Netflix to release 17 Indian films, series

Streaming platform Netflix on Thursday unveiled a line-up of 17 original stories, including Bollywood titles Ludo, Torbaaz, and Mira Nair ’s ambitious series adaptation of A SuitableBoy. Ludo, directed by Anurag Basu, is a multi-starrer comedy drama featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pankaj Tripathi and Pearle Maaney, while Torbaaz, starring Sanjay Dutt, is an emotional story of transformation.

ASuitableBoy, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Vikram Seth, and starring Ishaan Khatter, Tabu, Tanya Maniktala, Rasika Dugal, Shahana Goswami and Ram Kapoor, will be available on Netflix globally, except in the United States and Canada. Crime thriller RaatAkeli Hai, featuring Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui; romantic comedy GinnyWedsSunny, starring Yami Gautam and Vikrant Massey, and Gitanjali Rao’s festival favourite animation film BombayRose are also part of the slate.

The digital platform will also showcase KaaliKhuli, a horror story set in a village in Punjab and SeriousMen, a witty drama based on Manu Joseph’s novel. It stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nassar, and Shweta Basu Prasad. Cop drama ClassOf‘83 with Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor-Anurag Kashyap starrer dark comedy AKvsAK, will also be available on the streamer.

These new titles will join the upcoming slate of the alreadyannounced films on Netflix, which include the inspiring true story of Gunjan Saxena:TheKargil Girl, TribhangaTed hi Med hi Crazy.

—PTI