India’s leading OTT streaming platform Sony LIV is all geared up to make your upcoming months more exciting. The streamer always comes up with some bold and unique content for its fans, that is why it is gaining more and more popularity day by day.
Originally launched in 2013, the platform underwent a revamp for the second time in June 2020 and started to stream its own original movies and series.
Now, to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of its new avatar Sony LIV 2.0, the platform has announced a line-up of its upcoming Indian originals, including new seasons of acclaimed shows including Scam, Rocket Boys, etc at a grand event.
By delivering promising content to Indian audiences, the streamer has started giving tough competition to other OTT giants. It has bagged 18 out of 30 awards at Filmfare OTT Awards.
In its slate of upcoming premium originals, the platform has promised even much bigger and better for its viewers. In the upcoming 18 months, it will deliver shows for a big region of the country in 11 languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Punjabi and Bengali.
Currently: Cooking show, MasterChef Season 7, Business show Shark Tank India 2, Faadu: Love Story, Girls Hostel S3, Meet Cute, Maharani 2, Tamil Rockerz, Sundari Gardens are streaming and receiving positive reviews for performances and content.
Here we have compiled for you the list of Sony LIV’s upcoming originals that are set to deliver in the upcoming 18 months as part of its 2022-23 slate.
1- Jehnabad: Jail Break and a Heart Break
Release Date: 3 Feb 2023
Jehanabad: Jai Break and a Heart Break is Sony LIV’s upcoming series that is being shown by Sudhir Mishra. It features Ritwik Bhowmik, Harshita Shekhar Gaur, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rajat Kapoor, Suneel Sinha, Satyadeep Mishra, Rajesh Jais and Sonal Jha in key roles. It is directed by Rajeev Barnwal and Satyanshu Singh.
2- Rocket Boyz 2
Release Date: March 10, 2023
Created by Nikkhil Advani, biographical drama series Rocket Boys is set to return with its second season on Sony LIV. Based on the life of two great scientists of the National Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai, the show received critical acclaim from critics and audience.
Actors Jim Sarbh and Iswak Singh have played the characters of Dr. Bhabha and Dr. Sarabhai respectively. Also it features Regina Cassandra and Dibyendu Bhattacharya in the lead role. Abhay Pannu is the director of the show.
3- Mission R&AW
Release Date: N/A
Sony LIV and popular filmmaker Hansal Mehta have come together to create a new series titled Mission R&AW, based on RK Yadav’s book of the same name on the journey and exploits of the first chief of India’s foreign service agency R&AW, Rameshwar Nath Kao.
Produced by Prabhleen Kaur Sandhu’s Almighty Motion Pictures, the series will showcase intelligence operations that have shaped geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent.
4- Garmi
Release Date: N/A
Created and directed by actor-filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia, best known for his role as Ramadhir Singh in Gangs of Wasseypur film series, Garmi is an upcoming Sony LIV original series that the story of youth politics set up amidst the backdrop of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Backed by Hemal Thakkar’s Playtime Creations, the series stars Jaya Ojha, Disha Thakur, Vyom Yadav, Vineet Kumar, Jatin Goswami, Mukesh Tiwari in key roles.
5- Jengaburu: A Billion Dollar Cause
Release Date: N/A
Sony LIV will soon premiere a fresh new web-series Jengaburu: A billion dollar Cause, which is part of its upcoming original premium series. it is created and directed by filmmaker Nila Madhav Panda, know for making multiple documentaries and shorts based on social issues such as climate change, child labour, education and films like I am Kalam, Jalpari, Babloo Happy Hai etc.
6- Jazzy City ’71: Fight For Language
Release Date: N/A
Jazzy City ’71 was announced on Saturday by Sony LIV, as part of its 2022-23 slate of original shows. It is created by Soumik Sen, known for directing 2014 drama film Gulaab Gang and directed by R.S. Vimal. The details about the star cast is yet to be announced by its makers.
7- First Election: India 1951
Release Date: N/A
First Election: India 1951 is the first socio-political drama series based on the first general election that were held between October 25, 1951 and February 21, 1952, the very first time after India got freedom from the Britishers in 1947. The series is created and directed by Rahul. Dholakia, known for his National Award winning film Parzania.
8- Main Sahir Hoon
Release Date: N/A
Main Sahir Hoon is one of the series announced as part of Sony LIV ‘s 2022-23 slate of upcoming shows. It is the story of the lead characters named Sahir and Amrita and is Created by Manish Hariprasad who have produced Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan starrer 2013 romantic comedy film Chennai Express.
9- Freedom at Midnight
Release Date: N/A
Freedom At Midnight is an upcoming epic political thriller based on the book of the same name by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. Produced and showrun by Nikkhil Advani, it highlights many incidents from the year of India’s independence and interrelated stories about events and personalities who played a significant role in writing the country’s history.
StuidioNext and Advni’s Emmay Entertainment have come together to co-produced the series while Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das and Gundeep Kaur have penned the story.
10- Summer of ’77: Children of Freedom
Release Date: N/A
Summer of ’77: Children of Freedom is the upcoming series of Sony LIV that is created and written by Sudhir Mishra. The further details regarding the shows haven’t been revealed by the makers yet.
11- Iru Dhuruvam 2
Release Date: N/A
Tamil crime thriller Series Iru Dhuruvam, which premiered its 9 episodes in 2019 on Sony LIV is set to return to the platform with its super exciting season 2. Produced by Applause Entertainment, the series stars Prasanna, Nanda, Abhirami Venkatachalam in the lead roles.
The first season was directed by M. Kumaran while the upcoming season will be directed by Arun Prakash. The announcement of the renewal of the series was made in October 2021.
12- Journey
Release Date: N/A
Another Tamil web-series titled Journey is directed by Cheran Pandian and produced by Compass8 Films. It stars Kalaiarasan Harikrishnan, Prasanna, Aari Arjunan, Divya Bharathi, Anju Kurian, Aadukalam Naren, Kashyap Bharbarya.
13- Accidental Farmer & Co.
Release Date: N/A
Accidental Farmer & Co. is an upcoming Tamil series written and directed by Suman Jay. Produced by Trend Loud & Open Window, the show stars Vaibhav Reddy, Ramya Pandian, Vinodhini, Badava Gopi and Chutti Aravind in the key roles. Balaji Mohan is onboard as a showrunner in the series.
14- Scam 2003: The Telgi Story
Release Date: N/A
After the super success of Pratik Gandhi starrer Scam 2003, based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by stockbroker Harshad Mehta, the show’s director Hansal Mehta along with Tushar Hiranchandani are set to return with the second installment of the franchise titled Scam 2003, which will be based on 2003 Stamp Paper Scam, committed by Abdul Karim Telgi.
Mehta assures that the second installment will be as authentic and entertaining as the original one but with a completely different approach when it comes to storytelling. The series went on the floor in April this year.
