For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by the intense period drama ‘Jogi’. While on the second and the third spots of the Netflix list are the Hollywood thriller ‘Lou’ and Mohit Suri’s romantic thriller ‘Ek Villain Returns’.
On the Netflix top ten TV shows front, this week’s top spot has been bagged by the crime drama ‘Jamtara – Sabka Number Aayega’ followed by the Jeffrey Dahmer based crime show ‘Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ and the fantasy drama series ‘Fate: The Winx Saga’.
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. Thallumaala
Helmed by Khalid Rahman, the Malayalam language action-comedy movie features Tovino Thomas as Wazim, a carefree youngster who suddenly becomes famous on the internet after a fight goes viral during his own wedding with a video blogger Beepathu (Kalyani Priyadarshan). But things take an ugly turn when he crosses paths with a cop (Shine Tom Chacko).
9. Those Who Wish Me Dead
A daredevil wildland firefighter Hannah (Angelina Jolie) must come to the rescue of a forensic accountant’s son, who has witnessed his father’s murder. Now, Hannah must use her unique survival skills to save them both from a pair of deadly assassins hellbent on eliminating the young witness.
8. 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.
7. Darlings
‘Darlings’ is a black comedy film that revolves around a mother-daughter duo (played by Shefali Shah and Alia Bhatt) that is set against the backdrop of a conservative and lower-middle-class Mumbai neighbourhood. The story is about how Alia Bhatt’s character Badru thinks that her husband (Vijay Varma) will change after he stops his drinking habit. But when things go out of control, both these women set out to exact revenge in their own amateurish way.
6. RRR (Hindi)
S.S Rajamouli’s period action movie features Ram Charan and Jr.NTR in the lead roles and Ajay Devgn, and Alia Bhatt in pivotal roles. ‘RRR’ 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).
5. Do Revenge
The dark comedy movie revolves around two high school students Drea (Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke), who strike an unlikely friendship and decide to take revenge from each other’s bullies.
4. HIT: The First Case
Helmed by Sailesh Kolanu, the film’s plot revolves around an astute police officer of the titular Homicide Intervention Team aka HIT who makes it his mission to find a missing woman which will help him solve the disappearance case of his lover. The mystery thriller features Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra in the lead roles.
3. Ek Villain Returns
Mohit Suri’s romantic thriller ‘Ek Villain Returns’ features John Abraham, Arjun Kapoor, Disha Patani, and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles. The story follows two men with one-sided love and how their decisions and the path they take decide who is the hero and the villain amongst them.
2. Lou
Directed by Anna Foerster, the thriller movie follows an enigmatic woman with a mysterious past who must help a distressed neighbour to find the latter’s kidnapped daughter amidst the backdrop of a storm.
1. Jogi
The film is set in the year 1984 in Delhi against the brutal backdrop of the anti-Sikh riots and the plot revolves around how the protagonist (played by actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh) takes up the daredevil task of transporting a large group of people from Delhi to Mohali.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. The Crown
The big-budget historical drama television series revolves around the royal family and chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth-II from the year of her wedding until the modern times. The show touches upon several events including the Suez crisis, Prince Edward’s birth, the tenures of various Prime Ministers, and Prince Charles’s marriage to Princess Diana, etc.
9. The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives
The show gives its viewers a sneak-peek into the glamorous lives of Bollywood wives and the latest season features Maheep Kapoor (Sanjay Kapoor’s wife), Bhavana Pandey (Chunky Pandey’s wife), Neelam Kothari (Sameer Soni’s wife) and Seema Sajdeh (Sohail Khan’s former wife).
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. Narco Saints
Helmed by Yoon Jong-bin and based on true events, the South Korean series revolves around a regular businessman Kang In-gu (Ha Jung-woo), who is forced to become a part of a dangerous plan to nab the dreaded Korean kingpin Jeon Yo-hwan (Hwang Jung-min).
6. Heartbreak High
The eight-part teen drama series is a reboot of the popular 90s Australian show and focuses on a group of diverse high schoolers dealing with their school lives and relationships at Hartley High.
5. Thai Cave Rescue
The six-part series revolves around the incredible real-life story of the Tham Luang cave rescue incident that happened in Thailand in the year 2018. It’s a detailed account of how a junior football team comprising twelve boys and their assistant coach got trapped in a cave for 18 days because of severe monsoon flooding. It’s been told from the soccer team’s point of view.
4. Delhi Crime
International Emmy Award-winning show features Shefali Shah as senior cop DCP Vartika Chaturvedi alongside proficient actors like Rajesh Tailang (Mirzapur, Selection Day), Rasika Dugal (Mirzapur, Out of Love) and Adil Hussain (English Vinglish, Agent Vinod), amongst others. The first season revolved around the police investigation to nab the culprits responsible for the despicable gang rape that happened in the capital city. The second season follows a fictionalized take on a true crime that follows the cop’s new case which revolves around the killings of several senior citizens in the capital city by a brutal gang of killers.
3. Fate: The Winx Saga
It’s a live action adaptation of Nickelodeon’s animated series ‘Winx Club’ and revolves around Bloom, a fairy with fire related powers who joins the magical boarding school at Alfea. There, she meets other fairies with different powers and together they must find a way to overcome formidable ancient creatures from wreaking havoc and destruction.
2. 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.
1. 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.
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