Zee Studios reveals lineup of 28 films across languages in 2023

Production banner Zee Studios has revealed its 2023 slate of 28 titles across languages, featuring theatrical releases, a direct-to-digital film and a streaming series. They represent a mix of productions, co-productions and acquisitions for the company. 

The big releases include H Vinoth’s Tamil-language heist thriller Thunivu starring megastar Ajith Kumar which is due for January release during the Pongal festival.

Amit Ravindranath Sharma’s Hindi-language soccer epic Maidaan, starring Ajay Devgn, will release in February. The film is set in the Golden Era of Indian football during the 50s and 60s. 

Farhad Samji’s Hindi-language action-comedy Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan starring superstar Salman Khan is due in April during the Eid festival. 

Gadar 2, a sequel to Anil Sharma’s 2001 blockbuster Gadar, starring Sunny Deol, is also on in the offing. Sunny Deol also stars alongside fellow veterans Sanjay Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty and Jackie Shroff in Vivek Chauhan’s action homage Baap.

Other Hindi-language highlights include Rani Mukerji in Ashima Chibber’s Mrs. Chatterjee v/s Norway, Richa Chaddha in Abhishek Acharya’s Covid Stories; Yami Gautam in Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s streaming-bound Lost, and Rahul Bose, Ishwak Singh and Aparshakti Khurana in Atul Sabharwal’s Berlin.

Zee Studios has also other notable releases in Hindi. Anurag Kashyap's Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat premiered at Marrakech in November and Kenedy, starring Sunny Leone, is bound for an A-list festival in 2023 along with auteur Devashish Makhija’s Joram which shall have its world premiere at Rotterdam in 2023. It stars Manoj Bajpayee, who also headlines Apoorv Singh Karki’s Bandaa. Another one features Nawazuddin Siddiqui essaying a transgender role in Haddi, who also stars in Love is Blind. Karishma Kapoor headlines Abhinay Deo’s streaming series Brown.

Zee Studios' Tamil-language slate includes Muthaiya’s Kather Basha Endra Muthuramalingam starring Arya; a landmark film from the superstar actor, details of which are under wraps; and Kishor Pandurang Belekar’s dialogue-free film Gandhi Talks, with music by A.R. Rahman, featuring Tamil cinema stars Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swami and Aditi Rao Hydari. Apart from this, Dulquer Salmaan headlines Abhilash Joshiy’s Malayalam-language King of Kotha. Jaggesh stars in Kannada-language Ranganayaka and in Telugu-language Vimanam. There are also releases in Punjabi and Marathi.