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Mumbai, November 8 - The highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023 Jawan starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, debuted on Netflix with a staggering viewership. The movie grossed over 1150 crores at the worldwide box office during its theatrical run and was released on OTT after 8 weeks on November 2nd with an extended version. ## Directed by Atlee Kumar, the Hindi version of the action thriller scored 14.9 million viewing hours from 5.2 million views during its opening weekend of November 2 - November 5. It was the 4th most non-English movie worldwide on Netflix during the week of October 30 - November 5. The movie is trending in the top 10 in 18 countries, including number 1 in India, Sri Lanka, UAE, and 8 other countries. ## The Tamil and Telugu extended cut of "Jawan" also made it to the top 10 most-watched films in India during the same week, however, the viewership numbers for both weren't revealed by Netflix. In India, the Hindi version of the film easily topped the viewership chart, followed by the Telugu movie "Mad". ## Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, "Jawan" is an action thriller, revolving around the social injustice in society and the corruption done by the politicians. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role as father and son who team up to rectify corruption in society. Nayanthara plays the female lead while Vijay Sethupathi appears as the main antagonist.## Deepika Padukone plays an extended cameo appearance in the movie alongside Sanjay Dutt in a cameo role. Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, Girija Oak, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, Lehar Khan, Aaliyah Qureshi, Ridhi Dogra, Sunil Grover, and Mukesh Chhabra have also appeared in other prominent roles in the film.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 12 - The heroic box office run of superstar Shah Rukh Khan's mega-blockbuster Jawan is continuing to march ahead as the movie is nearing 1125 crores globally. Directed by Atlee Kumar, the movie was released on September 7, and since then, it has been unstoppable.## "Jawan" has completed five weeks at the box office and it is still minting around 1 crore collection in India each day. It has been one of the biggest Indian blockbusters of all time and the same is expected after its digital release on Netflix. ## According to the latest reports, the action thriller film will start streaming on Netflix on November 2, 2023, on the occasion of Shah Rukh Khan's birthday. "Jawan's" post-theatrical streaming right was sold for over 150 crores to Netflix, making it the biggest post-theatrical streaming deal ever in India.## The movie will start streaming on Netflix after 8 weeks of the theatrical release. Netflix usually sign deals with studios to secure a 4-week theatrical window, a move which is becoming common for South Indian movies. "Jawan" is one of the rare films to have an 8-week post-theatrical deal with the streamer. ## Produced by Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma under Red Chillies Entertainment, the movie stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role as father and son doppelgängers who team up to rectify corruption in society. Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, and Sunil Grover, among others, feature in key roles, while Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt play cameo roles.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 11 - Akshay Kumar's social comedy-drama OMG 2, in which he played the extended cameo role as Lord Shiva's messenger, debuted with super impressive viewership on Netflix. The movie was originally released in theatres and was a big box office success with a worldwide gross collection of over 220 crores. ## Directed by Amit Rai, "OMG 2" was made available to stream on Netflix on October 8, eight weeks after the theatrical release. The movie scored 6.4 million viewing hours with 2.4 views on its opening day, which is one of the biggest opening day viewerships for an Indian movie on Netflix.## "OMG 2" was the 7th most-watched non-English movie worldwide during the week of October 2-8. It was basically just one day of viewership for the movie, otherwise, it could have easily been in the top 3 movies. The movie is trending in the top 10 in 10 countries, including Pakistan, Qatar, and Sri Lanka, among others.## Apart from "OMG 2", Vishal Bhardwaj's spy thriller "Khufiya" debuted at number 5 among the most-watched non-English films on Netflix. Starring Tabu in the lead role, the movie scored 13.2 million viewing hours with 5 million views during October 2-8 week after releasing on October 5. It is trending in the top 10 in 15 countries.## Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor's "Jaane Jaan" continued with strong viewership in its 3rd week on the streamer. The movie generated 4.4 million viewing hours in the last week, for a total of 38 million viewing hours with 18.9 million views. It is the most-watched Indian movie on Netflix in the first 17 days. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 4 - The biggest Independence Day weekend box office blockbuster of the Indian cinema ever, Sunny Deol's period action drama film Gadar 2: The Katha Continues has set the streaming release date.## Directed by Anil Sharma, the movie was released on August 11 this year and grossed 685 crores at the worldwide box office. The mega blockbuster movie has almost completed its box office run and now, it will be streaming on ZEE5 from 6 October, 8 weeks after the theatrical release date.## Gadar 2 is the sequel to 2001's all-time blockbuster, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Produced by Anil Sharma in association with Zee Studios, the latest blockbuster stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma, who reprise their roles from the previous film. Simrat Kaur made her Bollywood debut with this while it also features Manish Wadhwa and Gaurav Chopra in crucial roles.## Apart from Gadar 2, Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam's social comedy-drama OMG 2, released on August 11 theatrically, has announced its digital release. Directed by Amit Rai, the movie will be streaming on Netflix from October 8. ## Based on sex education in India, OMG 2 is a spiritual sequel to OMG – Oh My God! (2012). Despite the clash with Gadar 2, the movie was a super box office success and grossed over 220 crores at the global box office. Akshay plays the extended cameo appearance as Lord Shiva while Pankaj Tripathi takes the central role with Yami Gautam.## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, September 28 - Telugu superstar Jr. NTR and director Koratala Siva reunited for an action-adventure movie, titled Devara. The film is currently in production and is touted to be one of the most expensive Telugu movies ever. ## "Devara", a Pan India movie, is scheduled to release in theatres worldwide in April 2024. Meanwhile, the makers have already locked the post-theatrical streaming rights as well as the audio rights. According to the reports, the digital rights of the movie have been grabbed by Netflix in all languages.## Netflix has reportedly paid a whopping 90 crore to acquire the streaming rights in all languages. It is one of the biggest post-theatrical streaming deals for a Telugu movie. The music rights of the movie have been acquired by T-Series while satellite rights are yet to be locked.## Produced by Sudhakar Mikkilineni and Kosaraju Harikrishna under the banners Yuvasudha Arts and N. T. R. Arts, the film stars Jr. NTR and Janhvi Kapoor (Telugu debut) in the lead roles with Saif Ali Khan as the main antagonist. Anirudh Ravichander is composing the soundtrack.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, September 15 - One of the leading Bollywood production houses, Yash Raj Films has had a super successful 2023 year, be it at the box office or the streamer. The studio is now gearing up for its next phase of theatrical tentpole as well as streaming titles.## It is known to everyone that YRF is working on a four-part thriller web series, titled "The Railway Men". It is about a tribute to the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, during which, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, in 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal. It killed and injured thousands of people. ## YRF has now partnered with the leading streaming platform Netflix to bring the series to the screens. The studio has joined hands with the OTT giant to set up a multi-year creative partnership. "The Railway Men", starring R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma, and emerging talent Babil Khan, is the first production from YRF Entertainment, the studio's streaming production arm.## Apart from "The Railway Men", YRF has also partnered with Netflix for its feature film "Maharaj", starring Junaid Khan, the son of Aamir Khan, and also stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Sharvari Wagh, and Shalini Pandey. "Maharaj" will be the first direct-to-digital feature film of Aditya Chopra-headed YRF.## Set in the 1800s, the film "Maharaj" is a David vs. Goliath story about how a regular man, a journalist by profession, takes on a powerful role model of society, hailed by many as a messiah for the masses. The fearless reporter uncovers a series of incidents that shake the very foundation of society.## The release dates of both the aforementioned titled will be revealed soon.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 30 - Director duo Raj&DK's latest web series Guns and Gulaabs has crossed 20 million viewing hours on Netflix in the first 10 days. The black comedy crime thriller stars Rajkummar Rao, Dulquer Salmaan, Adarsh Gourav, Goutam Sharma, Gourav Sharma, Sanchay Goswami, Gulshan Devaiah, Pooja Gor, and Shreya Dhanwanthary, among other in prominent roles.## "Guns and Gulaabs" debuted August 18 on Netflix and scored 8.1 million viewing hours from 1.3 million views in the opening weekend (August 18-20), and was the 8th most-watched non-English show globally. During the week of August 21-27, the series generated 13.3 million viewing hours from 2.2 million views and was the 7th most-watched title globally.## The total viewing hours of the series are 21.4 million from just 3.5 million views. The reviews from the critics are mixed while audience score is 78% on IMDb which can be seen as decent. Set in the 90s world of crime and violence, it depicts the story of love and innocence blending with humour and romance.## Meanwhile, Prabhas-fronted Adipurush (Hindi) has crossed 15 million views in the first 17 days of its release on Netflix. The movie scored 12.7 million viewing hours from 4.3 million views in the first 10 days (August 11-20). During the week of August 21-27, it scored 2.6 million viewing hours from 900K views, which takes the total watch time of the movie to 15.3 million from 5.2 million views.## Directed by Om Raut, the film is based on the epic Ramayana. It was originally released theatrically on June 16 and met with horrible reviews from critics while audience reception was also negative. The movie grossed around 400 crores worldwide against the budget of over 500 crores.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 16 - India's lady superstar Alia Bhatt's Hollywood debut movie "Heart of Stone", co-starring Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan, debuted at number 1 on Netflix in impressive global viewership. The spy action thriller, directed by Tom Harper, premiered on August 11 globally. ## "Heart of Stone", which runs for 2 hours and 6 minutes, scored 33.1 million views for 69.6 million viewing hours in the first three days. The movie is trending at number 1 in 93 countries, including most parts of North America as well as Asia and Europe. ## The movie marks the biggest debut for Alia Bhatt as a streamer, but that is because of Hollywood. Made on over $130 million budget, "Heart of Stone", however, may struggle to attract viewership due to very poor reviews by critics and mixed reception from audiences with 30% and 58%, respectively on Rotten Tomatoes.## In the movie, International intelligence agent Rachel Stone (Gadot) must embark on a dangerous mission to protect the mysterious artificial intelligence system known as "The Heart." Stone is tasked by the peacekeeping operation known as Charter to keep the object safe from falling into enemy hands. Alia Bhatt plays a globe-trotting hacker Keya Dhawan. ## Meanwhile, Prabhas-fronted "Adipurush" (Hindi) opened with 1.5 million views for 4.5 million viewing hours in its opening weekend on Netflix. It was the 8th most-watched non-English film worldwide during the week of August 7 - August 13. The movie, which is based on the epic Ramayana, was a big box office failure upon terrible critics as well as audiences' reception. ## See Netflix’s Top 10 lists for the week of August 7-13 below - ## ## ##

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Mumbai, July 6 - The second installment of the anthology film "Lust Stories" has opened in the top 10 most-watched non-English films on Netflix. "Lust Stories 2" is consisting of four short film segments directed by R. Balki, Konkona Sen Sharma, Amit Ravindernath Sharma, and Sujoy Ghosh. ## The film premiered on June 29 and debuted at number 4 with 4.2 million views. The film, which is 2 hours and 13 minutes long, scored 9.3 million viewing hours in its opening weekend. The anthology received a mixed response from critics and digital audiences. ## "Lust Stories 2" is trending at the number in India as well as in Mauritius, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and UAE while also trending in the top 10 in Qatar, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Hong Kong, Bahrain, and Singapore on Netflix.## The first segment - "Made For Each Other" of the anthology is directed by R. Balki and stars Mrunal Thakur, Neena Gupta, and Angad Bedi in key roles, followed by Konkona Sen Sharma's segment - "The Mirror" features Tillotama Shome, Amruta Subhash, and Shrikant Yadav. ## Sujoy Ghosh directs "Sex With Ex" featuring Tamannaah Bhatia, Vijay Varma, Mukti Mohan, and Jugal Hansraj in the lead while the last segment - "Tilchatta", helmed by Amit Sharma, stars Kajol, and Kumud Mishra in the prominent roles. ## Apart from "Lust Stories 2", director Sudhir Mishra's "Afwaah" also featured in the Netflix top 10 list last weekend with the 9th spot. It scored 1.1 million views and 2.3 million viewing hours. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Bhumi Pednekar, "Afwaah" was originally released in theaters on May 5 but was bombed at the box office with almost nothing collection.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 21 - The leading streaming platform, Netflix has made some major changes in its viewership metrics which resulted in some major shakeups in its top 10 most popular titles across categories. ## Netflix will now report in average viewership for its programming as "views", which is hours viewed divided by total runtime. The views will now decide Netflix's top 10 weekly and all-time titles though hours viewed will still be available. The streamer also has expanded the viewership measurement window from 28 days to 91 days. ## The new changes have made "Wednesday" Season 1 the most popular English show of all time on Netflix with 252.1 million views, overtaking "Stranger Things 4's" 140.7 million views. However, in terms of viewing hours, ST4 remains the most-watched English show with 1.83 billion viewing hours, followed by "Wednesday" with 1.71 billion viewing hours.## The global Korean blockbuster series "Squid Game" still remains Netflix's most popular series ever (English or Non-English), even after the shift. It scored 265.2 million views and 2.2 billion viewing hours in the first 91 days. It is the only Netflix series or film to top 2 billion viewing hours of all time. ## Among the most popular films (English or non-English), "Red Notice" remains on the top even after changes with 230.9 million views and 454.2 million viewing hours in 91 days. Among the non-English films, the Norwegian monster film "Troll" remains unchanged with 103 million views and 178.6 million views hours. ## Meanwhile, no Indian film or series features in Netflix's 10 lists even after changes. There were thoughts that SS Rajamouli's "RRR" could be in the top 10 list but the movie is nowhere close to the list. There are several other shifts, which you can see here.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, May 18 - Telugu actor Nani's period action drama film Dasara is getting ready for its post-theatrical streaming release on Netflix. The movie was released theatrically in March of this year and went on to become a big hit in the original Telugu version with a worldwide gross collection of over 100 crores.## Directed by debutante Srikanth Odela, "Dasara" was a Pan India release, however, it failed badly in other languages without making any impact. Netflix acquired the post-theatrical rights of the film in all languages, however, it hold back the Hindi premiere of the movie while other versions are already streaming. ## A section of the Hindi audiences has been asking for the film's Hindi premiere ever since the other versions debuted online. Now, the streamer has put their wait to rest and confirmed that the Hindi version of "Dasara" will start streaming from May 25, 8 weeks after its theatrical release. ## If you thought that the Dhoom Dhaam was done, you’re wrong! Dasara is coming to Netflix in Hindi on May 25th 💥#Dasara #DasaraOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/a8ijaTaDA4— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) May 18, 2023 ## Produced by Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Cinemas, "Dasara" is set in the backdrop of Singareni coal mines near Godavarikhani of Telangana. It stars an ensemble cast of Nani, Keerthy Suresh, Dheekshith Shetty, Shine Tom Chacko, Samuthirakani, Sai Kumar, and Poorna in key roles.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, May 10 - Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor-fronted romantic comedy film Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar continues to attract audiences, this time on the digital platform. ## After the big box office success, Luv Ranjan's directorial movie debuted on Netflix on May 3rd and was the second most-viewed non-English film worldwide during the week of May 1 - May 7. ## The movie scored 11.35 million viewing hours in its 5-day opening weekend, which is one of the biggest post-theatrical digital debuts for an Indian film. Previously, Alia Bhatt's "Gangubai Kathiawadi" debuted with higher viewership at 13.81 million viewing hours after its theatrical release last year on Netflix. ## SS Rajamouli's global sensation "RRR" had scored 7.18 million viewing hours in its opening weekend on Netflix in May 2022. Talking about TJMM, it is probably the second most viewed Indian title in the opening weekend on the streamer after the theatrical release. ## TJMM is trending in the top 10 in 24 countries, including number 1 in India, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius. Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, New Zealand, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria are among the countries where TJMM is in the top 10. ## The movie is produced by Luv Films, and T-Series and stars Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in the leading roles, alongside Dimple Kapadia and Anubhav Singh Bassi in key supporting roles. It was released theatrically on March 8 this year and grossed over 220 crores worldwide. ## Stay tuned...