Late last week, in a series of explosive announcements, streaming giant Netflix India revealed its star-studded lineup of Telugu movies. The lineup included biggies such as SSMB28, Dasara, Bhola Shankar, Virupaksha, Amigos, Buddy and so many more – a total of 16 Telugu films.
Today, as a follow up to its Telugu films lineup, Netflix announced a total of 18 Tamil films for which it has grabbed the post-theatrical streaming rights. This means that all these films will stream exclusively on Netflix after releasing in the theatres.
The Tamil slate adds heft to Netflix India’s stunning additions to its eye-popping lineup of films from the South states of India. It includes most of the stars of Tamil cinema, including Ajith Kumar, Dhanush, Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, and more, along with top production houses and filmmakers from Kollywood.
Here’s the Entire List of Upcoming Tamil Films Whose Post-theatrical Streaming Rights Have Been Acquired by Netflix –
1. AK62 – The next Ajith Kumar film after the recent Thunivu, directed by Vignesh Shivan, produced by Lyca Productions, starring Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara, Aravind Swamy, Santhanam
2. Aaryan – Vishnu Vishal’s upcoming crime and police investigative drama; also starring Shraddha Srinath, Vani Bhojan and Selvaraghavan.
3. Chandramukhi 2 – The sequel to the 2005 Chandramukhi, it is produced by Lyca Productions and stars Kangana Ranaut, Raghava Lawrence, Vadivelu, among others
4. Gatta Kusthi – Vishnu Vishal’s fun romantic cum sports drama is already streaming on Netflix in Tamil and Telugu
5. Iraivan – the upcoming commercial entertainer, starring Jayam Ravi and Nayanthara in the lead roles, directed by Ahmed
6. Irugapatru – Vikram Prabhu’s next film, a drama, co-starring Shraddha Srinath and Vidaarth
7. Japan – Karthi’s buzzy heist thriller film, co-starring Anu Emmanuel, produced by DreamWarrior Pictures
8. Jigarthanda Double X – The much-publicised sequel to Jigarthanda. Directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Starring S.J. Suryah, Raghava Lawrence
9. Maamannan – Upcoming political thriller film, written and directed by Mari Selvaraj, and starring Udhayanidhi Stalin, Vadivelu, Keerthy Suresh and Fahadh Faasil.
10. Naai Sekar Returns – The comedy starring Vadivelu in his comeback film after five years is already streaming on Netflix.
11. Lyca Productions’ untitled Production No 18 – starring Yogi Babu, Vidaarth, written and directed by T Arul Chezhian
12. Lyca Productions’ untitled Production No 20 – Directed by Rohin Venkatesan, starring Jai and Aishwarya Rajesh.
13. Lyca Productions’ untitled Production No 24 – Starring Arul Nithi and Aathmika
14. Revolver Rita – Keerthy Suresh stars in this women-centric action drama, written and directed by K Chandru.
15. Thalaikoothal – drama starring Samuthirakani, Kathir and Vasundhara, directed by Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan, produced by Y Not Studios
16. Thangalaan – Action drama, set in the backdrop of the Kolar Gold Fields. Written and directed by Pa. Ranjith, starring Chiyaan Vikram, Malavika Mohanan, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Pasupathi
17. Vaathi / Sir – Dhanush’s hyped social drama film. Produced by Sithara Entertainments, written and directed by Venky Atruli, co-starring Samyuktha Menon
18. Varalaru Mukkiyam – Romantic drama, starring Jiiva, already streaming on Netflix.
Interestingly, all these films will premiere on Netflix in the four South languages of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, but not Hindi; except for a few exceptions such as Thangalaan, Iraivan, Jigarthanda Double X, which will also release in Hindi on Netflix India.
Stay tuned to Binged.com for the Netflix release dates of each, as they are announced.
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