also appear in the trailer. Vihaan Samat, Kavya Trehan, Milind Soman and Dino Morea round off the cast of The Royals.
Set to hit Netflix on May 9, The Royals marks Bhumi’s series debut and Zeenat Aman’s first collaboration with Netflix. The show is written by Neha Veena Sharma, produced by Pritish Nandy, and directed by Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana.
Bhumi Pednekar was last seen in Mudassar Aziz’s Mere Husband Ki Biwi alongside Arjun Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh. Ishaan was last seen in the Netflix thriller series The Perfect Couple, which marked his Hollywood debut.