Jio Studios unveils slate of films, series across languages and genres

Jio Studios unveiled a slate of over a hundred films and shows at an event in Mumbai today. The Reliance Industries Limited company declared its intention to rival the likes of Amazon Studios and Netflix by releasing “stories across genres of films and original web series in multiple languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, South and Bhojpuri”, a press release stated.

The Hindi film line-up includes Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starring Shah Rukh Khan, and sequels to the Varun Dhawan-starrer Bhediya and the horror-comedy Stree. In the pipeline are Bloody Daddy (Shahid Kapoor), Bhul Chuk Maaf (Kartik Aryan and Shraddha Kapoor), an untitled film starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon, Section 84 (Amitabh Bachchan), Hisaab Barabar (R Madhavan), Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan), BlackOut (Vikrant Massey and Mouni Roy), Mumbaikar (Vijay Sethupathi), The Storyteller (Paresh Rawal and Adil Hussain), Dhoom Dhaam (Pratik Gandhi and Yami Gautam) and Empire (Taapsee Pannu and Arvind Swamy).

Along the web series are Prakash Jha’s Laal Batti (starring Nana Patekar and Sanjay Kapoor), Union: The Making of India (starring Kay Kay Menon and Ashutosh Rana), and Inspector Avinash (with Randeep Hooda and Urvashi Rautela).

Rafuchakkar stars Maniesh Paul; Bajao the rapper Raftaar. The OTT shows include The Magic of Shiri (Divyanka Tripathi), Doctors (Sharad Kelkar), A Legal Affair (Barkha Singh and Angad Bedi).

None of the films or shows has been dated, and there are no details on their...

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