Anurag Kashyap's Raman Raghav 2.0 to release on May 27

Mumbai: Director Anurag Kashyap is all set to release his next film 'Raman Raghav 2.0', starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal, on May 27.

The thriller is based on the notorious serial killer Raman Raghav who operated in Mumbai during the mid-1960s. Nawazuddin plays the titular role, while 'Masaan' star Kaushal will don the role of a cop in the movie.

Nawazuddin will be essaying the role of Raman Raghav (aka 'Psycho Raman'), the deranged, real-life serial killer of the '60s. Raghav, who committed two known series of murders in 1966 and 1968, is said to have been one of the most notorious serial killers in India. Eventually, he was nabbed and sentenced to life imprisonment, on grounds of his supposedly incurable mental illness. He lived out the rest of his days in Yerwada Central Jail, Pune, before dying of kidney failure in 1995.

"Raman Raghav 2.0 " to be released on May 27th," Kashyap announced on Twitter. Kaushal retweeted Kashyap's post, writing, "Next Up."