From Shahid Kapoor’s Farzi To Mirzapur 3 & Made In Heaven 2, Amazon Prime Video Announces Its Starry Slate Of Content

It wasn’t much long ago that a new medium of entertainment,  the OTT, made way into our lives. And before I could even realise the potential it had, it grew exponentially, becoming one of the most sough-after medium of work in showbiz. The two years of pandemic also played in its favour as stuck at home, people resorted to OTT for their dose of entertainment. In the last few years, I have seen the biggest names from both films and TV making their way to OTT and the medium also reviving a lot of careers. One of the giants on this medium is Amazon Prime Video, and today it just got way bigger as the platform announced their upcoming line up and it has left me quite starry-eyed. It’s a big one, so here I begin:

Farzi

Shahid Kapoor‘s digital debut, this film is about an artist who gets pulled into the murky high stakes of a con job and a fiery task force officer on the mission to rid the country of his menaces in a fast-paced, edgy one-of-a-kind thriller.

Director: Raj & DK
Cast: Shahid, Vijay Sethupathi, Raashii Khanna, Kay Kay Menon, Regina Cassandra, Zakir Hussain, Bhuvan Arora, Amol Palekar and Kubbra Sait

Gulkanda Tales

This is yet another masterpiece from the minds of Raj & DK and while there is no other detail yet out about what it is, the cast itself has made me quite curious about it.

Director: Rahi Anil Barve
Cast: Kunal Kemmu, Pankaj Tripathi and Patralekhaa

Jubilee

Set in a newly independent India, Jubilee is a fictional period drama that unveils the stories and dreams that gave birth to Bollywood, as we know it.

Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
Cast: Prosenjit Chatterjee, Aditi Rao Hydari, Aparshakti Khurana and Wamiqa Gabbi

P.I. Meena  

This one is a story of a young and troubled female private investigator who gets thrown into a world where she has to fathom the unfathomable and find her own self.

Director: Debaloy Bhattacharya
Cast: Tanya Maniktala, Jisshu Sengupta, Vinay Pathak, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Samir Soni

Happy Family Conditions Apply

The Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai trio of JD Majethia, Aatish Kapadia and Ratna Pathak Shah returns for a light-hearted family comedy about a quirky but lovable joint family that is always at loggerheads with each other.

Directors: Aatish Kapadia, JD Majethia
Cast: Raj Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Atul Kulkarni and Ayesha Jhulka

Shehar Lakhot

This is a neo-noir series about a man who reluctantly returns to his hometown and gets drawn into a cesspool of smoke and mirrors. How will he prove his innocence?

Director: Navdeep Singh

Dhootha

In this supernatural horror world, possessed inanimate objects wreak havoc on the lives of people who commit deadly sins.

Director: Vikram K Kumar
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Parvathy, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Prachi Desai, and Tharun Bhasker Dhassyam

Ram Setu

Watch Akshay Kumar in a race against time to prove the true existence of the legendary Ram Setu.

Director: Abhishek Sharma
Cast: Akshay, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nushrratt Bharuccha and Satyadev Kancharana

Neeyat

A story about a billionaire’s birthday getaway that turns into a mystery, Neeyat promises to make you bite your nails off. It’s up to Detective Mira Rao to get to the truth.

Director: Anu Menon
Cast: Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Mita Vasisht, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Dipannita Sharma, Amrita Puri, Shashank Arora and Prajakta Koli  

Hush Hush

Get ready to expect the unexpected. The lives of 5 women intersect in unexpected ways when an unforeseen event unravels the façade of their lives.

Directors: Tanuja Chandra, Ashish Pandey and Kopal Naithani
Cast: Juhi Chawla, Ayesha Jhulka, Soha Ali Khan, Karishma Tanna, Shahana Goswami and Kritika Kamra

Modern Love

The Indian remake of the hit international series by the same name, brings you stories of love from the city of dreams Mumbai with Modern Love: Mumbai. And if that wasn’t big enough, it will also bring stories from the South in Modern Love: Chennai, made in Tamil and Modern Love: Hyderabad that is made in Telugu

Mumbai

Directors: Vishal Bhardwaj, Hansal Mehta, Shonali Bose, Dhruv Sehgal, Alankrita Shrivastava and Nupur Asthana

Cast: Fatima Sana Shaikh, Bhupendra Jadawat, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Tanuja, Pratik Gandhi, Ranveer Brar, Yeo Yann Yann, Meiyang Chang, Wamiqa Gabbi, Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika, Danesh Razvi, Ahsaas Channa, Tanvi Azmi, Masaba Gupta, Ritwik Bhowmik, Prateik Babbar, Aadar Malik, Dolly Singh, Chitrangda Singh and Arshad Warsi

Chennai

Directors: Bharathi Raja, Balaji Sakthivel, Raju Murugan, Krishnakumar Ramakumarn and Akshay Sundher

Cast: Kishore, Ramya Nambeesan, Ashok Selvan, Ritu Varma, Vijayalakshmi, TJ Banu, Gouri Reddy, Samyuktha Vishwanathan, Vasudevan Murali, Chu Khoy Sheng and Sanjula S

Hyderabad

Directors: Nagesh Kukunoor, Venkatesh Maha, Uday Gurrala and Devika Bahudanam

Cast: Aadhi Pinisetty, Nithya Menen, Ritu Varma, Suhasini Maniratnam, Revathy, Naresh, Malavika Nair, Abijeet Duddala, Naresh Agastya, Komalee Prasad and Ulka Gupta

Breathe Into The Shadows Season 2

Abhishek Bachchan and Amit Sadh are back with another intriguing tale of twists and nightmares.

Director: Mayank Sharma
Cast: Abhishek, Amit, Nithya Menen, Naveen Kasturia and Saiyami Kher

Made In Heaven Season 2

One of the most awaited sequels on Indian OTT is finally here and I am excited to see some more weddings and a lot more drama to unfold.

Directors: Zoya Akhtar, Nitya Mehra, Alankrita Shrivastava and Neeraj Ghaywan
Cast: Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Kalki Koechlin and Shivani Raghuvanshi

Mirzapur Season 3

The third season of one of the most loved web series ever on the digital medium has been announced and I can’t wait to see the story unravel, especially after the way season 2 had ended.

Directors: Gurmeet Singh and Anand Iyer

Four More Shots Please Season 3

The crazy girl gang is back for some more love, blunder and to discover what really makes them stick through their friendship.

Director: Joyeeta Patpatia
Cast: Sayani Gupta, Bani J, Kirti Kulhari, Maanvi Gagroo, Prateik Babbar, Jim Sarbh, Rajeev Siddhartha, Lisa Ray, Simone Singh, Rohan Mehra, Shilpa Shukla and Sushant Singh

Paatal Lok Season 2

During the onset of lockdown, this was the show that got us hooked to our digital screens, and after two years now, the second season has been announced and I just cannot stop myself from jumping in excitement.

Creator: Sudip Sharma

The Family Man Season 3

Srikant is coming back and I can’t wait to see how he saves the nation this time around. It is surely going to be epic.

Creators: Raj & DK
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani and Sharib Hashmi

Mumbai Diaries Season 2

The highly capable team of doctors is back to tackle a new situation this time around and I can’t wait to find out what it will be about.

Director: Nikkhil Advani
Cast: Konkona Sensharma, Mohit Raina, Natasha Bhardwaj, Satyajeet Dubey, Mrunmayee Deshpande and Prakash Belawadi

Panchayat Season 2

Jitendra Kumar is back to the village and this time he has change on his mind, and I am excited to find out more!

Dahaad

After playing a cop’s wife over three films in a decade, Sonakshi Sinha is making her web debut as a cop herself and I am eager to see her in uniform in this gripping tale of serial killings.

Directors: Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi
Cast: Sonakshi, Vijay Verma, Gulshan Devaiah and Sohum Shah  

Films by Excel Entertainment

Amazon Prime Video has also acquired the digital rights of five films by Excel Entertainment that includes Phone Bhoot, Yudhra, Fukrey 3, Jee Le Zara and Kho Gaye Hum Kahaan.

Bambai Meri Jaan

A sneak peek into the post-independence Bombay and streets riddled with crime. The show is an honest cop’s journey as he tries to protect his family.

Director: Shujaat Saudagar
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Kritika Kamra, Avinash Tiwary and Amyra Dastur

Jee Karda

Celebrate life with these 7 childhood friends who are trying to steer their way through adulthood.

Director: Arunima Sharma
Cast: Tamannaah Bhatia, Suhail Nayyar, Aashim Gulati, Anya Singh, Hussain Dalal, Samvedna Suwalka and Sayan Banerjee

Adhura

A supernatural thriller set in an elite boarding school which hides a secret so dark and dreadful that it will shake up everything.

Directors: Gauravv Chawla and Ananya Banerjee
Cast: Rasika Dugal and Ishwak Singh

Crash Course

A fictional account of two warring coaching institutes, and the effect it has on a group of young students.

Director: Vijay Maurya
Cast: Annu Kapoor, Bhanu Uday, Udit Arora, Pranay Pachauri, Siddharth Kak, Chirag Vohra, Gaurav Sharma and Bidita Bag

Tiku Weds Sheru

A roller coaster love story of two survivors who in spite of overwhelming odds have a great zest to live and celebrate life.

Director: Sai Kabir
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur

This Is AP Dhillon

An all access reality documentary based on AP Dhillon – the breakout star of the global Punjabi hip hop scene.

Executive Producer: AP Dhillon

Cinema Marte Dum Tak

An Amazon original series made for the love of cinema for all Indian cinema lovers.

Executive Producer: Vasan Bala
Cast: J Neelam, Kishan Shah, Dilip Gulati and Vinod Talwar

Dancing On The Grave

The true story of a sensational crime, with access to shocking footage and exclusive interviews.

Director: Patrick Graham

Maja Maa

After a fantastic web debut this year, Madhuri Dixit Nene is back to the digital screens  with a warm, funny story about a loving mother who becomes a hurdle in her son’s marriage plans.

Director: Anand Tiwari
Cast: Madhuri Dixit Nene, Gajraj Rao, Ritwik Bhowmik, Barkha Singh, Srishti Shrivastava, Sheeba Chadha, Rajit Kapur and Simone Singh

Films by Ajay Devgn Ffilms

Amazon Prime Video has also acquired the digital rights of four films by ADF that includes Runway 34, Thank God, Drishyam 2 and Bhola.

Films by Yash Raj Films

Amazon Prime Video has also acquired the digital rights of five films by YRF that includes Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Prithviraj, Shamshera, Tiger 3 and Pathaan.

Films by Dharma Productions

Amazon Prime Video has also acquired the digital rights of three films by Dharma that includes Jug Jugg Jeeyo, Govinda Naam Mera and Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.

Ae Watan Mere Watan

This film by Dharmatic Entertainment is inspired by the true story of a young girl and her unique role in the fight for India’s independence.

Director: Kannan Iyer

Call Me Bae

This Dharmatic series tells the story of Bae, Billionaire fashionista disowned by her ultra-rich family after her involvement in a salacious scandal.

This is turning out to be a monster line up and I just can’t wait to start streaming it all. This is going to be a fun and entertaining couple of years ahead!