Amazon Prime Video reveals the first look of new shows and seasons of much awaited shows, Saif Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Amol Palekar and many other Bollywood actors being part of the shows.
At an exclusive event held for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Amazon Prime Video India announced the release of 14 new Orginal Web shows of 2020 including a mix of nine brand new series and five new seasons of popular shows from the past 3 years like Mirzapur 2, Breathe 2 and The Family Man Season 2.
The first in line to be released this January is director Kabir Khan’s The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye, starring Sunny Kaushal and Sharvari Wagh.
Though the season 2 failed to raise the bar of the show, Vivek Oberoi & Richa Chadha starer cricket-themed drama Inside Edge's season 3 will also be released this year.
For the Season 2 of Breathe, Abhishek Bachchan will be replacing R Madhavan, and Amit Sadh & Nithya Menon joins the cast playing pivotal roles in the series.
In Mirzapur 2's slate, Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Rasika Duggal, Ali Fazal are as intense in the season 1 and setting the expectations for the show right.
Sayani Gupta, Kirti Kulhari, Maanvi Gagroo and Bani J's Four More Shots Please season 2 takes the girls internationally, with parts of the show shot in Turkey.
The slate video also includes unscripted titles Sons of Soil - Jaipur Pink Panthers and comedy show Comicstaan Tamil.
Only Much Louder's Gormint that went into controversy, is finally getting released this year.
The shows have a brilliant cast line up with veteran actors Amol Parasher, Naseeruddin Shah and Dimple Kapadia, debuts on digital with shows Gormint, Bandish Bandits and Dilli respectively along with creative filmmakers like Kabir Khan, Ali Abbas Zafar, Nikkhil Advani, Raj & DK, Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani, Reema Kagti, Rangita and Ishita Nandy, Mayank Sharma, Amritpal Singh Bindra, Amit Kumar and Himanshu Mehra.
NEW SERIES
● The Forgotten Army
Creator and Director – Kabir Khan Music - Pritam Cast – Sunny Kaushal, Sharvari, TJ Bhanu, Rohit Chaudhari, MK Raina, R Badree
● Bandish Bandits
Producer – Amritpal Singh Director – Anand Tiwari Music – Shankar Ehsaan Loy Still and Still Moving Cast – Naseerudin Shah, Atul Kulkarni
● Mumbai Diaries – 26/11
Director – Nikkhil Advani Producer - Emmay Entertainment Cast – Mohit Raina, Konkana Sen, Tina Desai
● Dilli
Producer – Off side Entertainment – Ali Abbas Zafar and Himanshu Mehra Creator and Director– Ali Abbas Zafar Writer- Gaurav Solanki Cast – Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Mohd Zeeshan Ayub, Sarah Jane Dias
● Paatal Lok
Producer- Clean Slate Entertainment Writer – Sudip Sharma Cast – Neeraj Kabi, Gul Panag, Jaideep Ahlawat
● The Last Hour
Producers – Fission Features – Amit Kumar, Anupama Minz; and Asif Kapadia. Producer – Asif Kapadia Cast - Sanjay Kapoor, Raima Sen
● Gormint
Producer – Only Much Louder Actors – Amol Palekar, Manav Kaul, Shikha Talsania, Girish Kulkarni
RETURNING SEASONS:
● Mirzapur - Season 2
Writer – Puneet Krishna and Vinnet Krishna Creator – Puneet Krishna Director – Gurummeet Singh and Mihir Desai Producer – Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar Cast – Ali Fazal, Shweta Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Rajesh Tailang, Amit Sial, Rasika Duggal
● Inside Edge - Season 3
Creator – Karan Anshuman Directors – Karan Anshuman and Kanishk Varma Producer – Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar Excel Entertainment Cast – Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha, Aamir Bashir, Angad Bedi, Sayani Gupta, Sapna Pabbi
● Breathe - Season 2
Writer and director – Mayank Sharma Producer – Vikram Malhotra Abunduntia Entertainment Cast – Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Nithya Menon
● Four More Shots Please - Season 2
Producer – Pritish Nandy Communications – Rangita Pritish Nandy Showrunners – Rangita Nandy, Ishita Nandy Director – Nupur Asthana Cast – Sayani Gupta, Kirti Kulhari, Maanvi Gagroo, Shibani Dandekar, Bani J, Lisa Ray, Milind Soman
● The Family Man - Season 2
Creator, Producer and Director – Raj & DK Cast – Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha, Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi
NEW UNSCRIPTED TITLES
● Sons of Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers Producer - BBC Productions
● Comicstaan Tamil Producer - Only Much Louder