TORONTO - Canadian comedy star Russell Peters is set to play a Toronto cop caught up in a case in India in a new CraveTV dramedy series.
The streaming service says "Russell Peters is the Indian Detective" will begin production this fall and shoot in Durban, Mumbai and Toronto.
The series, with four hour-long episodes, will premiere in 2017 and mark Peters's first starring role in a scripted TV show.
The Brampton, Ont., native will play Doug D'Mello, a Toronto cop who visits his dad in Mumbai after being unjustly suspended.
While there, he gets caught up in a dangerous investigation, falls for a beautiful lawyer, and suffers from culture shock.
The series was developed for Peters by writer and executive producer Frank Spotnitz and Smita Bhide.
