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I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with the streaming debut of the 2026 Tamil film With Love. Over the weekend, the Hindi movies Raazi (which I loved) and Gippi were added to Netflix. I don’t think Gippi has ever been available for streaming the US before.
The Netflix Original series Hello Bachhon premieres on Friday. Netflix also announced an April 3 premiere date for Maamla Legal Hai Season 2.
I did not update my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu because there’s no sign of the new Hotstar Specials Telugu series Vikram on Duty yet. These delays seem to be the norm right now. I had an interesting exchange with @disneyplusnews about the future of Indian content on Hulu, and the days may be numbered. There’s a chance we could get a separate JioHotstar app in the US instead at some point, but I could see their parent company Disney passing on that in order to save money on streaming rights. I don’t have any inside information, it just seems like something is afoot since Hotstar titles are taking even longer to shop up on Hulu. We’ll see.
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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with the premiere of the new Hindi romance series Bandwaale, starring Shalini Pandey and Zahan Kapoor. Amazon also announced a March 5 premiere date for its new Original Hindi Subedaar, starring Anil Kapoor:
I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with several new additions this week, including Season 2 of Kohrra (Punjabi) and the 2026 theatrical releases Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil (Tamil) and Anaganaga Oka Raju (Telugu). The Yash Raj Films Valentine’s Day event — the final event reintegrating YRF titles into the Netflix catalog — is also underway with daily additions of classic YRF romances. It should conclude on Friday with 2002’s Saathiya, but I’m hoping for a surprise addition of Roadside Romeo (the 2008 animated film YRF tries to pretend doesn’t exist). Here’s what’s been added during the YRF Valentine’s event so far:
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Netflix hosted their Next on Netflix India 2026 event to reveal the Original titles they plan to release this year. The lineup included eight brand new titles, with additional details about other previously announced movies and series. I wrote about all of the titles presented at the event for What’s on Netflix, incorporating the new information into our giant 2026 Netflix India preview. That’s a pretty objective piece, so I thought I’d write about some of the Netflix Original titles I’m most looking forward to in 2026, starting with the movies.
Accused
Konkona Sen Sharma and Pratibha Ranta play a couple whose marriage is strained by allegations of sexual misconduct. The fact that Netflix India is even putting out an LGBTQ relationship drama makes it worth watching.
Ikka
Sunny Deol makes his streaming debut opposite Akshaye Khanna in this courtroom drama.
Lust Stories 3
Check out the lineup of directors for this anthology series: Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra, and Vishal Bhardwaj. Absolutely insane. The cast is outrageous, too: Konkona Sen Sharma, Radhika Apte, Vijay Varma, Abhishek Banerjee, Gurfateh Pirzada, Sana Thampi, Ali Fazal, Radhika Madan, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Siddharth.
Maa Behen
Madhuri Dixit plays Triptii Dimri’s mom. ‘Nuff said.
Made in Korea
This Tamil-Korean cross-cultural coming-of-age story sounds fun.
Toaster
This is the movie I’m most excited about. Rajkummar Rao plays a guy whose new marriage — to Sanya Malhotra — implodes immediately, and he becomes obsessed with a fancy toaster they got as a wedding gift.
I was disappointed that Imran Khan’s comeback film Adhure Hum Adhure Tum wasn’t part of the Next on Netflix India 2026 presentation. Apparently, the executive who greenlit it isn’t with the company anymore, so the team is just waiting around to see if Netflix is still interested.
Now the series. Obviously, I don’t review many Indian series on this site, but a few of these Original shows look pretty good.
Then there’s the reality show Lock Upp from producer Ekta Kapoor. She had another show named Lock Upp that aired on her streaming service ALTBalaji in 2022, hosted by Kangana Ranaut. It’s unclear from the materials Netflix released if this is a reboot of the existing format, or if they are just re-airing the original 2022 season. The latter would be hilarious.
All in all, we’ve got four returning Original Indian series, 13 new Original series, and 11 Original movies confirmed for the rest of the year. That’s a lot, especially since only Season 2 of Kohrra and the new series Hello Bachhon (they Physics Wallah show) have release dates (February 11 and March 6, respectively). I guess we’ll have to wait and see what we get in 2026.
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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with December 28 expiration dates for all of the Excel Entertainment films currently in the Netflix catalog. Those titles are:
These films flip-flop between Netflix and Amazon Prime every three years. Most of them are already streaming on Prime, except for Game and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (which is on Eros Now).
Two other Hindi films will expire from Netflix on December 31: Sanju and PK (★★★½).
The Yash Raj Films returns event proceeds apace on Netflix, with a Ranveer Singh collection coming in the afternoon of Thursday, December 4 in the United States and a Salman Khan collection coming December 26. There’s also a “Holiday Season” event running from December 11-27 with two films joining the Netflix catalog each day. Here are the titles and dates we know so far:
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Earlier this week, it was reported that Jolly LLB 3 will stream concurrently on Netflix and JioHotstar. I suspect that only applies to India, as there is no sign of Jolly LLB 3 on Hulu in the United States. I did update my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with the streaming debut of the Malayalam film Avihitham (also available in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu).
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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with the streaming premiere of War 2. The main catalogue entry features Hindi and Tamil dialogue options than can be chosen from the audio menu. There is a separate catalogue entry for the Telugu-dubbed version of War 2. I have no idea why. The animated series Kurukshetra: The Great War of Mahabrata debuts October 10, but that’s the last official Netflix premiere date on the calendar for now.
In other news, Netflix made some user interface changes to downplay identifying Netflix Original shows and films as Netflix Originals. Again, I am not sure why.
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Finally, I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with a trailer for the newly announced series Search: The Naina Murder Case, coming October 10:
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