Tag Archives: Desi TV Series on Netflix

Streaming Video News: May 7, 2026

I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with the premiere of the Original Hindi series Lukkhe and the addition of the Telugu film Dacoit. The Hindi version of Dacoit — which was filmed simultaneously — is not on Prime and doesn’t have a streaming home at present. Season 2 of Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s English-language action series Citadel debuted earlier this week. Plus, Amazon renewed its recently released series Matka King for a second season.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s streaming debut of the Malayalam film Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam.

We’ve got a few notable Hindi releases coming to streaming in the next couple of weeks. Dhurandhar: The Revenge should debut on JioHotstar in India on or around May 14, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll get it on Hulu (JioHotstar’s US equivalent). I suspect we will, but it’s not guaranteed. [Update: Dhurandhar: The Revenge comes to Netflix internationally on May 15.] Saif Ali Khan’s Netflix Original crime movie Kartavya premieres on May 15, followed by Sonakshi Sinha’s Amazon Original courtroom drama film System in the afternoon of May 21. I’m intrigued by all of them.

The great account CinemaRare on X posted that the previously unreleased 2000 film The Last Tenant starring Irrfan and Vidya Balan is now available on YouTube. Per CinemaRare, “The film remained unreleased for 25 years after the original footage was lost. Director Sarthak Dasgupta recovered a surviving VHS copy, allowing for its restoration and release.” You can watch The Last Tenant here. It doesn’t have subtitles, unfortunately.

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Streaming Video News: April 9, 2021

I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with today’s debut of the new Hindi comedy Hello Charlie, starring Jackie Shroff and a gorilla. The Kannada film Yuvarathnaa landed on Prime yesterday, even though it’s still playing in theaters in the United States and India. Another film that recently ended its theatrical run — Jathi Ratnalu — joins Prime on April 11, followed by the Malayalam movie The Priest on April 14.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with yesterday’s surprise addition of the horror comedy Roohi, starring Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao. Earlier this week, Netflix added a second collection of episodes of the wedding reality series The Big Day and the 2021 Tamil film Mandela. New Indian titles coming to Netflix next week include a bunch of cartoons for kids on April 12, the Telugu movie Uppena on April 13, and the premiere of the Netflix Original Hindi film Ajeeb Daastaans on April 16.

Last but not least, yesterday Hotstar debuted Abhishek Bachchan’s semi-biographical stock market drama The Big Bull. With Hindi theatrical releases on hold for the time being, it’s nice to have a weekend with multiple new Bollywood movies to choose from!

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