Whoa! Netflix India announces 17 new originals

Netflix today unveiled an exciting lineup of 17 original stories, including films like Ludo, A Suitable Boy, Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl, Dolly Kitty Aur Chamakte Sitare, Torbaaz among others in the coming months.

Mumbai:The Abhishek Bachchan-starrer Ludo, Torbaaz starring Sanjay Dutt, Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare featuring Bhumi Pednekar, the Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Raat Akeli Hai and director Mira Nair's A Suitable Boy, featuring Ishaan Khatter and Tabu, are among the new stock of Bollywood films that have been confirmed for direct-to-OTT release in the coming months.

These films are among a 17-strong lineup Netflix confirmed on Thursday, including six new films and two new series, which range from thrillers to romantic comedies to light-hearted dramas.

Anurag Basu's multistarrer Ludo, also featuring Rajkummar Rao, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, is a dark comedy-drama is about four people whose lives collide, while Girish Malik's Torbaaz is an emotional story of transformation. The Honey Trehan-directed Raat Akeli Hai co-stars Radhika Apte and is a crime thriller, while Alankrita Shrivastava's Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, also featuring Konkona Sen Sharma, described as a satire about two cousins and their quest for freedom. romantic comedy

Whoa! Netflix India announces 17 new originals

There's also the rom-com Ginny Weds Sunny, starring Yami Gautam and Vikrant Massey, and the award-winning animated romance, Bombay Rose.

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There's also a horror story set in a village in Punjab titled Kaali Khuhi, featuring Shabana Azmi, Satyadeep Mishra, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Riva Arora. Serious Men, a witty drama based on Manu Joseph's novel, will star Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nassar and Shweta Basu Prasad.

The OTT platform has also previously announced Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, starring Janhvi Kapoor and a dysfunctional family drama Tribhanga featuring Kajol, Tanvi Azmi and Mithila Palkar. The police drama Class Of 83, featuring Bobby Deol and a dark comedy, "AK Vs AK", featuring Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap, are also lined up.

That apart, there are two series -- a young adult romance Mismatched, starring Prajakta Koli and Rohit Saraf; besides A Suitable Boy, based on Vikram Seth's critically acclaimed book, and to be available on the streaming platform globally except in the US and Canada.

Shows in the lineup include Masaba Masaba, featuring Masaba Gupta and Neena Gupta and Neil Bhoopalam.

There is also the contemporary drama Bombay Begums, featuring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur and Aadhya Anand, and a dramedy Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, which was earlier titled Messy, starring Swara Bhasker, Ravi Patel, Dolly Singh and Varun Thakur.

"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," said Monika Shergill of the streaming platform.

With inputs from IANS