I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with the streaming debut of the Telugu blockbuster Pushpa 2: The Rule. Netflix’s “Reloaded Version” has 23 minutes of extra footage, bumping the runtime up to nearly 4 hours. Dubbed dialogue is available in Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil, with Kannada coming soon.
Netflix also announced a February 5 release date for the Oscar-nominated short documentary film Anuja:
The new Hindi series The Secret of the Shiledars is scheduled to debut on Disney+ Hotstar in India tomorrow, but we’ll see if we actually get it here in the US. Hulu’s track record for adding new Indian Originals has been bad this month. I’ll update my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu accordingly. [Update: We got it! The Secret of the Shildedars is now streaming, with dubbed versions in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu.]
The first week of February looks to be a busy one on the streamers. Besides Anuja on Netflix, ZEE5 releases the Hindi film Mrs. — starring Sanya Malhotra — on Friday, February 7 (likely the afternoon of February 6 in the US). That same day, Amazon Prime premieres The Mehta Boys, Boman Irani’s directorial debut. It’s gonna be a busy week!
