Netflix India slate: Madhuri Dixit, Raveena Tandon-starrer shows, and much more

Streaming platform Netflix on Wednesday unveiled a lineup of 15 original series including shows headlined by Madhuri Dixit and Raveena Tandon and the returning seasons of audience favourite Delhi Crime and SheDixit in her series debut plays a global superstar wife and mother in Finding Anamika Directed by Karishma Kohli and Bejoy Nambiar and produced by Karan Johars Dharmatic the series revolves around Madhuris character and what happens when she suddenly vanishes without a traceView this post on InstagramA post shared by Sanjay Kapoor sanjaykapoor2500In Aranyak produced by Roy Kapur Films and Ramesh Sippy Entertainment Tandon plays a cop Kasturi who joins hands with her citybred replacement Angad Parambrata Chatterjee when a foreign teenage tourist disappears in a Himalayan town The series also Tandons digital debut is directed by Vinay VyakulAranyak is an intriguing and mysterious story I cant say much about that but my character is Kasturi Dogra and like many women she is balancing her career and family It is set in Himachal Pradesh She wants to do well in her career but is held back sometimes due to other responsibilities Tandon said in a virtual press conferenceDecoupled produced by Bombay Fables Andolan Films and created by Manu Joseph features R Madhavan and Surveen Chawla is a comedy about a couple on the verge of a divorceFeels Like Ishq is an anthology of seven warm and breezy stories about the kindling of young love Ray from Viacom18s Tipping Point brings together renowned directors such as Srijit Mukherji Vasan Bala and Abhishek Chaubey to reinterpret Satyajit Rays storiesYeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein produced by Edgestorm Pictures and directed by Sidharth Sengupta is a dark comical pulpy desi thrillerDelhi Crime Netflixs International Emmywinning show is returning with a second season While the first season focused on the gang rape of a physiotherapy intern on December 16 2012 the team tackles a new case in the followup chapter Shefali Shah Rasika Dugal Adil Hussain and Rajesh Tailang are returningImtiaz Alis crime drama She has also been renewed for a second season besides the return of Jamtara Sabka Number Ayega Mismatched and Masaba Masaba Little Things is returning for the fourth season The streamer has also acquired Kota Factory for a sophomore editionAli said he had the story of She in his mind for a long time but could not work on it as it did not fit the film format Thats when he decided to turn the material into a series which eventually starred Aaditi Pohankar and Vijay VarmaI was very happy when this whole revolution of the digital space happened in India and we were invited to make things for the longer format Im very happy about it Ali said These shows are among the 40 plus titles that Netflix has announced under its See Whats Next India slateIn an interview with PTI Monika Shergill Vice President Content at Netflix India said the team is excited about these upcoming projects which also includes several film titles Its been several months of hard work on the part of creators on the part of the content team at Netflix to really bring all these stories for the audiencesIts 40 plus titles right from big films to big series to returning seasons of series We also have a huge unscripted slate documentaries as well as comedy formats and comedy specials for 2021 Shergill saidThe senior executive said India is a crucial market for the streamer whose goal has been to bring out high impact highquality storytelling and many choices for the viewers by bringing stories from established as well as new storytellersI hope it ticks the boxes for our audiences in terms of quality in terms of choice in terms of entertainment We want to make Netflix as the service of choice for everyone and for that we are working very hard as a team she addedDirector Alankrita Shrivastavas Bombay Begums a series exploring the lives of five modern Indian women in Mumbai is also part of the lineup Starring Pooja Bhatt Amruta Subhash Shahana Goswami and Plabita Borthakur the show is set to premiere on the International Womens Day on March 8View this post on InstagramA post shared by Pooja B poojab1972Shergill further unveiled truecrime documentaries that will be arriving on the service These include docuseries Crime Stories India Detectives and House of Secrets The Burari Deaths a threepart docuseries that looks at the infamous Burari case where 11 members of a family were found dead in their house It is directed by Leena Yadav and Anubhav ChopraAfter the success of Wild Wild Country Netflix is exploring a documentary on Ma Anand Sheela late godman Oshos controversial exsecretary and her return to India Indian Predator attempts to decode the minds of some of Indias deadliest criminalsKaran Joharproduced the much criticised reality series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives featuring star wives Neelam Kothari Soni Maheep Kapoor Seema Khan and Bhavana Pandey has been given a second season orderThe Big Day Collection a behindthescenes look at Indian weddings is also returning whereas a new series on social media influencers titled Social Currency has been orderedTheres also Penthouse by AbbasMustan that stars Bobby Deol Arjun Rampal and Sharman Joshi have a look at Deols post right hereView this post on InstagramA post shared by Bobby Deol iambobbydeolIn the comedy segment popular comedianactor Kapil Sharma will make his digital debut with a special Shows from standup comics Sumukhi Suresh Aakash Gupta Rahul Dua and Prashasti Singh will also arrive on the streamer