MUMBAI – Worldwide famous film streaming application Netflix is coming up with something really exciting for all the Bollywood fans out there.
On Friday, The Organization members announced nine new Indian original films at the See What’s Next event in Singapore, unveiling projects from Priyanka Chopra, Madhuri Dixit and Anushka Sharma, among others.
Speaking at the event, Netflix chief content officer, Ted Sarandos said that Asia, and in particular India, is a territory of key importance in the streaming service’s future plans. Firebrand, produced by Priyanka Chopra and mother Madhu Chopra, is “a Marathi film that follows a successful lawyer, a sexual assault victim played by Usha Jadhav, as she tackles difficult family cases while also dealing with intimacy issues in her own marriage. Girish Kulkarni essays the role of her husband Medha Patkar, an architect by profession.
Indian stars SachinKhedekar and RajeshwariSachdev play a couple in the movie which is high on drama.” Madhuri Dixit will produce a Marathi film called 15th August and is set in a chawl, a satire about the struggles of middle class India.
Also, Yet another project is Rajma Chawal, directed by Leena Yadav and starring Rishi Kapoor, who plays a widowed father who wants to reconnect with his son. The film will be released in November 2018.
In addition to the films, cast announcements were also made about Netflix’s Indian TV slate. “Our first foray was Sacred Games, which found an audience across the world. That was 2018, but today we’re here to talk about 2019,” said Simran Sethi, the creative executive in charge of Indian content. “Right now we’re shooting six originals in India, from Leh to Kerala,” she added.
A new show to be announced was Typewriter, created by Sujoy Ghosh, director of Kahaani. Typewriter will be a haunted house story set in Goa.
We are highly excited to watch films being produced by these Indian beauties. Are you?
