Shahid Kapoor's 'Farzi', Abhishek Bachchan's 'Breathe 2', new series announced

At a starstudded event hosted by Karan Johar Abhishek Bachchan and Sumukhi Suresh Amazon Prime Video on Thursday rolled out an ambitious fiveyear road map and unveiled a 40strong slate of new titles new films both originals and collaborations and new seasons to be streamed over the next two yearsThe offerings include The Family Man duo Raj and DKs con thriller series Farzi starring Shahid Kapoor and Vijay Sethupati and Rohit Shettys Indian Police Force with Sidharth Malhotra and Shilpa Shetty in the lead roles as well as new seasons of Mirzapur Paatal Lok Mumbai Diaries Four More Shots Please and of course The Family ManFor the starstruck theres Juhi Chawla who essayed a sweet return in Sharmaji Namkeen leading the cast of Hush Hush Telugu star Naga Chaitanya in the supernatural horror series Dhootha and Sonakshi Sinha playing a police inspector in the serial killer drama Dahaad created by Reema Kagti and Zoya AkhtarThe streamer which has completed half a decade in India also has a lineup of original films notably the comedy Maja Maa with Madhuri Dixit Nene collaborations such as the Nawazuddin Siddiquistarrer Tiku Weds Sheru and coproductions including the Akshay Kumarstarrer Ram Setu and the crime thriller Neeyat with Vidya Balan and Ram KapoorA flurry of major announcements were made at the marquee event which included a commitment from the streamer to more than double its investment in Prime Video India over the next five years a foray into original films and licensing deals with leading Indian production houses Ajay Devgn FFilms Dharma Productions Excel Entertainment and Yash Raj FilmsAmong its other hooks for viewers Amazon has launched Prime Video Store its transactional videoondemand TVOD movie rental service in India available to both Prime members and nonmembers The service will enable customers to get early rental access to the latest Indian and international filmsThe event was attended by Jennifer Salke head of Amazon Studios Kelly Day VP international Amazon Prime Video James Farrell head of local originals Amazon Studios Gaurav Gandhi country head Amazon Prime Video India and Aparna Purohit head India originalsWe have played a key role in helping expand the linguistic palette of Indian customers thereby increasing the audience base for creators and talent said Gandhi Purohit added We are confident that our upcoming slate of shows and films will transcend all barriers of language nationality or formatsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever