Jio Hotstar has made a major move to transform South India’s entertainment landscape. The digital platform plans to invest Rs. 4,000 crore over the next five years to boost regional content, creators, and production infrastructure.
In a high-profile launch event in Chennai, the streaming platform signed a Letter of Intent with the Government of Tamil Nadu to promote regional-first storytelling, support writers, filmmakers, and digital creators via workshops, mentorships, and writing labs.
As a symbolic start, the platform unveiled a slate of upcoming titles for 2026, under the name ‘Jio Hotstar South Unbound’, showcasing a mix of films, series, and reality shows across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.
Here is Jio Hotstar’s South lineup for 2026
TAMIL
Bigg Boss Tamil (Reality Show) – Hosted by Vijay Sethupathi
Good Wife Season 2 – Stars Priyamani, Sampath Raj, Aari Arujunan
LBW – Love Beyond Wicket – Stars Vikranth, Niyathi Kadambi
Lucky The Superstar – Stars GV Prakash, Anaswara Rajan, Meghna Sumesh
Resort – Stars Vijay Kumar Rajendran, Thalaivasal Vijay
Heartbeat Season 3 – Stars Anumol, Karthik Kumar, Deepa Balu
Lingam – Stars Kathir, Divya Bharathi
Love Always – Stars Jaya Prakash, Jayasudha, Gauri Kishan, Ramsan
Kaattaan – Vijay Sethupathi, Milind Soman
TELUGU
Bigg Boss Telugu (Reality Show) – Hosted by Nagarjuna
Vikram on Duty
Varam – Stars VishwaDev Rachakonda, Shivathmika Rajashekar, Srinivas Avasarala
Batchmates
Save The Tiger Season 3 – Stars Chaitanya Krishna, Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Abhinav Gomatam
Mad for Each Other – Stars Radha Nair, Sreemukhi
Roadies
MALAYALAM
Bigg Boss Malayalam (Reality Show) – Hosted by Mohanlal
Kerala Crime Files Season 3 – Stars Aju Varghese, Lal, Arjun Radhakrishnan
Secret Stories: ROSLIN (Fiction) – Stars Meena, Vineeth, Hakim
Anali – Stars Leona Lishoy, Nikhila Vimal
1000 Babies Season 2 – Stars Neena Gupta, Rahman
Pharma – Stars Nivin Pauly, Rajit Kapur, Shruti Ramachandran
KANNADA
Bigg Boss Kannada (Reality Show) – Hosted by Kichcha Sudeepa