Mumbai: Colors Kannada, keeping its promise to entertain its audience with the tagline "Banna Hosadagide, Bandha Bhigiyagide" (a new colour with stronger bonding), is all set to make its bonding with its audiences even stronger than before with a fresh lineup of shows. The channel recently announced its upcoming content slate, which includes fiction and non-fiction shows across genres and back-to-back world television premieres every week.

The new year will kick off for Kannada audiences with Colors Kannada airing the blockbuster action movie Bhairagi of Dr Shivaraj Kumar on 1 January making it the first of the WTPs going on air for the year 2023.

Two fiction shows such as Tripura Sundari and Punyavathi will be launching on 2 January at 9.30 p.m. and 10 p.m., respectively, and the new season of Gicchi Giligili will be launching on 14 January. Tripura Sundari, involving popular talents like Sparsha Rekha, Rohit Srinath of iconic Malgudi Days, Divya Suresh of Bigg Boss Kannada-8, Abhinav Vishvanathan of Nannarasi Radhe, Ananya Kasaravalli, and others based on fantasy, will have a stunning visual treat for audiences.

On the other hand, Punyavathi is a family drama focused on the bonding between an authoritative father and his ambitious daughter, who have different takes on the way of leading life.

The line-up of new shows will involve a complete family-friendly plot that will have its audiences craving the next episodes. Along with the family drama, the shows will also address various social issues.

Speaking about the projects of 2023, Colors Kannada vice president - research Prashanth Nayak said, "Year 2023 is going to be full of exciting projects that will entertain audiences across the categories. We have been working on these projects for many months now, and eventually we were able to give them the finishing touch. We are eagerly waiting to launch these shows, as we are very confident that they will have our audiences enthralled."