Cargo
On: Netflix
Director: Arati Kadav
Cast: Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi
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Why do you suppose there aren't quite as many Indian sci-fi stories floating around, while it's remained the standard spectacle, made by Hollywood, for a universal audience, all along? For one, Indian movies don't go global, in order to justify a budget for its reach. In terms of stories, there is enough in Indian mythology that instantly qualifies as sci-fi. Although fantasists often believe it to be history!

The space-ship in this low-frill, calmly meditative sci-fi film is named Pushpak — after the mythical vimaan (flying vehicle) from Ramayan. And that's what might draw you towards Cargo, from the get-go.