Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy to Premiere on ZEE5 OTT Platform in February 2026
Anurag Kashyap's neo-noir crime thriller Kennedy, starring Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone, will premiere on the OTT platform ZEE5 on February 20, 2026. The film, which debuted at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was later screened at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, follows a former police officer presumed dead who becomes a contract killer navigating a corrupt system. Kennedy skips theatrical release in India and will be available in English and Hindi with subtitles.
First-hand measurement across 7 sources
We measured how 7 outlets covered this story. Coverage leans balanced overall (Left 0%, Centre 100%, Right 0%). Overall sentiment is positive (73/100). Lens Score 39/100.
Outlets measured: zeenews, wion, news18, economictimes, freepressjournal, indiatvnews, news18. See how each one headlined and framed the same story in the source comparison below.
AI Analysis
All 7 outlets scored close to centre on political lean. The real divergence here is in emphasis, not lean — compare the headlines below to see how each outlet chose to frame the same facts.
Sentiment was consistent across outlets (70–75/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
news18 broke this story on 3 Feb, 01:36 pm. Other outlets followed.