For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by the romantic comedy movie ‘Krishna Vrinda Vihari’. While on the second and the third spots of the Netflix list are the fantasy comedy movie ‘The School for Good and Evil’ and Anurag Kashyap’s mind-bending mystery drama ‘Dobaaraa’ starring Taapsee Pannu.
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. 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.
9. 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.
8. RRR (Hindi)
Helmed by S.S Rajamouli, the period action movie ‘RRR’ features Ram Charan and Jr.NTR in the lead roles and Ajay Devgn, and Alia Bhatt in pivotal roles. The film is a fictional tale set in the 1920s that revolves around two legendary Indian revolutionaries namely Alluri Sitarama Raju (played by Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (played by Jr. NTR).
7. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Directed by Anees Bazmee, the comedy-horror flick is a standalone sequel to Priyadarshan’s 2007 film starring Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan. The sequel features Kartik Aaryan as Ruhan, who meets a woman named Reet during a trip. Their chance encounter leads them to a haunted mansion in Rajasthan following which Ruhan poses as a psychic, leading to an interesting turn of events.
6. 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.
5. 20th Century Girl
Set in the year 1999, the South Korean romantic drama movie follows a high school student Na Bo-ra (played by Kim Yoo-jung), who experiences the magic of first love while trying to know about her best friend’s crush Baek Hyun-jin (Park Jung-woo).
4. 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.
3. 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.
2. The School for Good and Evil
Based on Soman Chainani’s 2013 novel of the same name, the fantasy comedy film revolves around best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are taken to the magical School of Good and Evil where their friendship is put under test.
1. Krishna Vrinda Vihari
Directed by Anish R Krishna, the romantic comedy movie features Naga Shaurya in the role of Krishna Chari, who belongs to a traditional Brahmin family. He falls in love with a woman named Vrinda (Shirley Setia) and how he marries her and tries to convince his family forms the film’s crux.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. 28 Days Haunted
The reality horror series follows three different teams who spend 28 days in America’s most haunted places as part of an experiment based on theories of popular paranormal investigators Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren.
9. Barbarians
The German action-adventure drama series is a fictional take on the rebellion of the Germanic tribes following the Roman Empire’s occupation of Germania. The story is narrated from the perspective of Arminius, who was known for forging an alliance of Germanic tribes against the mighty Roman Empire.
8. Spy x Family
The Japanese Manga series follows the story of a spy, who teams up with a telepath and a proficient assassin posing as his daughter and wife, in order to complete an undercover mission.
7. 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.
6. From Scratch
Based on Tembi Locke’s memoir of the same name, the eight-part drama series features Zoe Saldana as an American artist who falls in love with a chef in Italy while studying there. But an unexpected incident takes her on an emotional, life-altering journey.
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. 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.
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.