Paramount Animation develops 'Diya,' a Bollywood-musical animated feature

Paramount Animation is developing "Diya," an original animated musical comedy about an Indian American teenager in New Jersey transported into a Bollywood musical, The Hollywood Reporter reports on 5 August 2026. Nitya Mehra, showrunner of Prime Video's "Made in Heaven," is attached to direct. Jaydeep Hasrajani and Jake Goldman write. Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley and Kunal Nayyar produce. No release date is set.