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:
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
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.
Family Business
Anil Kapoor plays a tycoon who hands the reigns of his company over to his successor (Vijay Varma), only to boot his protégé and retake the company. It sounds like a more contentious version of the Disney succession drama from a few years ago.
Musafir Cafe
I love that they’re offering something besides thrillers and crime shows. Netflix needs more romantic dramas.
Super Subbu
They also need more comedies. This Telugu show about an unqualified sex ed teacher sounds funny.
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.
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s streaming debut of the Tamil film Kaantha. Today also marked the start of Yash Raj Films’ “Holiday Season” event, where two movies from the studio’s back catalog will be added to Netflix every day until December 27. Here’s what was added today, plus links to what we know is coming:
ZEE5 premiered a new Hindi film starring Radhika Apte today: Saali Mohabbat.
Months after Aamir Khan took his movies off of streaming services and made them available for rent on YouTube, another movie rental platform has debuted as a viewing option. The social cataloging service Letterboxd (follow me on Letterboxd here) has launched a virtual video store in specializing in hard-to-find films. One of the first movies they are offering is Anurag Kashyap’s thriller Kennedy, which played at the Cannes Film Festival and 2023 and then disappeared. It never released in theaters or on any streaming service. It’s now available for rent in select countries (not India, unfortunately) until January 9, 2026. In the US, a 48-hour rental costs $19.99 — not cheap, but fair considering it’s been impossible to find until now. You can rent Kennedy here, or check out the other movies available for rent.
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
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).
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
Finally, I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with some random catalogue additions, including the Bengali films Sentimentaaal and Shudhu Tomari Jonyo and the series Kajalmaya (Marathi) and Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahi (Hindi). The Malayalam hit movie Lokah Chapter One: Chandra is supposedly coming to Hulu/Jiohotstar, but it’s not up yet (if we actually do get it in the United States).
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
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.
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
[Disclaimer: my Amazon links include an affiliate tag, and I may earn a commission on purchases made via those links. Thanks for helping to support this website!]
