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Streaming Video News: March 10, 2023

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s debut of the new series Rana Naidu: an adaptation of Ray Donovan starring Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh Daggubati. Yesterday, Netflix added the 2023 Malayalam film Rekha to streaming and announced the new Original sports documentary Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket., which debuts March 17:

Bollywood Hungama revealed the news that the Netflix Original series Delhi Crime, The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, Kota Factory, Mismatched, and She have all been renewed for a third season along with Class, which returns for a second season.

I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with the additions of the Kannada movie Love Birds, the Malayalam film Christopher, and the debut of the Original Hindi series Happy Family, Conditions Apply.

Finally, I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with the debut of the Hotstar Specials Telugu series Anger Tales (also available in Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Tamil) and the 2023 Tamil film Run Baby Run (also available in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu).

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Streaming Video News: May 20, 2022

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with two big additions to the catalog: Shahid Kapoor’s Hindi remake of Jersey and the Hindi-dubbed version of RRR, which was preponed from its previously announced June 2 streaming release date. The original Telugu version of RRR is streaming now on Zee5, along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

Netflix just announced that Season 2 of the crime drama She will release on June 17. And this is the last week to watch Raees (which I sort of liked) on Netflix before it expires May 26.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with the Telugu action flick Acharya (which has Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil audio options as well). Earlier in the week, Amazon debuted Season 2 of its original Hindi series Panchayat.

Finally, I added the 2022 films 12th Man (Malayalam) and Bhala Thandhanana (Telugu) to my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu. The new Hindi series Escaype Live debuted on Disney+ Hotstar in India yesterday, but it looks like we might not get it on Hulu in the United States.

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Streaming Video News: May 9, 2022

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with upcoming expiration dates for a bunch of films from Shah Rukh Khan’s production house, Red Chillies Entertainment:

Other titles like Dear Zindagi have also expired in recent weeks, but I don’t think this necessarily means that Netflix’s deal with Red Chillies is done for good and that the films are headed to another streaming service. Chennai Express returned to Netflix in August 2021, and Yodha and two other titles returned in January of this year. This could just be a reset before the start of a new streaming contract. However, there’s no guarantee that the above titles will return to Netflix, or that they will return quickly if they do, so prioritize watching them if you’re so inclined.

Last week, Netflix added a pair of Hindi movies, including Radhe Shyam and the Original film Thar, which is really good. The Tamil action flick Beast — starring Vijay and Pooja Hegde — debuts on Netflix May 10 (in the afternoon in the US). And Netflix recently moved Masaba Masaba into the “Worth the Wait” row on their New & Popular page, joining She. No Season 2 release dates for either series yet, though.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with a bunch of additions in the last week:

The Amazon Original anthology series Modern Love: Mumbai premieres in the afternoon on Thursday, May 12.

Finally, I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with the debut of the Hotstar Special Hindi series Home Shanti, which is also available in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu.

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Netflix Women’s Day 2022 News

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In honor of International Women’s Day, the Netflix India Twitter account drew special attention to six upcoming projects with strong women characters, including some new photos. The account tweeted about the recently announced films Kathal, Thar, and Qala, as well as the upcoming second seasons of Masaba Masaba and She. Most exciting was a tweet about the forthcoming series Mai, which was announced a couple of years ago and hasn’t gotten much attention since. All of the titles were mentioned as “coming soon,” so here’s hoping that’s true.

Netflix recently brought together a bunch of the women filmmakers and actors responsible for the streamer’s biggest Indian hits to film a promotional video for Netflix and take questions from the media. Friend of Access Bollywood Suchin Mehrotra was at the event reporting for The Hindu, and Anupama Chopra recorded a video interview for Film Companion. Check it out:

As if this wasn’t enough, yesterday Netflix revealed that Alia Bhatt’s first foray into Hollywood will be a role in the Netflix Original film Heart of Stone, starring Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan. Exciting stuff!

Streaming Video News: March 3, 2021

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s big announcement of more than 40 new Indian movies, TV series, and specials that Netflix plans to release in 2021. Many of these titles were previously announced — I wrote about a number of them for my 2021 Netflix preview for What’s On Netflix — but some are brand new. I’ll go into detail about each of the different categories, but first check out this general teaser video Netflix India released:

First up is movies. Today’s announcement includes 13 titles. Netflix had already announced a March 26 premiere date for Pagglait and released teaser videos for Dhamaka and Jagame Thandhiram. The Karan Johar-produced anthology film which had been called The Other is renamed Ajeeb Daastaans. Three films that I previewed in my piece for What’s On Netflix mentioned above were not included in today’s announcement: Cobalt Blue, Desert Dolphin, and Freedom. Here are all the movies included in today’s press release (Hindi-language, unless otherwise specified) with links to their Netflix entries where available, followed by another video specifically focused on Original films:

The bulk of today’s announcement was made up of fiction TV series, including 9 brand new shows and new seasons of 6 returning series. Bombay Begums already has a March 8 premiere date. The series starring Madhuri Dixit Nene that was rumored to be called Actress is officially titled Finding Anamika. Baahubali: Before the Beginning was conspicuously absent from today’s announcement, as were updates on new seasons for Hashmukh and Selection Day. Here are all of the TV series mentioned in the press release, followed by a video featuring highlights from those series:

Finally, Netflix announced 13 non-fiction movies, series, and stand-up comedy specials. No word on a second season of Indian Matchmaking, but The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and The Big Day are both returning. Here are the Unscripted Originals coming to Netflix in 2021.

I’ll update my Netflix page as soon as release dates for these titles are announced. Get those watchlists ready, people!

Streaming Video News: March 20, 2020

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with the addition of the Original Hindi crime series She, starring Aaditi Pohankar and Vijay Varma and written by Imtiaz Ali. The Bollywood drama Blood Money expires on March 27.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with dozens of Indian and Pakistani films added in the last several days, including Varun Dhawan’s and Shraddha Kapoor’s January theatrical release Street Dancer 3D. It’s not as good as its predecessors in director Remo D’Souza’s dance trilogy, ABCD and ABCD 2 (both of which are on Netflix). Other recently added 2020 releases include the Punjabi film Gidarh Singhi and the Tamil movie Irumbu Manithan.

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Streaming Video News: March 6, 2020

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with dozens of Indian films added in the last week, including the 2020 releases Choricha Mamla (Marathi), Luv Ni Love Storys (Gujarati), and Sarileru Neekevvaru (Telugu, also in 4K UHD).

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with several recent additions, including the Netflix Original movie Guilty, starring Kiara Advani. Also new this week:

Netflix launched the trailer for its Original Hindi crime drama She, coming March 20. Check it out:

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