It seems that 2022 is just taking a shape as a huge year for Original Indian content on Netflix. The terrible COVID-19 pandemic situation just shutdowns the Indian film industry hard in 2021, and the production of such previously announced projects and also about the fast-tracking others.
Finally, it has been catching up, and there is a glut of titles awaiting the release in the new year containing 12 new series, 13 new movies, and also 7 returning series, with several other likely the renewal of the candidates
Here is the list of Netflix Original Films and Shows:
Netflix Original Indian Shows in 2022 and Beyond
1.Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein
The story of the series is basically based on the romantic simpleton, Vikrant who has become the object of the desire of Purva. The woman is going through thick and thin for making him all her’s, but there is the man who has tried very hard to escape.
The man soon becomes in love with Shikha, but the entire thing just has taken the darkest turn while Purva arrives in his life once again. The teaser seriously gives a sense of suspense like the popular track of the ’90s, ‘ Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein that is playing in the background.
2. Bahubali: Before the Beginning
All of us are waiting very eagerly for this prequel that was announced back In 2018. It is reported that huge portions of the series are based on Anand Neelkantan’s novel the Rise of Sivagami had already been filmed while Netflix has decided that they were not happy with the show’s direction. The budget is double and actress Mrunal Thakur has been replaced with the Punjabi actress Wamiqa Gabbi after Thakur drop out due to the conflict in the schedule.
3. Choona
It is a comedy heist series led by Jimmy Shergill. T has set within the world of Uttar Pradesh politics. The shooting was reportedly underway before the Netflix India Twitter account declared the project in the middle of June. It is directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra.
4. Dabba Cartel
This film will be shot in the production house of Excel Entertainment. It has been run by Ritesh Sidhwani and actor Farhan Akhtar. It has been entered into a multi-year partnership with Netflix. There is also one of the new series declared as part of the partnership is Dabba Cartel.
5. Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
This time Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar’s Tiger Baby films have collaborated with the teen romantic Eternally Confused and Eager for Love that is already under post-production. This project includes Suchitra Pillai, Rahul Bose, Himanee Bhatia, and Vihaan Samat.
6. Finding Anamika/ The Star
Netflix has hosted the global fan event hosted by Netflix, in this Madhuri Dixit in front the drama Finding Anamika has been shared. It has been produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, Karan Johar, this film has been directed by Karishma Kohli and Bejoy Nambiar. In this, we will also see that Sanjay Kapoor has been reunited with the Madhuri on-screen after almost two decades.
Madhuri and Sanjay last time has shared them on screen in the late 1997’s Mohabbat. In this Sanjay will become an OTT regular of the sorts, it will bring Madhuri on streaming screens. The two of them have been remembered about the chemistry in the 90s hit Raja.
Briefly, we will say that this Finding Anamika revolves around the story of the global superstar who has suddenly become disappeared. The police and their loved ones are finding the answers to her disappearance, and her perfectly crafted façade has been stripped away, and exposing the hidden truth and also the painful lie in their life of such an iconic actress.
6. Heeramandi
It will be the first web series of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Bhansali told that Heeramndi will be, “ Vast and ambitious”. The official Netflix description states, “ Sanjay Leela Bhansali brings his majestic signature flair to stories of love and betrayal in the lives of the courtesans in pro-independence India.”
7. Indian Predator
This documentary series is mainly a collaboration between news organizations India Today and VICE Media. It is a thrilling and suspenseful documentary series. This attempts to decode the minds of some of the deadliest killers of India. This show has been uncovered the never before heard detail of gruesome killing like individuals who had been the epicenter of the crimes talk about the actual went down.
8. Mai
In this film, we will see Sakshi Talwar in the lead role. It is the first web series that has been written and directed by Atul Mongia, who also has led the acting workshops for some of the best Bollywood movies. It is based on the accidental killing of a mafia leader, a middle-aged woman who is unwittingly swept into the underworld, where she got a slow recognition.
9. Queen of the Hill
It has set in the 1960s, chronicling the dynamic relationship between the two of the ambitious women that can change the entire city completely.
10. Rana Naidu
It is mainly the official Indian version of the crime series Ray Donovan featuring real-life nephew and also about uncle Rana and Venkatesh Daggubati. Rana said, “ it’s lots of special firsts for me. Working with my uncle Venkatesh and the first with Netflix in long-form storytelling that’s completely different from what both of us have ever done in our careers. I’m extremely happy to be with a crew and a platform that knows this the best. It will be challenging & new and definitely going to be fun.”
11. Social Currency
It is mainly Netflix’s Real-world esque series that confined the eight of India’s top influencers for the luxurious villa for the three weeks without their phones.
Netflix Original Indian Movies Hit in 2022
1. The Archies
This film is mainly the adaptation of Archie Comics. It is a project that has been under the works since at least 208 and also has been unrelated to the series Riverdale. This film also serves as the launch vehicle for the trip of Bollywood actors like the daughter of Shah Rukh Khan Suhana as Betty, the daughter of Sridevi Khushi as Veronica, and also the grandson of Amitabh Bachchan Agastya Nanda as Archie.
2. Bulbul Tarang
It seems that Bulbul Tarang is still available. There is the unnamed Netflix source told that the online publication, “ Together with our partners, we made the decision to not move forward with the film.” It is likely has to do with the departure of the main star Sonakshi Sinha.
3. Chakdah Express
Anushka Sharma will feature in this film. It is mainly based on the biopic of the cricketer Jhulan Goswami. It has been produced under Sharma’s production house. Pictures surfaced in 2020 about Sharma and Goswami filming of the cricket kt. It is reported that Tripti Dimri will be seen In the lead role from Sharma, and this film will drop in late 2022.
4. Cobalt Blue
The story of the film is mainly based on the bestselling novel having the same name by Sachin Kundalkar. It revolves around the tale of the brother and sister who become fall in love with the same man. In this film, we will see Pratik Babbar play the main center role as the charmer, and now the father and the sister duo have essayed by Neelay Mehendale and Anjali Sivaraman mainly.
The trailer is two minutes long with the introduction of the primary characters. The family has recently arrived in Kerala and the children have been introduced. In this, we will see the girl with the pixie cut hair and enjoying the paly of hockey, and her brother has spent time in solitude and also paying as the guest who will become the center of attraction of the household.
5. Freedom
Dibakar Banerjee’s Freedom was filmed back in 2020. It is contained with such a talented director at the helm and also has such an excellent cast like Naseeruddin Shah, Manisha Koirala, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin, Neeraj Kabi.
6. Jaadugar
This Netflix film is featuring Jitendra Kumar, Arushi Sharma, and Have Jaffrey, and has been directed by Sameer Saxena. It is the story of a magician and a football-loving town, he has no athletic skill must conquer a coveted football trophy in order to get the love of his life.
7. Khufiya
The story of the film has been inspired by the real events that are based on the film and also such famous espionage novel ‘Escape to Nowhere by Amar Bhushan.
It has been promised that this snippet has been released by the streaming platform itself. The host of the event Radhika Apte has been evoked to Vishal Bhardwaj as a magician storyteller who can convert any story into gold via his camera. In this, the main cherry on the top is his music composition., According to Apte, he is a brilliant man with having a good sense of music composition.
Besides Tabu and Ali Fazal, the spy thriller of Bhardwaj has been featured by Wamiqa Gabbik and Ashish Vidyarthi in such leadership roles. The story of the film is mainly based on Krishna Mehra who is a raw operative and has been assigned to tracking the mole selling of India’s secret defense and it is based on such espionage novel Escape to Nowhere by Amar Bhushan.
8. Looop Lapeta
In this upcoming film, Taapsee is playing the role of Savi. Tahir will be playing the role of her screen lover named Satya. Recently, Tahir has been introduced his character for his audience having the social media post. Tahir just wrote along the poster of the movie, “ Dearest Savi, tujse mill kar meri life badal gayi and all it took is a day.
Sometimes when we are together I can feel time standstill. When you laugh it seems to slip by. We obviously bend the definition of time and now, quite literally, that must be put to the test. The only stakes higher than live or die are love & loss. So, run, run like you must to keep us going! I place my bets on you,”
9. Monica, O My Darling
This is a neo-noir comedy thriller featuring Rajkumar Rao as a man who is trying to pull off the perfect kill with the help from the Amoltey team of accomplices. It is based on behind-the-scenes footage. Netflix just has dropped the release in July.
10. Penthouse
It is a mystery thriller about a quintet of buddies who have found the dead body in their rented flat band also has been purportedly a remake of the 2008 Belgian film.
11. Plan A and B
It is based on the philosophy opposite attracts. It is featuring Ritesh Deshmukh as a divorce lawyer and Tamannah Bhatia as the matchmaker. It is a kind of story with such unusual characters pitted against each other and also has a refreshing take on what love has been entailed, and taping into the many of the different emotions.
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12. Qala
Netflix confirms that a thing for Anvita Dutt. After the brilliant directorial debut of Bubbul, she has returned with the second Netflix Original film. The sophomore effort Qala has been reunited with Bubbul star Tripti Dimri and also the mark of the acting debut of Babil Khan, who is the eldest son of the late actor, Irrfan Khan.
13. Super Soldier
This film is a long shot for 2022. The preproduction of Katrina Kaif’s solo superhero film has already been done but COVID-19 forced the director Ali Abbas Zafar and the entire team to delay the shooting until global travel restrictions are eased.
Netflix India Renewed Original Shows
1. Delhi Crime (Season 2)
The second season of the police drama series was declared on Netflix.
2. The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives(Season 2)
This reality show is based on the lives of Bollywood wives. Netflix India releases a “ Now Filming” declaration the last November.
3. Indian Matchmaking(Season 2)
It seems that matchmaker Sima Taparia comes to help a new crop of single Desi’s find potential spouses. We will also see some of the familiar faces.
4. Jamtara(Season 2)
The second season of the crime drama Jamtara has been declared on Netflix.
5. Masaba Masaba (Season 2)
It is based on the mother of Masaba Gutaba and the co-star Neena Gupta who took her Instagram account for debuting the latest hairdo for season 2 of the fictional show based on the life of Masaba.
6. Mismatched(Season 2)
The star of Mismatched Prajakta Koli posted behind the scenes on her Instagram account on 25th November with the caption “ And that’s a wrap on season 2.”
7. She (Season2)
The filming of the Season 2 of the crime drama got underway in July.
Netflix Indian Shows Awaiting for Renewal
8. Aranyak(Season 2)
Raveena Tandon is has set to come back in this latest cop film in this atmospheric series who is still on the up before something that is much greater than her. She is definitely one of the fantastic actors to debut in this web series and also has the vehicle that she has already been chosen for this Araynak. It has an atmospheric series that has been delved into such an ancient mystic Himalayas.
9. Bombay Begums(Season 2)
There is no such declaration about the second season of the contemporary drama. It has not still been canceled yet.
10. Call My Agent Bollywood(Season 2)
It is mainly an Indian adaptation of the Emmy-winning French series under the Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment production house, it has been saying, “ We look forward to our own subsequent seasons soon.”
11. Decoupled (Season 2)
It is a newer show than Arayanak released on 17th December. The creator of the series Manu Joseph told that he has been pleased by the “tremendous reactions” to the show and also is ready for more: “So I hope there is a season 2 because already have material for five seasons”.
12. Kota Factory (Season 3)
Netflix has not been renewed officially of the series yet, the director of Kota Factory told that he has already written season 3: ” We know how the story progresses. What happens to the characters, what is each character’s journey Who makes it to IIT and who doesn’t.”
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