From 'Class of 83' to 'Gunjan Saxena', Netflix India reveals exciting lineup of 17 originals

For all Netflix India fans there is good news as the OTT has announced an exciting lineup of originals including big-ticket films like ‘Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl’, ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Chamakte Sitare’, ‘Torbaaz’, ‘Class of ‘83’, ‘Tribhanga’ among many others.

A total of 17 originals were announced by the OTT today which includes six new films and two new series. These pertain to different genres including comedy, light hearted drama, action and more. 

The originals will be rolled out one after another in a span of coming months. 

Talking about the announcement, 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-starrer ‘Ludo’, a comedy-drama about four people whose lives collide with each other (featuring Abhishek A. Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pankaj Tripathi, and Pearle Maaney); ‘Torbaaz’, a story of transformation (starring Sanjay Dutt); crime thriller ‘Raat Akeli Hai’ (featuring Radhika Apte, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aditya Srivastava, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nishant Dahiya, and Shweta Tripathi); ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare’, a drama about two cousins and their quest for freedom (starring Konkona Sensharma and Bhumi Pednekar); romantic comedy ‘Ginny Weds Sunny’ (featuring Yami Gautam, Vikrant Massey) and award-winning animated romance film ‘Bombay Rose’, the first Indian animation film ever selected to open Venice Critics’ Week.

Others in the list are ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’ (starring Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Viineet Kumar, Manav Vij and Ayesha Raza Mishra); a dysfunctional family drama ‘Tribhanga - Tedhi Medhi Crazy’ (featuring Kajol, Tanvi Azmi and Mithila Palkar); a horror story set in a village in ‘Punjab Kaali Khuhi’ (featuring Shabana Azmi, Satyadeep Mishra, Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Riva Arora); ‘Serious Men’, a witty drama based on Manu Joseph’s novel (starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nassar, Shweta Basu Prasad); an intense police drama Class Of ’83 (featuring Bobby Deol, Bhupendra Jadawat, Hitesh Bhojraj and Annup Sonii) and a dark comedy ‘AK vs AK’ (starring Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap).

The lineup also includes series -- ‘Mismatched’, a young adult romance (starring Prajakta Koli and Rohit Saraf) based on Sandhya Menon’s book ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ and ‘A Suitable Boy’, based on the critically acclaimed book by Vikram Seth (starring Ishaan Khatter, Tabu, Tanya Maniktala, Rasika Dugal, Shahana Goswami and Ram Kapoor), which will be available on Netflix globally except in the United States and Canada.

Other series like ‘Masaba Masaba’ (starring Masaba Gupta and Neena Gupta as themselves with Neil Bhoopalam); ‘Bombay Begums’, a contemporary drama (featuring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur and Aadhya Anand) and a fun dramedy ‘Bhaag Beanie Bhaag’ (earlier titled Messy, starring Swara Bhasker, Ravi Patel, Dolly Singh and Varun Thakur) will also stream.