Netflix has unveiled 17 Indian titles for the “coming months” to its platform, together with six new films and two new TV collection. Amongst movies, we have now the comedy-drama Ludo starring Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, and Pankaj Tripathi; the Sanjay Dutt-led drama Torbaaz; the crime thriller Raat Akeli Hai with Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui; the drama Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare that includes Konkona Sen Sharma and Bhumi Pednekar; the rom-com Ginny Weds Sunny starring Yami Gautam and Vikrant Massey; and the animated Bombay Rose. The 2 collection are Mira Nair’s A Appropriate Boy with Tabu and Ishaan Khatter and younger grownup romance Mismatched with Prajakta Koli and Rohit Saraf.
The remaining 9 titles have been revealed earlier, although we’re getting titles, solid members, or first appears as a part of a two-minute teaser launched alongside. They’re the Janhvi Kapoor-led Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Woman, the Kajol-led dysfunctional household drama Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy, the Shabana Azmi-led horror Kaali Khuhi; the Siddiqui-starrer drama Critical Males; police drama Class of ‘83; darkish comedy AK vs AK with Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap; the comedy-drama Masaba Masaba starring Masaba Gupta and Neena Gupta; and up to date drama Bombay Begums led by Pooja Bhatt and Amruta Subhash; and Bhaag Beanie Bhaag (earlier Messy) with Swara Bhasker and Ravi Patel.
Here is extra on every title:
A Appropriate Boy is a BBC unique within the UK, which Netflix has picked up for distribution globally, aside from the US and Canada. It’s based mostly on Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel of the identical title, about passionate literature scholar Lata Mehra who defies custom, and her meddling mom’s want to select her a husband in a newly unbiased India in 1951. Nair is the director and showunner, working off a script by Andrew Davies. It additionally stars Tanya Maniktala, Rasika Dugal, Shahana Goswami, Ram Kapoor, Vijay Varma, Mahira Kakkar, Mikhail Sen, Danesh Razvi, and Namit Das. Produced by Davies, Nair, and Seth, Religion Penhale, Laura Lankester, and Will Johnston for Lookout Level, and Lydia Dean Pilcher and Aradhana Seth, and Mona Qureshi for the BBC.
AK vs AK follows a brash movie director (Kashyap as himself) who kidnaps the daughter of a film star (Kapoor as himself) and movies the star’s determined seek for his daughter in real-time as his subsequent blockbuster. Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and produced by Motwane’s Andolan Movies along with his mom Dipa De Motwane.
Created by Neel Shah and Ravi Patel, Bhaag Beanie Bhaag (earlier Messy) is about Beanie (Bhasker) who decides to run from her very comfy life and pursue a profession in stand-up comedy. As she navigates the calls for of everybody from her involved mother and father to her proposal-popping boyfriend, that is Beanie’s journey to carve out the life she needs for herself amidst the chaos. It additionally stars Dolly Singh, Varun Thakur, Mona Ambegaonkar, and Girish Kulkarni. Produced by Shah, Patel, Seher Aly Latif and Shivani Saran for Mutant, and David Bernad and Ruben Fleischer for The District.
Alankrita Shrivastava (Lipstick Underneath My Burkha) is the showrunner and co-director on Bombay Begums, about 5 girls throughout generations who wrestle with want, ethics, private crises and vulnerabilities to personal their ambition, in up to date city India. As glass ceilings are shattered, and hearts are damaged, troublesome decisions should be made. And as every lady strives to seek out her personal fact, they discover in one another an sudden understanding, and the sliver of a bond. It additionally stars Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur, and Aadhya Anand. Bombay Begums is a manufacturing of Endemol Shine India, Endeavor Content material, and Chernin Leisure.
Bombay Rose, which premièred at Venice Movie Pageant final 12 months, comes from function debutante Gitanjali Rao. It hangs precariously between dwelling on the streets and loving on the display, Bollywood fashion. Produced by Rohit Khattar and Anand Mahindra. Bombay Rose is a manufacturing of Cinestaan Movie Firm.
Atul Sabharwal (Aurangzeb) directs Class of ’83, a couple of hero policeman shunted to a punishment posting because the Dean of the police academy. He decides to punish the corrupt paperwork and its felony allies in return by coaching 5 deadly murderer policemen. However, like all good plans, it solely works for some time till the fireplace that he has ignited threatens to burn his personal home down. It stars Bobby Deol, Bhupendra Jadawat, Hitesh Bhojraj, Annup Sonii. Produced by Shah Rukh Khan (uncredited), Gauri Khan, and Gaurav Verma for Purple Chillies Leisure.
Alankrita Shrivastava additionally directs Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, set in a newly growing industrial space on the outskirts of New Delhi. It chronicles the quiet transgression of two feminine cousins, who by way of their difficult love-hate equation, allow one another to seek out freedom. It additionally stars Vikrant Massey, Amol Parashar, and Aamir Bashir. Produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Balaji Telefilms.
Ginny Weds Sunny — from debutant director Puneet Khanna — follows Ginny, who lives along with her matchmaker mother in Delhi and will get arrange with Sunny, who has given up on the concept of affection and simply needs to cool down. Nevertheless, the match shouldn’t be that easy, and as Ginny meets Sunny, much more involves the fore than beforehand imagined on this story of affection, life, weddings and music. Produced by Vinod Bachchan for Soundrya Manufacturing.
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl has been directed by debutante Sharan Sharma. It’s impressed by the lifetime of a fearless younger officer who made historical past by turning into the primary Indian feminine Air Drive officer to fly in a fight zone throughout the 1999 Kargil Battle. Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Viineet Kumar, Manav Vij, and Ayesha Raza Mishra additionally star. Produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, and Apoorva Mehta for Dharma Productions, and Zee Studios.
Kaali Khuhi is about 10-year-old lady Shivangi who should save her household’s village in Punjab from the stressed ghosts of its horrific previous. Terrie Samundra is the director. It additionally stars Satyadeep Mishra, Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Riva Arora. Produced by Anku Pande and Ramon Chibb for Manomay Movement Photos.
Anurag Basu directs Ludo, which follows the journey of 4 completely different lives who meet at a crossroads. Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, and Krishan Kumar for T-Collection, and Anurag Basu and Tani Basu for Anurag Basu Productions.
Masaba Masaba relies on real-life moments from Masaba Gupta’s life follows her distinctive background, the various worlds she straddles throughout style and household, and her foray again into the relationship world. An inspirational, joyous celebration of her life, this enjoyable collection can be full of tongue-in-cheek humour, enacted by the mother-daughter duo, Masaba, and Neena Gupta themselves. Neil Bhoopalam additionally stars. Directed by Sonam Nair and produced by Ashvini Yardi’s Viniyard Movies.
Mismatched relies on Sandhya Menon’s e-book “When Dimple Met Rishi”, a couple of mismatched couple — one looking for his fortunately ever after and one other dreaming of being a tech wizard — who should construct a tremendous app over three months whereas navigating an oddball bunch of buddies, nasty bullies, a snooty professor… and properly, one another. Directed by Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Dharmadhikari, and written by Gazal Dhaliwal. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP.
On Raat Akeli Hai, a excessive profile homicide in small-town India sends a tricky but slender minded cop (Siddiqui) on a twisted investigation as he navigates deeper into the darkish previous and poisonous patriarchy of the sufferer’s household. It additionally stars Aditya Srivastava, Ila Arun, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Shweta Tripathi, Nishant Dahiya, Khalid Tyabji, and Shivani Raghuvanshi. Directed by casting director Honey Trehan. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP, and Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey’s MacGuffin Photos.
Sudhir Mishra directs Serious Men, based mostly on Manu Joseph’s award-winning e-book of the identical title, about an formidable underachiever (Siddiqui) tormented along with his ‘under-privileged’ societal standing who decides to capitalise on his son’s newfound fame as a boy-genius to enhance his household’s fortunes. Little does he realise that the key he harbours will destroy the very factor he loves probably the most. Nassar and Shweta Basu Prasad additionally star. Produced by Mishra, and Sejal Shah and Bhavesh Mandalia for Bombay Fables.
Torbaaz is the story of 1 man who rises above his private tragedy and decides to remodel the lives of few refugee camp children who’re on the trail of destruction by way of the sport of cricket. Directed by Girish Malik (Jal), it additionally stars Nargis Fakhri and Rahul Dev. Produced by Raju Chadha’s Raju Chadha Presents, Rahul Mittra’s Rahul Mittra Movies, and Malik’s Clapstem Leisure.
Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy attracts its title from the titular Odissi dance pose that’s asymmetrical, but mesmerising and sensuous, a lot just like the lives of the three girls characters of the movie: Nayan, Anu and Masha. Tanvi Azmi and Mithila Palkar additionally star. Directed by actress Renuka Shahane (Hum Aapke Hain Koun…!). Produced by Ajay Devgn’s Ajay Devgn Ffilms, Deepak Dhar & Rishi Negi for Banijay Asia, Siddharth Malhotra’s Alchemy Movies, and Parag Desai.
“We’re excited to share our line-up of tales throughout codecs and a number of genres,” Netflix India’s VP of content material Monika Shergill mentioned in a mailed assertion. “We all know our members have distinctive tastes, moods and desires — generally, they wish to lean again and watch a pleasant comedy, and at different instances, they need a pulse-pounding thriller that brings them to the sting of their seats. We’re so proud to carry these numerous tales created by acclaimed and rising storytellers and producing companions. Along with the best tales from around the globe and our quickly rising number of licensed titles, we wish to give our members one thing to find and love on Netflix day-after-day.”
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