JioHotstar latest January 2026 releases: Vikranth's LBW-Love Beyond Wicket to Riteish Deshmukh's Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6

It’s time for your new year 2026 update as JioHotstar is kicking off January with a huge pile of goodies to keep your eyes glued to the screen. You have got everything from Vikranth's heart-tugging Tamil drama LBW: Love Beyond Wicket to the wild fun of Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6 with Riteish Deshmukh. There's a vast line-up of more exciting upcoming movies, TV shows and web series ready to pop up next month that you will never want to put the remote down! Don't forget, you can catch all these releases through OTTplay Premium too!

Upcoming releases on JioHotstar in 2026:

LBW: Love Beyond Wicket (January 1)

Vikranth's sports drama follows cricketer Rangan who's professional career failed to take off. Now being a reluctant coach, Rangan is tasked to train a group of reckless young students at a struggling cricket academy in Muthu Nagar. The Tamil series follows Rangan's journey to revive the academy and find personal redemption both on and off the field.

Cheetahs Up Close (January 2)

Wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory brings another documentary on cheetahs, the fastest land animal. Cheetahs Up Close has a 44-minute duration, where Bertie captured the species' every details, from their struggles of hunting, cub-rearing, and the daily survival challenges of the world's fastest creature when it comes to them handling animals that are stronger than them.

The Tale of Silyan (January 9)

Another documentary is coming from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tamara Kotevska that follows an elderly farmer Nikola Conev from the rural North Macedonia, who struggles wtih severe financial issues, leading to her wife and children move to Germany for a better life. While being alone, Nikola befriends with a white stork that he names Silyan, which has a backstory of a Macedonian folktale.

Splitsvilla Season 16 (January 9)

Sunny Leone and Karan Kundrra join forces for MTV Splitsvilla Season 16, where Oorfi Javed and Nia Sharma will be seen as cupids. This time, contestants have to choose between love and money as the theme is named 'Dil Ya Deal'. This new challenge is expected to create more tension in new relationships, dramatic, betrayals, backstabbings, and mischief making as well.

The Pitt Season 2 (January 9)

Noah Wyle is returning with his team of brilliant doctors and hospital staff for another round of thrilling medical drama. Season 2 will focus on 4th of July, the Independence Day of America. Viewers can expect another long shift of fifteen hours where doctors and nurses will try their best to save lives. The actors who are returning are Patrick Ball (as Dr Frank Langdon), Katherine LaNasa (as Nurse Dana Evans), Taylor Dearden (as Dr Mel King), Supriya Ganesh (as Dr Samira Mohan), Fiona Dourif (as Dr Cassie McKay), Isa Briones (as Dr Trinity Santos), Gerran Howell (as Dennis Whitaker), Shabana Azeez (as Victoria Javadi).

Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6 (January 11)

Riteish Deshmukh has been roped in as the host of Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6, airing on Colors Marathi and dropping on JioHotstar daily at 8pm. Season 6 is expected to feature a 'Heaven and Hell' concept. Promos also tease a house design with multiple mysterious doors that lead to either surprises or shocks for the contestants. While the official contestant list remains shrouded, rumour hints at Sanket Pathak, Dhanashri Kadgaonkar, Akash Nalawade and Shreya Bugde.

Industry Season 4 (January 12)

This HBO Max original is returning with fourth season in 2026. The financial thriller drama shifts focus from the Pierpoint London office as it has effectively shuttered following its acquisition by Al-M'iraj. original cast members including Myha’la (as Harper), Marisa Abela (as Yasmin), Ken Leung (as Eric), Sagar Radia (as Rishi), Miriam Petche (as Sweetpea) and Kit Harington (as Henry Muck) are returning for Industry Season 4.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (January 19)

After House of the Dragon, another new prequel to Game of Thrones is coming soon in 2026. Titled–A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the series is set hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones. The story follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg during the reign of the Targaryen dynasty. The upcoming TV show is adapted from George R R Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novella.