Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar to lead Amazon MX player Slate
Amazon MX Player, India’s free streaming service with more than 250 million monthly viewers, has unveiled its most ambitious content offering yet, with more than 150 new and returning titles for 2026, spanning drama, action, reality and its proprietary microdrama format.
The scripted lead is ‘Made In India: The Titan Story’, an ambition-and-legacy drama starring Naseeruddin Shah and Jim Sarbh. The big titles also include ‘Sankalp’, a socio-political thriller that explores power and leadership, starring Nana Patekar, Sanjay Kapoor, Neeraj Kabi and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
Kapoor also appears in “Ab Hoga Hisaab”, a thriller about justice and retribution, alongside Shaheer Sheikh and Mouni Roy. Further completing the dramatic line-up is the administrative drama “The Bureaucrat” starring Amol Parashar; action entertainer “Kaptaan” with Saqib Saleem; survival thriller “Vimal Khanna” with Sunny Hindhuja; police drama “Waiting Hai” with Divyenndu Sharma and Bhuvan Arora; and crime drama “Clean Up Crew,” starring Ravi Kishan, Amey Wagh and Vishal Jethwa.
The new series follows recent originals including the legal courtroom drama ‘Amar Vishwas’, starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Aamir Ali, Ravi Behl and Barkha Bisht, and ‘Psycho Saiyaan’, a romantic thriller starring Tejasswi Prakash and Ravi Kishan that attracted strong viewership.
As for returning seasons, the platform is bringing back the crime saga “Raktanchal” for a third season, in addition to the youth titles “Campus Beats” season 6, “Campus Diaries” season 2, “Heartbeats” season 2 and “Who’s Your Gynac” season 2.
In the unscripted reality competition ‘Rise & Fall’, ‘Rise & Fall’ returns for a second season after a strong debut. Fitness reality series “Battleground” also returns for season 2, with Shikhar Dhawan reprising his role as the lead mentor. The recently concluded ‘Bharat Ke Super Founders’, led by Suniel Shetty, saw winning startups receive funding of INR100 crore ($10.8 million)
A central part of the 2026 strategy is the further build-out of MX Fatafat, the platform’s mobile-first microdrama vertical, in addition to the expansion of MX Vdesi – its library of localized content from Korea, China and Turkey – and a curated anime slate available in Japanese and Hindi languages.
“Amazon MX Player is seeing strong momentum as more audiences embrace free premium streaming,” said Karan Bedi, head of Amazon MX Player. “With our growing size and breadth of premium content, we are uniquely positioned to drive the shift from linear television to streaming for millions of viewers across India.”
Amogh Dusad, head of content, said the platform’s focus is on building “a diverse and inclusive content ecosystem that reflects the many voices, cultures and experiences of audiences across the country.”
Girish Prabhu, head of Amazon Ads India, put the list in commercial terms, noting that the reach of 250 million users presents opportunities for brands to connect with viewers through content “powered by shopping and streaming signals” that drive measurable results.
All titles can be streamed for free on Amazon MX Player on mobile connected TVs, Amazon Shopping app, Prime Video, Fire TV, Jio TV and Airtel Xtreme.
