India’s leading OTT streaming platform Sony LIV is all geared up for the 2nd season Scam drama, Scam 2003 gets a release date in Sep 2023.
Originally launched in 2013, the platform ‘Sony LIV’ 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.
In its slate of upcoming premium originals, the platform has promised something even bigger and better for its viewers. In the upcoming 18 months, it will deliver shows for a large region of the country in 11 languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Punjabi, and Bengali.
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1- Shark Tank India Season 3
Release Date: January 2024
After two successful business show-based reality show Shark Tank India is to be back soon with the third season. Sony LIV shares the teaser ahead of the release date announcement,
2- 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 the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent.
3- 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, known for making multiple documentaries and shorts based on social issues such as climate change, child labor, and education, and films like I am Kalam, Jalpari, Babloo Happy Hai, etc.
4- 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 the 2014’s drama film Gulaab Gang and directed by R.S. Vimal. The details about the star cast are yet to be announced by its makers.
5- 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 was 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, is known for his National Award-winning film Parzania.
6- 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 produced Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan starrer 2013 romantic comedy film Chennai Express.
7- 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 show run 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-produce the series while Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das, and Gundeep Kaur have penned the story.
8- 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. Further details regarding the shows haven’t been revealed by the makers yet.
9- 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, and 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.
10- 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.
Sony LIV FAQs
A. Shark Tank India Season 3 is expected to be released in January 2024.
A. KBC 15, Indian Idol 14, and several other shows, and movies are streaming on Sony LIV.
A. Martin Luthar King is going to stream on Sony LIV from 29 November.
