Zee Studios Going Big in '26: Balakrishna, Sunny Deol, Nayanthara Lead Multilingual Push

Zee Studios just dropped their slate for 2026-27, and it's clear they're not playing small ball. We're talking Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, and Kannada all on the table—a real wide net across Indian cinema.

On the Hindi side, you got Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, and Jackie Shroff holding it down in "Baap," alongside Mithun. That's old-school box office energy right there. But the bigger picture is how Zee is mixing genres hard—action bangers, mythology epics, thrillers, and stories rooted in regional culture. Nandamuri Balakrishna and Nayanthara are headlining the charge across those other language sectors.

The Real Move

This ain't just about quantity. Zee's clearly trying to own multiple markets at once instead of chasing just Hindi-pan India hits. That's smart in 2026, especially when regional audiences keep proving they'll show up for their own. The question is whether they can actually execute across all seven languages without spreading too thin. But respect the ambition—they're thinking like the market actually looks, not how it looked ten years ago.

Read the full story at Variety → https://variety.com/2026/film/news/nandamuri-balakrishna-sunny-deol-nayanthara-zee-studios-slate-1236841553/