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Amazon Prime Video’s The Family Man, Mirzapur, Paatal Lok, Panchayat to return

The streaming giant also announced the launch of four unscripted original series.

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled its massive India lineup of over 40 original series and films, along with movie rental and pay-per-view service, starting at Rs99.

The streaming giant also announced the return of nine Hindi series — including the previously announced seasons of Breathe: Into The Shadows and Four More Shots Please! — and the launch of four unscripted original series.

Here is the list of shows that will be back:

Breathe: Into The Shadows (Hindi)
J’s existence and ideology re-emerge as he sets out to finish what he started, leading Avinash to confront his merging dual-identity. Kabir Sawant must now fight the battle of his life as he protects the society that has become a victim in the endgame of this crazed saga.
Production Company: Abundantia Entertainment
Director: Mayank Sharma
Writers: Story — Mayank Sharma, Arshad Syed and Vikram Tuli; Screenplay — Arshad Syed, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma and Priya Saggi; Dialogues — Abhijeet Deshpande
Key Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Nithya Menen, Naveen Kasturia and Saiyami Kher
 
Comicstaan (Hindi)
New comics, fresh laughs and more in the new season of Comicstaan.
Production Company: Only Much Louder
Director: Angshuman Ghosh
Creative Director: Kreeti Gogia
Key Cast: Sumukhi Suresh, Kenny Sebastian, Zakir Khan, Neeti Palta, Abish Matthew and Kusha Kapila

Four More Shots Please! (Hindi)
The four girls are coming back to live, love, blunder and discover what really makes them tick through friendship.
Production Company: Pritish Nandy Communications
Creators: Pritish Nandy Communications
Director: Joyeeta Patpatia
Writers: Devika Bhagat; Dialogues — Ishita Moitra
Key Cast: Sayani Gupta, Bani J, Kirti Kulhari, Maanvi Gagroo, Prateik Babbar, Jim Sarbh, Rajeev Siddhartha, Lisa Ray, Simone Singh, Rohan Mehra, Shilpa Shukla and Sushant Singh

Made in Heaven (Hindi)
The wedding planning team is back to plan new weddings, face fresh challenges and in the process, chart the journey of their own lives.
Production Company:  Excel Media and Tiger Baby
Creators: Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti
Executive Producers: Ritesh Sidhwani, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Farhan Akhtar
Directors: Zoya Akhtar, Nitya Mehra, Alankrita Shrivastava and Neeraj Ghaywan
Writers: Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Alankrita Srivastava
Key Cast: Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Kalki Koechlin and Shivani Raghuvanshi

Mirzapur (Hindi)
The rivalry between Kaleen Bhaiyaa and Guddu only grows more intense from here.
Production Company: Excel Media and Entertainment
Directors: Gurmmeet Singh and Anand Iyer
Writers: Story — Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishna; Screenplay and Dialogues — Apurva Dhar Badgaiyan, Avinash Singh, Vijay Verma and Avinash Singh Tomar
Key Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Rasika Dugal, Vijay Verma, Harshita Gaur, Anjum Sharma, Priyanshu Painyuli, Sheeba Chadha and Rajesh Tailang

Mumbai Diaries (Hindi)
Nine months later, the crew at Bombay General Hospital is back doing what they do best — saving lives. This season, our doctors and residents at BGH grapple with an unprecedented natural calamity that brings the city to a standstill, whilst also fighting their own personal battles.
Production Company: Emmay Entertainment
Director: Nikkhil Advani
Writers: Yash Chettija and Persis Sodawaterwala
Key Cast: Konkana Sen Sharma, Mohit Raina, Natasha Bhardwaj, Satyajit Dubey, Mrunmayee Deshpande and Prakash Belawadi

Paatal Lok (Hindi)
Hathi Ram faces grave mortal dangers in a new pursuit that takes him back to the netherworld.
Production Company: Clean Slate Filmz
Creator: Sudip Sharma

Panchayat (Hindi)
An engineering graduate, Abhishek, is unable to find a job of his calibre. So, he ends up working for a panchayat in a remote Indian village and deals with several mundane challenges. As Abhishek settles, the village sees the rise of an opponent against Pradhan Ji and the village politics of Phulera heats up.
Production Company: TVF
Producer: Arunabh Kumar
Director: Deepak Kumar Mishra
Writer: Chandan Kumar
Key Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik and Sanvikaa

The Family Man (Hindi)
Srikant Tiwari sets off on another roller coaster ride, trying to balance life as a common man and a top-secret agent battling terrorists, rebels and moral dilemmas.
Production Company: D2R Films
Creators: Raj & DK

Host Karan Johar with the executives at Amazon Prime Video

Here is the slate of unscripted original series:
 
This is AP Dhillon
An all-access reality documentary based on AP Dhillon – the breakout star of the global Punjabi hip hop scene. The series examines the sensation of AP Dhillon to tell a story which celebrates brown identity like no other.  
Production Companies: Wild Sheep Content and Brown Munde Inc
Executive Producers: Erik Barmack and Kevin Buttar
Executive Producer: AP Dhillon

Cinema... Marte Dum Tak (Hindi)
A docuseries that explores the lives and times of four cult filmmakers from the world of camp-cinema, as they set out to make a film they’ve always dreamt of.
Production Company: Vice Media
Executive Producer: Vasan Bala
Writer: None
Key Cast: J Neelam, Kishan Shah, Dilip Gulati and Vinod Talwar

Dancing on The Grave (Hindi)
A true-crime investigative series that tells the story of a sensational crime with access to exclusive interviews, shocking footage and the perpetrator himself.
Production Company: India Today Productions
Director: Patrick Graham
Writers: Patrick Graham and Kanishka Deo

India Love Project (Hindi)
This is a docuseries that shares the inspiring love stories of real people from across the country where each episode tells an unusual yet hopeful story through the eyes of the real couples.
Production Company: Dharmatic Entertainment

These series are due to be premiered on the platform over the next two years.