Jio Hotstar has dropped the trailer for its upcoming new original series ‘Kanneda’ and this one’s all about music, mafia and mayhem. All episodes of ‘Kanneda’ will start streaming on Jio Hotstar from 21st March, 2025.
The newly launched ‘Kanneda’ trailer follows a young Indian immigrant in Canada who gets embroiled in a dangerous gang war. With a tumultuous past and looking for a bright future this young musician has chosen a path that’s deadly and gets him in deep trouble.
Set in the 90s, ‘Kanneda’ stars an eclectic ensemble cast including Parmish Verma, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Arunoday Singh, Ranvir Shorey, Aadar Malik and Jasmin Bajwa in prominent roles.
But more than the cast, it’s about the theme that ‘Kanneda’ plays on. Showing Indians as members of gangs, dealing in what not, involving themselves in shoot outs, messing with the system and more does not portray a very good picture of the ‘Desis’ (as mentioned in the show).
The makers might have good reasons and solid story backups but given the current international relations scenario with the said country, such content needs to be proceeded with caution in order to avoid any controversy whatsoever.
No doubt Jio Hotstar and the makers of ‘Kanneda’ would have done their due diligence before presenting it the audience but from the looks of it, the show looks pretty rebellious where the oppressed aren’t ready to take any more of that discrimination. Hopefully it is taken in the same artistic spirit as it has been made. ‘Kanneda’ launches on Jio Hotstar on 21st March, 2025.