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As part of Netflix Originals’ growing slate of films, Bollywood’s leading directors – Karan Johar & Zoya Akhtar, along with Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap are reuniting, after ‘Lust Stories’ – for well, Ghost Stories. That’s not it, Netflix has also partnered with India’s finest storytellers to bring you 9 more original films!
Given our diversity, history and culture, India is home to powerful stories waiting to be told to audiences around the world. The depth of talent and vision of our creators is enabling us to create films our members will love. We want to be a home for India’s finest filmmakers where their stories travel to more people than ever before.
Srishti Behl Arya, Director – International Original Film, India, Netflix
The ten new films will span across genres, such as drama, sci-fi, thriller, horror, comedy and romance. And as the popular OTT platform continues to bring the best of Indian cinema to its global audience, we’ve been told that by the end of 2020, a total of 15 new original Indian films will be available for viewership across the world. The list will include, previously announced titles – Music Teacher, Cobalt Blue, Chopsticks, Upstarts and Bulbul.
Besides Ghost Stories, there will be Class of 83 that will be produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. Mrs Serial Killer that will be produced by Farah Khan and directed by her husband Shirish Kunder. Dibakar Banerjee’s Freedom, and six other films – namely, Guilty, Yeh Ballet, Maska, House Arrest, Kaali Khuhi and Serious Men.
The Internet is an exciting place for telling stories that are multi genre and multi layered. We are thrilled that our film Mrs. Serial Killer will launch first on Netflix. Being on Netflix allows the film to find its audience on their own time, and stays on for newer audiences to discover it even months later. Both Shirish and I at Three’s Company are looking forward to embark on this journey together.
Farah Khan, Filmmaker
Besides directing Ghost Stories, Karan Johar will also be producing Guilty – a film that explores the versions of truth that emerge when a small town girl accuses the college heart throb of rape.
As a content creator, there has never been a better time to tell stories! Guilty, is a film that explores a personal, powerful subject where a small-town girl takes on the structures that protect perpetrators of rape.
Karan Johar, Filmmaker
Netflix began its film journey in India with the immensely popular Lust Stories, the new-age romance, Love Per Square Foot, the Indian anthology film – Soni and the Chandni Chowk based family drama, Rajma Chawal.
