In what is seen as Netflix’s answer to Disney+Hotstar’s mega line up of films and Amazon Prime’s impressive offerings during the lockdown, Netflix has announced 17 films + series on Thursday. The direct OTT releases include films like Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena, Sanjay Dutt’s Torbaaz, Anurag Basu’s multi-starrer Ludo, Bhumi Pednekar and Konkana Sen’s Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, Yami Gautam and Vikrant Massey’s Ginny Weds Sunny, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte’s Raat Akeli Hai and Bombay Rose.
Besides, there are Netflix Original Films on the platter for the audiences, which include Kajol and Mithila Palkar’s Tribhanga, Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap’s AK Vs AK, Bobby Deol’s Class of 83, Shabana Azmi and Kalki Koechlin’s Kaali Kuhi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Serious Men.
Speaking about the line-up of web series, there are productions like A Suitable Boy featuring Ishaan Khatter and Tabu, Masaba Masaba featuring fashion designer Masaba Gupta and her mother Neena Gupta, Bhaag Beanie Bhaag featuring Swara Bhasker, Mismatched featuring YouTuber Prajakta Kohli and actor Rohit Saraf, and last but not the least Bombay Begums. Out of all, the first one to hit the streaming platform would be Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena, which is slated to release just before Independence Day, i.e. 12 August.