I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with two new additions to the catalog. The reprehensible 2017 thriller Kaabil is now available for streaming, though I’d discourage anyone from actually watching it. Instead, watch the classic Mughal-E-Azam, which also just joined the streaming service (thanks for the heads up, Gaurav!). For everything else new on Netflix — Bollywood or not — check Instant Watcher.
Tag Archives: Netflix
Streaming Video News: June 21, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with a major new addition to the catalog. Aamir Khan’s 2016 smash hit Dangal is now available for streaming. If you’re looking for a movie the whole family can enjoy, Dangal fits the bill perfectly. The London-set Desi comedy Amar Akbar & Tony was also recently added to the service. For everything else new on Netflix (Bollywood or not), check Instant Watcher.
Streaming Video News: May 26, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with a major new addition to the catalog. Shah Rukh Khan’s 2017 gangster drama Raees is now available for streaming. It’s not my favorite SRK film, but it has its moments. For everything else new on Netflix (Bollywood or not), check Instant Watcher.
I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Heera with two new additions, including another 2017 theatrical release — Commando 2! The plot is crazy, but Vidyut Jammwal action movies are always fun. The second new addition to Heera is 2016’s Dev Bhoomi: Land of the Gods. I’m not sure if Amazon’s deal with Cinestaan applies to the US as well as India, but the addition of Dev Bhoomi could presage the eventual addition of Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial debut A Death in the Gunj to Heera. We’ll have to wait and see.
I made one addition to my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime as well. The documentary Faith Connections — which director Pan Nalin made before Angry Indian Goddesses — is now available for streaming.
Streaming Video News: May 24, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with two new additions to the catalog. Piya Behrupiya is a filmed version of the stage play by the same name, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night that played at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater last fall (though I’m not sure where the Netflix version was recorded). Also new is comedian Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up special Homecoming King.
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon’s Heera Channel with another new stand-up special — Biswa Kalyan Rath: Biswa Mast Aadmi. Biswa gained fame as a member of the duo behind Pretentious Movie Reviews, and he had a killer cameo in Brahman Naman.
Streaming Video News: May 10, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with five additions to the streaming catalog: Aiyyaa, Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap, Gabbar Is Back, Madras Cafe, and Michael, starring Naseeruddin Shah. Madras Cafe is the most interesting of the new additions that I’ve seen. Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap is underdeveloped, and Gabbar Is Back‘s narrative is a disaster. For everything else new on Netflix (Bollywood or not), check Instant Watcher.
Streaming Video News: May 1, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with a ton of new additions to the catalog. More than thirty titles were added today, some for the first time (like Tanu Weds Manu) and some after a prolonged absence (like Kahaani). In addition to the Bengali film Abby Sen, the TV show Ramayan, and the documentaries Fire in the Blood, Mostly Sunny, and Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi, the following Hindi movies are now available for streaming:
- Bittoo Boss (2012)
- Bombay Talkies (2013) — ★★★
- Boss (2013) — ★★
- Budia Singh: Born to Run (2016)
- Chaahat (1996)
- Chashme Baddoor (2013) — ★★★
- Dharam Sankat Mein (2015)
- Drishyam (2015) — ★★★
- English Babu Desi Mem (1996)
- Gollu Aur Pappu (2014)
- Inkaar (2013) — ½★
- Kahaani (2012) — ★★★★
- Loev (2015)
- Mary Kom (2014) — ★★★
- Moh Maya Money (2016)
- Mumbai Delhi Mumbai (2014)
- OMG: Oh My God (2012) — ★★★
- One By Two (2014)
- Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011)
- Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015) — zero stars
- Queen (2014) — ★★★★
- Raja Hindustani (1996)
- Shaitan (2011)
- Special 26 (2013) — ★★★
- Tanu Weds Manu (2011) — ★★
- What the Fish (2013)
- The Wishing Tree (2017)
- Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013)
For everything else new on Netflix (Bollywood or not), check Instant Watcher.
Streaming Video News: April 11, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with three new additions to the catalog. 2012’s Hate Story — which is full of troubling examples of victim blaming — is now available for streaming, giving context to Hate Story 2 and Hate Story 3, which have been on Netflix for a while now. Likewise, Koi… Mil Gaya finally joins its sequels Krrish and Krrish 3 (there is no Krrish 2) on the streaming service. Netflix also added its first 2017 release: the Bengali movie Incomplete, starring Hate Story‘s Paoli Dam.
Streaming Video News: April 7, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with eight new additions to the streaming catalog. (Well, seven if you discount Yamla Pagla Deewana, which was added to the site prematurely last week and pulled down after a day or two. But now it’s back!) The new additions include Aarakshan, Horror Story, Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai, Krrish, Krrish 3, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, and Rangrezz. I found Aarakshan disorganized, and Krrish 3 was just okay.
With more than thirty Indian titles added in the last month — including a bunch of mainstream Bollywood films like those added today — it sure looks like Netflix is feeling the heat from Amazon’s new Heera channel, which just added the Hindi version of The Ghazi Attack to its subscription service.
Streaming Video News: April 3, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with lots of new additions to the catalog. The start of a new month brought the addition of a bunch of Indian movies and shows to the streaming service, including fiction films Elaan, Salaakhen, and the Marathi movie Killa. Several documentaries also joined the service: Among the Believers, Beyond All Boundaries, Celluloid Man, The Human Factor: The Untold Story of the Bombay Film Orchestras, and Mostly Sunny (which was okay). Lastly, a slew of Hindi TV shows are now available, too: Badalte Rishton Ki Dastaan, Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi, Razia Sultan, and Satrangi. For everything else new (Bollywood or not) on Netflix, check Instant Watcher.
Streaming Video News: March 31, 2017
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with six new additions to the catalog. Older films like 2006’s Baabul and 2011’s Yamla Pagla Deewana (which was too self-referential) were added along with three movies from last year: Azhar, M.S. Dhoni — The Untold Story, and Akira, which released in US theaters as Naam Hai Akira. The Dhoni biopic was just okay, the Azhar biopic wasn’t great either, and Akira was just bad. The most intriguing new addition is the 2015 reality show The House That Made Me, in which actor Vinay Pathak interviews celebrities like Govinda, Remo D’Souza, and Irrfan Khan in their hometowns.
For everything else (Bollywood or not) new on Netflix, check Instant Watcher.
