For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by the investigative mystery thriller ‘HIT: The First Case’ starring Rajkummar Rao and and Sanya Malhotra in the lead roles. While on the second and the third spots of the Netflix list are the horror comedy film ‘Kaatteri’ and the dark comedy movie ‘Darlings’ starring Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, and Vijay Verma in the lead roles.
On the Netflix top ten TV shows front, this week’s top spot has been bagged by the reality show ‘The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ followed by the Emmy Award-winning police procedural show ‘Delhi Crime’ starring Shefali Shah and the high-school comedy drama series ‘Never Have I Ever’.
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. 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.
9. The Mist
Helmed by Frank Darabont (Director – The Shawshank Redemption), the film’s plot follows the Drayton family living in a small Maine town. One night, an intense storm hits the town after which a mysterious mist engulfs the whole area. The family gets trapped inside a supermarket where the town residents learn about killer creatures from some other dimension apparently emerging out of the mist.
8. Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga
Inspired by true events and helmed by Srijit Mukherji, the film follows a village head Gangaram (Pankaj Tripathi), who makes a desperate and brave plan to sacrifice his own life by offering himself to a Tiger. Then, by using his remains, the villagers can claim hefty compensation from the government. On the way, he crosses paths with a poacher (Neeraj Kabi). Whether or not he finally meets a Tiger and will his plan succeed, forms the film’s basic plotline.
7. Shabaash Mithu
The film is a biopic based on the inspiring life story of former women’s Indian National cricket team captain Mithali Raj, who had led India to the finals of the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Taapsee Pannu has essayed the titular role in the film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The movie also features Vijay Raaz as Mithali Raj’s mentor/guide and Mumtaz Sorcar as Jhulan Goswami, amongst other cast members.
6. Jaadugar
Directed by Sameer Saxena, the film revolves around a small-time struggling magician named Magic Meenu (played by Jitendra Kumar), who lives in Neemuch town in MP. Despite no interest in sports, Meenu must now lead a down and out football team and win the coveted inter-colony football tournament – in order to marry his love interest (Arushi Sharma). The movie also features Jaaved Jaafery in an important role of a sports coach.
5. Love in the Villa
The romantic comedy film follows a young and recently single woman (Kat Graham), who travels to Verona, Italy. She later finds out that the villa has been double booked and she would have to share the place with a cynical and dashing British man (Tom Hopper).
4. Me Time
The comedy film narrates the story of a devoted family man who, after many years, finally finds some time for himself when his wife and children are away for a few days. He takes the golden opportunity to reconnect with his former close friend and together they have a blast during a wild and adventurous weekend.
3. 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.
2. Kaatteri
The horror comedy film follows a bunch of small-time criminals who visit a village which is expected to have treasure. But after reaching there, the rag-tag group realizes that it’s a place full of ghosts.
1. 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.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. 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.
9. Young Lady and Gentleman
The South Korean series follows a down-on-luck woman, who accidentally becomes a live-in tutor in an affluent family comprising a widower and his three children. How the two begin to get attracted to each other despite their age difference and other conflicts forms the show’s basic plotline.
8. 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.
7. Extraordinary Attorney Woo
The South Korean series follows the story of a young lawyer Woo Young-woo (played by Park Eun-bin), who is on the autism spectrum but is blessed with high IQ and a razor-sharp memory. The plot revolves around how she deals with life inside the courtroom and the law firm she works for while also dealing with various challenges that life throws at her.
6. Stranger Things
The latest season of the sci-fi horror series 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. The fourth season’s first volume comprising seven episodes was released on 27th May while the second volume with two episodes came out on 1st July.
5. The Sandman
Based on Neil Gaiman’s comic book of the same name, the fantasy drama series follows the story of the king of Dreams – Dream / Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), who escapes from his more than 100 years of captivity and makes it his mission to reclaim what was lost to him and to regain his power.
4. Devil in Ohio
When a psychiatrist Dr. Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) brings a young cult escapee and her patient to her own home, the new member’s presence puts her own family in danger. The miniseries is based on Daria Polatin’s book of the same name, which in turn was inspired by true incidents.
3. Never Have I Ever
The high-school comedy drama series revolves around the life of Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), an Indian American teenage girl and focuses on her relationships with friends and her romantic interests.
2. 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.
1. 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).
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