For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by the Parineeti Chopra starrer spy action movie ‘Code Name: Tiranga’, followed by the medical college campus comedy film ‘Doctor G’ featuring Ayushmann Khurrana and the Hindi version of the Kannada blockbuster ‘Kantara’.
On the Netflix top ten TV shows front, this week’s top spot has been bagged by the horror comedy series ‘Wednesday’. While on the second and the third spots of the Netflix list are the action thriller web series ‘CAT’ starring Randeep Hooda in the titular role and Neeraj Pandey’s crime action-drama series ‘Khakee: The Bihar Chapter’.
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. Nitham Oru Vaanam
After his fiancé leaves him, a timid and introverted man named Arjun (Ashok Selvan) suffering from OCD reads two compelling but incomplete stories. He begins a journey to find the ending of these stories and along the way, he meets a young woman Subha (Ritu Varma), who accompanies him.
9. GodFather (Hindi)
The political action thriller movie features veteran actor Chiranjeevi as the titular protagonist GodFather aka Brahma, who rises amidst extreme circumstances after the death of a senior political leader. Amidst the ruthless succession battle, he must face some corrupt elements with the help of his trusted aide Masoom Bhai (Salman Khan).
8. Ariyippu aka Declaration
Mahesh Narayanan’s critically acclaimed slice-of-life drama movie revolves around an immigrant and struggling married couple Harish (played by Kunchacko Boban) and Reshmi (Divya Prabha) who are from Kerala and presently working near Delhi in a medical gloves factory. They want to go to a foreign country for better job prospects. But, after an old video featuring Reshmi gets manipulated and goes viral, the couple’s relationship and their jobs come under severe stress.
7. Knives Out
Rian Johnson’s whodunnit movie features former James Bond actor Daniel Craig in the role of an astute detective Benoit Blank, who investigates the mysterious death of an acclaimed crime novelist (Christopher Plummer) and the head of an eccentric and dysfunctional family. The ensemble cast also features Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Shannon, etc.
6. Love Today
The premise of the Tamil language romantic drama movie revolves around a couple whose phones are exchanged for a day, leading to an amusing turn of events. It features Pradeep Ranganathan alongside Radhika Sathyakumar, Sathyaraj, and Yogi Babu.
5. Goodbye
Directed by Vikas Bahl, the comedy drama movie features Amitabh Bachchan alongside Rashmika Mandanna, Neena Gupta, Sunil Grover, Pavail Gulati, and Ashish Vidyarthi, amongst others. The story revolves around the dysfunctional Bhalla family. The goings-on take a drastic turn after the sudden demise of a family member, and focuses on the deceased member’s funeral.
4. Kalaga Thalaivan
The action thriller movie revolves around a man named Thirumaaran (Udhayanidhi Stalin), who works in a heavy vehicle manufacturing company, which launches high-mileage trucks. But when the news about these trucks emitting high quantities of pollutants comes out, the owner hires an assassin to track down the whistle-blower responsible for it.
3. Kantara (Hindi)
The man vs nature centric film has been written and directed by and features actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty. The film is set in the fictional village of Kantara and follows the story of a hot-headed henchman named Shiva (Rishab Shetty). When a forest officer Murali (Kishore) tries to stop the local superstitions in the village and save the forest from the residents, Shiva locks horns with Murali with support from his landlord (Achyuth Kumar).
2. Doctor G
Set amidst the backdrop of a medical college campus in Bhopal, the social comedy film features Ayushmann Khurrana as Dr. Uday Gupta, the only male student who unwillingly ends up in the gynaecology department, despite his penchant for orthopaedics. Directed by Anubhuti Kashyap (Afsos), the movie also features Rakul Preet Singh as a medical student Dr. Fatima, Shefali Shah as Dr. Nandini, and Sheeba Chaddha as Ayushmann’s mother.
1. Code Name: Tiranga
Helmed by Ribhu Dasgupta, the spy action movie follows the story of a spy – Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent (played by Parineeti Chopra), who must race against time to complete an important mission for her country. The film also features Harrdy Sandhu, Sharad Kelkar, Rajit Kapur, Dibyendu Bhattacharya in pivotal roles.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. Business Proposal
The South Korean show follows the story of a woman named Shin Ha-ri, who goes out on a blind date instead of her unwilling friend. However, by a twist of fate, the prospective partner she meets turns out to be the CEO of the company where she works.
9. 1899
Set in the year 1899 and from the makers of ‘Dark’, the eight-episode German mystery sci-fi series revolves around a group of European immigrants travelling aboard a steamship from London to New York. Their journey takes a mind-boggling and an incredibly adventurous turn after they encounter another mysterious ship out on the open sea.
8. Too Hot to Handle
It’s a reality dating TV show that involves a bunch of commitment-phobic singles who are brought together in a house for a period of a few weeks. In order to win the prize money, they must remain abstinent during their time spent together.
7. Alchemy of Souls
The South Korean series is set in a fictional region Daeho where mages can use the titular magic spell ‘Alchemy of Souls’ to switch bodies. The story follows an elite warrior Nak-su (Jung So-min), who gets trapped inside the body of a blind woman and helps a man (Lee Jae-wook) from a noble family to change his fate.
6. Harry & Meghan
Helmed by Liz Garbus, the six-part documentary series focuses on the high-profile love story of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex right from their courtship days to how they stepped back from their full-time roles in the royal family. It also features insightful remarks from their friends and family members.
5. Indian Predator: Beasts of Bangalore
The fourth instalment of the true crime documentary ‘Indian Predator’ series follows the chilling account of a former police officer, who committed the brutal murders of multiple women in the 1990s in Bangalore. His victims included single women, widows, and housewives. He was caught several times by the police but managed to escape five times before finally getting caught in 2002.
4. The Recruit
The eight-episode spy adventure series revolves around a rookie lawyer at the CIA Owen Hendricks (played by Noah Centineo), whose life takes a U-turn when a former asset threatens to expose her relationship with the agency unless her name gets cleared.
3. Khakee: The Bihar Chapter
Neeraj Pandey’s crime action-drama series revolves around the violent face-off between an upright super-cop and a dreaded criminal amidst the backdrop of chaos, violent and rampant corruption. It features an ensemble cast that includes Karan Tacker, Avinash Tiwari, Abhimanyu Singh, Ravi Kishan, Ashutosh Rana, and Anup Soni, amongst others.
2. CAT
Helmed by Balwinder Singh Janjua, the action thriller web series follows the story of a former police informant aka CAT (Randeep Hooda) who is enlisted by a disgruntled cop for a daredevil mission to infiltrate a drug empire and to cause a powerful politician’s downfall. Now, he must deal with a dangerous drug gang and his dark past to save his brother’s life.
1. Wednesday
The horror comedy series focuses on The Addams Family character named Wednesday Addams (played by Jenna Ortega). The story is about how the titular protagonist, a gothic teenage girl, hones her psychic abilities and attempts to investigate a series of brutal killings.
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