For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by Vikas Bahl’s family drama ‘Goodbye’ starring Amitabh Bachchan. While on the second and the third spots of the Netflix list are the romantic drama movie ‘Love Today’ and the Norwegian monster movie ‘Troll’, respectively.
On the Netflix top ten TV shows front, this week’s top spot has once again been bagged by Neeraj Pandey’s crime action-drama series ‘Khakee: The Bihar Chapter’ followed by the horror comedy series ‘Wednesday’ and the German sci-fi mystery series ‘1899’.
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. My Name is Vendetta
The action-adventure Italian film follows a man with a dark past whose wife and brother-in-law are brutally murdered by a pair of criminals. Now, he and his daughter run away to Milan to seek an equally brutal revenge from the perpetrators.
9. 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.
8. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Based on D.H. Lawrence’s novel, the romantic drama movie follows the titular protagonist Lady Chatterley (played by Emma Corrin), who gets romantically involved with her husband’s country estate gamekeeper. Will she follow what her heart tells her, or will she go back to her husband?
7. Dhokha – Round D Corner
The crime thriller movie helmed by Kookie Gulati follows the story of a terrorist who breaks into the house of a married couple. The wife, who is suffering from a personality disorder, is taken hostage, and the incident brings forth a series of lies and secrets. The film features Madhavan, Khushali Kumar, Aparshakti Khurana, and Darshan Kumar, amongst others.
6. Monica, O My Darling
Directed by Vasan Bala, the mystery thriller movie features Rajkummar Rao as a robotics expert who gets involved in a passionate affair but eventually ends up being blackmailed. Desperate to get out of the mess, he teams up with a bunch of unlikely allies and intends to execute the perfect murder. The movie also features Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte, and Sikander Kher, etc. in important roles.
5. Qala
The music-based Netflix drama features Triptii Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee, and Babil Khan (in his Bollywood debut). The film’s story focuses on a gifted singer with a promising career and how she deals with the pressures and her complex relationship with her mother.
4. 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).
3. Troll
The Norwegian monster movie follows a fearless paleontologist, who must stop a gigantic ancient creature, who has recently awakened following an explosion in the Norwegian mountains, from destroying everything that comes its way.
2. 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.
1. 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.
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 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. Friends
‘Friends’ is a universally acclaimed sitcom show that revolves around the six friends played by Jennifer Anniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry living together in New York City and the vicissitudes in their interpersonal relationships formed the show’s central theme.
8. Firefly Lane
Based on Kristin Hannah’s novel of the same name, the drama series follows the lives of two best friends – Tully, a popular talk show host and a struggling homemaker Kate. The story is about how the two women support each other through the ups and downs of their lives right from their teenage days set in the 1970s to their adulthood in the early 2000s period.
7. 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.
6. 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.
5. Manifest
The mystery sci-fi series revolves around a group of passengers who somehow safely land after a turbulent flight. However, they soon learn that five years have already passed mysteriously in such a short time and the world has moved on after assuming that they were gone forever. They soon realize that their second chance is meant for something greater.
4. 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.
3. 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.
2. 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.
1. 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.
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