For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by Anurag Kashyap’s mind-bending mystery drama ‘Dobaaraa’ starring Taapsee Pannu. While on the second and the third spots of the Netflix list are the Aamir Khan starrer ‘Forrest Gump’ Indian adaptation ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ and the romantic comedy movie ‘Plan A Plan B’ featuring Tamannaah Bhatia and Riteish Deshmukh, respectively.
On the Netflix top ten TV shows front, this week’s top spot has been bagged by the rom-com ‘Mismatched’ followed by the crime thriller show ‘The Watcher’ and the crime drama series ‘Jamtara – Sabka Number Aayega’.
Here’s the full list of the top ten movies and TV shows on Netflix India this week:
TOP 10 MOVIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. Blackout
The action thriller movie follows a man who wakes up in a hospital with no memory of his past. With a dangerous cartel running after him, he must race against time to fight back and to know the truth about his mysterious identity.
9. Luckiest Girl Alive
The mystery thriller movie revolves around how a New York based writer’s seemingly perfect life begins to take an adverse turn when the maker of a true crime documentary threatens to unearth her dark past which is related to her high school days.
8. Oru Thekkan Thallu Case
Directed by Sreejith N., the movie is based on the popular book titled ‘Ammini Pillai Vettu Case’ and features Biju Menon as a lighthouse keeper Ammini in a small place in Southern Kerala. He seeks revenge following an attack by a rival group led by Podiyan (Roshan Mathew) following a small altercation.
7. Saakini Daakini
The action-comedy movie follows the story of two police trainees and close friends Damini and Shalini (played by Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas), who become witnesses to the kidnapping of a girl. The cop duo teams up to track the girl and punish the culprits without much assistance from the department.
6. Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga
The romantic drama movie revolves around two childhood (but now estranged) friends Rishi and Radha (played by Panja Vaisshnav Tej and Ketika Sharma), who begin to develop feelings for each other after they enrol in the same medical college.
5. Buffoon
Directed by Ashok Veerappan, the action crime movie follows the story of a Koothu artist, who gets falsely implicated along with his friend and they become the victims of a ruthless political battle. How they try to escape from the cops and get out of the mess forms the film’s underlying plot.
4. The Curse of Bridge Hollow
The comedy adventure movie follows a father and her teenage daughter who unwillingly team up to save their town from an evil spirit after its accidental release.
3. Plan A Plan B
Helmed by Shashanka Ghosh, the romantic comedy movie revolves around two disparate individuals played by Tamannaah Bhatia and Riteish Deshmukh. The woman’s character is that of a matchmaker who opines that marriage is for everyone excluding herself. While the man in the love story is a successful but cynical divorce lawyer who harbors a secret of his own. When the matchmaker moves her office beside the lawyer, the situation gets complex, and sparks fly.
2. Laal Singh Chaddha
Directed by Advait Chandan, the film is an official remake of Robert Zemeckis’ Oscar-winning movie ‘Forrest Gump’ starring Tom Hanks. It features Aamir Khan in the titular role of a good-hearted man with a subpar IQ. How the protagonist inadvertently becomes a part of important events and how he progresses in life through a simple-minded and uncomplicated approach forms the film’s underlying plot line. The movie also features Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya, Manav Vij, and Mona Singh in pivotal roles.
1. Dobaaraa
Helmed by Anurag Kashyap, the mystery thriller movie is a time-bending drama starring Taapsee Pannu in the lead role. Inspired by Oriol Paulo’s ‘Mirage’, the film’s premise revolves around two similar storms separated by 25 years and how a woman connects with a 12-year-old boy from the past through a television set.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. Money Heist
The show follows a hostage situation plotline masterminded by an enigmatic genius and his attempt to pull off a virtually impossible heist with the help of his skilled team.
9. The Good Doctor
The underlying premise of the engaging medical drama ‘The Good Doctor’ revolves around Shaun Murphy – an autistic surgical resident with savant syndrome and his quotidian experiences as he relocates to a prestigious California-based hospital.
8. Stranger Things
The initial story, set in the 1980s, revolves around a young boy’s disappearance and the ensuing investigation by his mother, police chief, and his friends amidst supernatural events. The sci-fi horror series (latest season) follows the aftereffects of the devastating Battle of Starcourt at the Hawkins town in Indiana. The show’s young protagonists are now living separately and trying to move on in their lives. At this juncture, a long-buried, supernatural threat that connects everything, emerges on Earth and the Upside Down.
7. Little Women
The twelve-part South Korean series is an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel of the same name. The story revolves around three impoverished sisters who share a close bond and how they get involved in a face-off against an affluent family.
6. Sh**ing Stars
The South Korean series revolves around the romantic relationship between a brilliant PR head Oh Han-byul and a much-loved, top notch star Gong Tae-sung with a dark past.
5. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The crime drama series revolves around the notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer aka Milwaukee Monster (played by Evan Peters) and is narrated from the perspective of the killer’s victims. The show focuses on how incompetence and leniency by the authorities and how Dahmer got away on multiple occasions.
4. The Midnight Club
Created by Mike Flanagan, the horror thriller series is based on Christopher Pike’s 1994 novel of the same name. The story revolves around a group of young but terminally ill patients at the Brightcliffe Hospice. They meet during midnight to tell each other scary stories and to find a way to communicate with those from beyond the grave.
3. Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega
‘Jamtara’ is set in the Jamtara region of the Eastern Indian State of Jharkhand. The premise is about a group of small-town and ambitious youngsters led by the protagonists Rocky (Anshuman Pushkar) and Sunny (Sparsh Shrivastava) who are the brains behind a profitable social engineering phishing operation.
2. The Watcher
The crime thriller miniseries revolves around a married couple (played by Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale), who relocate into their dream home in New Jersey. But their seemingly heavenly abode becomes their nightmare after they become the targets of a stalker named The Watcher.
1. Mismatched
An adaptation of Sandhya Menon’s bestseller, ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’, the series features Rohit Saraf and Prajakta Koli as two teens who become friends during a summer program.