Prime Video, India’s most loved entertainment destination, today unveiled its most ambitious and diverse content slate till date in the country at its second Prime Video Presents India showcase, with close to 70 series and movies, with most of them premiering on the service over the next 2 years. With 40 Original series and movies, and 29 of some of India’s biggest and most anticipated movies, the new slate promises to bring the best of Indian entertainment to delight and engage customers.
Prime Video’s upcoming originals offer something for everyone in the household, featuring a wide array of series and movies spanning several genres in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. From riveting thrillers and engrossing dramas to rib-tickling comedies and spine-chilling horror, to intriguing unscripted shows, fascinating stories for young adults, high-octane action and alluring musical dramas, the diverse slate brings the best local stories to screen. This is in addition to movies across languages from some of India’s most prestigious film studios that will come to the service after their theatrical premieres.
“At Prime Video, it has been our focus to super-serve Indian customers with the best of entertainment across formats. From clutter-breaking Original series and movies, direct-to-service premieres to post-theatrical launches of some of the biggest hits across languages, our goal is to be the first choice of entertainment for every customer,” said Sushant Sreeram, country director, Prime Video, India. “Our content broke new grounds in 2023, helping India remain a front runner, across international locales, in new customer adoption and Prime member engagement. We are humbled by the love we have received from our customers, and want every story on our service to be someone’s favourite show or movie. In sync with this, we are thrilled to unveil our biggest, most diverse slate till date, and are certain that our upcoming series and movies will continue to enthrall audiences, not just in India but around the world.”
27 strong original Indian series slate includes the anticipated Indian instalment of the Russo bros’ “Citadel” universe, “Citadel: Honey Bunny” from hit making duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, starring Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The duo also has satirical comedy drama “Gulkanda Tales” bowing on Prime Video. Both are part of the streamer’s Hindi language slate, which also includes Siddharth Roy Kapur and Nagraj Manjule’s illegal betting series “Matka King,” starring Vijay Varma; and Smita Singh’s supernatural horror series “Khauf.”
The Hindi language slate also includes a plethora of shows aimed at young adults including Ankur Tewari and Swanand Kirkire’s musical “Bandwaale,” comedy-drama “Call Me Bae,” headlined by Ananya Panday from Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment, Sooni Taraporevala’s dance-themed “Waack Girls,” Gen Z drama “Ziddi Girls,” math-themed “Ma Ka Sum” and coming-of-age drama “Dil Dosti Dilemma.”
Prime Video’s original series slate also includes supernatural horror “Inspector Rishi,” period action drama “Gangs Kuruthi Punal,” kids action “Snakes and Ladders” in the Tamil language; and suspense drama “Arabia Kadali” and talk show “The Rana Connection,” hosted by “Baahubali” star Rana Daggubati in Telugu. There are also “Sivarapalli” and “Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam,” the Telugu and Tamil-language versions of hit Hindi-language comedy-drama “Panchayat.”
Serial killer chiller “Daldal,” headlined by Bhoomi Pednekar; Tamannaah Bhatia, Diana Penty, Jaaved Jaaferi-starring alcohol startup tale “Daring Partners”; village-set comedy “Dupahiya”; unscripted show “Follow Karlo Yaar,” led by influencer Uorfi Javed; Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Ayesha Sood’s “In Transit,” a documentary series that explores the lives of trans and non-binary individuals; “Rangeen” that explores ideas of manhood and morality; “The Great Indian Code” that looks at the birth of India’s software industry; Nikkhil Advani’s “The Revolutionaries,” following Indian freedom fighters; and unscripted show “The Tribe,” about Indian influencers in Los Angeles are also in the Hindi lineup.
Amazon original films include Anil Kapoor‘s action drama “Subedar”, small-town comedy “Supermen of Malegaon,” from Ritesh Sidhwani, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Farhan Akhtar and starring Adarsh Gaurav, Indian independence-themed “Ae Watan Mere Watan,” featuring Sara Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan-starring “Be Happy”, actor Boman Irani’s directorial debut “The Mehta Boys”, and superstition-themed “Chhorii 2” in the Hindi language and “Cheekati Lo,” an investigative crime thriller as well as the satire “Uppu Kappu Rambu Cheekati Lo” in Telugu.
Five much awaited returning series include “Panchayat 3,” “Mirzapur 3,” “Paatal Lok 2” and “Bandish Bandits 2” in the Hindi language and “Suzhal – The Vortex 2” in Tamil.
The 29 licensed films that will bow on the service after their theatrical release pack the most star power. Two of them are Amazon MGM Studios co-productions with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions including the Sidharth Malhotra starrer “Yodha,” that is currently in theaters and “Bad Newz,” starring Vicky Kaushal and Tripti Dimri.
Hindi-language films also include the continuation of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe, “Singham Again,” starring Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Tiger Shroff and Akshay Kumar; “Stree 2,” the sequel to the hit 2018 horror-comedy; war film “Ikkis”; Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon romantic comedy “Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya”; and Farhan Akhtar’s “Don 3,” the next in the franchise rebooted, with Ranveer Singh stepping into Shah Rukh Khan’s shoes.
Some of the Hindi-language slate includes Kunal Khemu’s caper comedy “Madgaon Express”, the action film “Yudhra”, fire-themed action thriller “Agni,” from Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, Emran Hashmi’s “Ground Zero”, Kabir Khan’s sports drama “Chandu Champion,” starring Kartik Aaryan, Varun Dhawan-starring thriller “Sanki”, Shahid Kapoor starrer “Ashwatthama – The Saga Continues,” where the mythological meets the modern; and the next in the “Baaghi” and “Housefull” franchises, headlined by Tiger Shroff and Akshay Kumar respectively.
Southern Indian language films include Dhanush’s action drama “Rayaan” and Suriya’s time travelling “Kanguva” in Tamil, S. Shankar’s action thriller “Game Changer,” featuring “RRR” star Ram Charan, and action drama “Ustad Bhagat Singh” and period action adventure “Hari Hara Veera Mallu,” both starring Pawan Kalyan, in Telugu; and the prequel to 2022 sleeper hit folk tale “Kantara” in Kannada.
“At Prime Video, it has been our ongoing mission to be a global showcase for diverse, authentic and rooted Indian stories, that can transcend linguistic and geographical borders,” said Aparna Purohit, head of Originals, India and Southeast Asia, Prime Video. “In just 2023, our content was watched in over 210 countries and territories, in any given week, and trended in the top 10 on Prime Video worldwide for 43 of the last 52 weeks. It has been gratifying to witness the national and global impact of our shows and movies, and this fuels us to further champion Indian content on the global stage. As the home for storytellers and talent, we are also excited to partner with some of the most prolific names in Indian entertainment, and empower dynamic, new voices, to create stories that are fresh, powerful, inspiring and entertaining. We are confident that our upcoming slate of series and movies will pave the way for even more compelling narratives from India to emerge.”
