Netflix Unveils A Sizzle of 17 Upcoming Originals

Netflix today unveiled an exciting lineup of 17 original stories, including six new films and two new series. From thrillers to romantic comedies to lighthearted dramas, this unparalleled and diverse collection of entertaining stories will launch on Netflix in the coming months. 

Monika Shergill, VP-Content, Netflix India said, “We are excited to share our lineup of stories across formats and multiple genres. We know our members have unique tastes, moods and needs – sometimes, they want to lean back and watch a delightful comedy, and at other times, they want a pulse-pounding thriller that brings them to the edge of their seats.

We are so proud to bring these diverse stories created by acclaimed and emerging storytellers and producing partners. Together with the finest stories from around the world and our rapidly growing selection of licensed titles, we want to give our members something to discover and love on Netflix every day.”

The six new additions to Netflix films include – multi-starrerLudo,a unique comedy drama about four people whose lives collide with each other (featuring Abhishek A. Bachchan,  RajkummarRao, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Shaikh, SanyaMalhotra, PankajTripathi and Pearle Maaney);

Torbaaz, an emotional story of transformation (starring Sanjay Dutt); crime thriller RaatAkeliHai  (featuring RadhikaApte, NawazuddinSiddiqui, AdityaSrivastava, Tigmanshu Dhulia, NishantDahiya and ShwetaTripathi); Dolly Kitty AurWohChamakteSitare,a stirring drama about two cousins and their quest for freedom(starring KonkonaSensharma and BhumiPednekar); romantic comedy Ginny Weds Sunny(featuring YamiGautam, Vikrant Massey) and award-winning animated romance film Bombay Rose, the first Indian animation film ever selected to open Venice Critics’ Week. 

These distinctive and captivating stories join the upcoming slate of Netflix films which include the inspiring true story of GunjanSaxena: The Kargil Girl (starring JanhviKapoor, PankajTripathi, AngadBedi, Viineet Kumar, ManavVij and Ayesha Raza Mishra); a dysfunctional family drama Tribhanga – TedhiMedhi Crazy (featuring Kajol, TanviAzmi and MithilaPalkar);

a horror story set in a village in Punjab KaaliKhuhi (featuring ShabanaAzmi, Satyadeep Mishra, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Riva Arora); Serious Men, a witty drama based on Manu Joseph’s novel (starring NawazuddinSiddiqui, Nassar, Shweta Basu Prasad); an intense police drama Class Of ’83 (featuring Bobby Deol, BhupendraJadawat, Hitesh Bhojraj and AnnupSonii) and a uniquely entertaining dark comedy AK vs AK (starring Anil Kapoor and AnuragKashyap). 

The two new exciting series are Mismatched, a young adult romance(starring PrajaktaKoli and RohitSaraf) based on Sandhya Menon’s book ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ and A Suitable Boy, based on the critically acclaimed book by Vikram Seth (starring IshaanKhatter, Tabu,  TanyaManiktala, RasikaDugal, ShahanaGoswami and Ram Kapoor), which will be available on Netflix globally except in the United States and Canada.

They join the lineup of upcoming series including the delightful MasabaMasaba(starring Masaba Gupta and Neena Gupta as themselves with Neil Bhoopalam); Bombay Begums, a contemporary drama (featuring Pooja Bhatt, AmrutaSubhash, ShahanaGoswami, PlabitaBorthakur and Aadhya Anand) and a fun dramedyBhaag Beanie Bhaag(earlier titled Messy, starring SwaraBhasker, Ravi Patel, Dolly Singh and Varun Thakur).