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India’s Zee Studios has unveiled a diversified multilingual, multi-genre content slate for 2026-27, spanning Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada cinema.
The portfolio brings together commercial
entertainers, action spectacles, thrillers, mythology-driven epics and regionally rooted stories.
On the Hindi-language side, the slate includes “Baap,” starring Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff and Mithun Chakraborty, directed by Vivek Singh Chauhan. “Shri Ram Bhoomi,” starring Anupam Kher, Ritwik Bhowmik and Amruta Khanvilkar and directed by Kamakhya Narayan Singh, draws on Indian mythology and history. Other Hindi titles include “Delhi 2021,” starring Richa Chadha and directed by Abhishek Acharya; “Blind Babu,” starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and directed by Ravi Varma; and “Blind Game,” starring Arjun Rampal and Priyamani and directed by Sangeeth Sivan.
The Telugu-language slate features a project currently identified “NBK111,” starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and directed by Gopichand Malineni, and “Indraputra,” starring Kiran Abbavaram and directed by Srikanth Puppala. Also on the slate are “Kanaka Durga,” “Anasuya General Stores” and “January 12 Vidudala,” which stars Venkatesh Daggubati, Keerthy Suresh and Kalyan Ram and is directed by Anil Ravipudi.
In the Tamil language, the studio is backing “Hi,” starring Nayanthara and Kavin and directed by Vishnu Edavan, and “Sathyavan Savithri,” starring Keerthy Suresh and Mysskin and directed by Praveen S. Vijaay. The Kannada-language entry “Anna From Mexico” stars Dhananjaya, Reeshma Nanaiah, Umashree, Rangayana Raghu and Sadhu Kokila under director Shankar Guru. Zee Studios has also stepped into the Gujarati-language market with “Tom and Cherry,” starring Siddharth Randeria and Dhanya Doshi and directed by Dharmessh Mehta.
Marathi-language cinema forms another pillar of the strategy, building on the Indian National Film Award-winning “Aatmapamphlet.” The new slate includes “Jhep,” directed by Priyadarshan Jadhav; “Phulwara,” starring Priyadarshini Indalkar and directed by Ravi Jadhav; “Jogai,” starring Jitendra Joshi and Sajiri Joshi and directed by Vishal Modhave; and “Maan.”
The genre mix extends further with “Silaa,” starring Harshvardhan Rane, Sadia Khateeb and Karanveer Mehra and directed by Omung Kumar.
Zee Studios is also set to collaborate with Anil Kapoor Film & Communication Network for the first time on “Paaltu.”
“Our portfolio strategy is driven by the belief that India cannot be represented through one kind of story, one language or one cinematic lens,” a Zee Studios spokesperson said. “Every market has its own audience, talent, creative ecosystem and entertainment sensibility, and our ambition is to reflect that diversity through the films we back.”
“From Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Gujarati to Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and other language markets, we are dedicated towards building an unconventional content ecosystem with differentiated storytelling,” the spokesperson added. “For us, entertainment serves as the backbone for multilingual and multi-genre cinema, blurring the geographical and colloquial boundaries.”
Watch the slate sizzle reel here:
