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Mumbai, September 22 - Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar's drama film Jogi, which is based on 1984's anti-Sikh riots, has been released on Netflix and is being appreciated by the audience. ## The movie starring Diljit Dosanjh in the title role scored 3.08 million viewing hours on the opening weekend (Sept. 16 - 18) and was the 7th most watched non-English film worldwide during the week on Netflix. The film is expected to score higher numbers in the ongoing week as reviews are super positive for this one. ## "Jogi" is set in Delhi's eastside neighborhood of Trilokpuri, and depicts a three-day period in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984. Diljit Dosanjh called these riots genocide in a recent interview with PTI.## Meanwhile, among the other most-watched Indian films on Netflix, John Abraham and Arjun Kapoor's Ek Villain Returns remained in the top 5 for the second consecutive week. It scored 5.16 million viewing hours during the week of September 12 - September 18 and was the third most-watched non-English film on the streamer. It drew 4.75 million viewing hours on the opening weekend. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, September 18 - We all know how the "Dark" web series became a worldwide sensation with a massive viewership across the globe. Netflix announced a new outing titled "1899" which is in similar lines to Dark.## Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, who created Dark are the creative heads behind 1899 as well. This is one of the most anticipated series from Netflix in recent times.## 1899 is about how a group of European passengers traveling on an emigrant ship to a new continent gets caught in a mysterious riddle when they find a second vessel adrift on the open sea. The trailer seems to be promising and this might turn out as another most anticipated series from Netflix. ## 1899 will apparently be premiering on Netflix on the 24th of November. The same will be officially announced by Netflix very soon.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 29 - Alia Bhatt-fronted dark comedy Darlings continues to score big on Netflix and now, it has become the most-watched Indian original Netflix film of all time, according to the streamer. ## Directed by Jasmeet K. Reen in her debut, "Darlings" was released on August 5 and since then it has been trending in the top 10. According to Netflix, the movie has been watched for 30 million hours, which is a record for an Indian original Netflix film. ## Netflix also revealed that "Darlings" trended in the top 10 in 28 countries in the first three weeks. Alia Bhatt produced the film under the banner Eternal Sunshine Productions in association with Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. It is Alia's debut as a producer. ## "Darlings" stars Alia Bhatt in the lead role along with Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew. The movie is the story of a young Muslim couple in love - and violence and revenge. Badru (Alia) hopes her volatile husband, Hamza (Vijay) will reform if he stops drinking. However, when his rage goes too far, she and her mum (Shefali) boldly, albeit clumsily, seek revenge.## Missing complaint file mat karo Darlings❗Hum bas humare favourites ka amazing acting dekhne mein busy hai! 🤩 #HarDinFilmyOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/NbRCYNoqDU— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) August 29, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, August 24 - Amid the booming Oscars buzz, SS Rajamouli's epic blockbuster RRR has set a new and the most deserving record on streaming giant Netflix. While the period action drama film has been hailed as one of the magical big screen spectacles, Netflix has further boosted its popularity among international audiences. ## The Jr. NTR and Ram Charan-starrer film (Hindi version) was released on Netflix 14 weeks ago and since the first week, it has been trending in the top 10 which is an all-time record on Netflix. No other film (English or non-English) in the history of Netflix has trended continuously for 14 weeks and "RRR" is the first to achieve the feat. ## Netflix has played its role in taking the film to newer audiences, even though the demand for the film's special shows is continuously increasing in the UK and the USA as the audience wants to experience this film on the big screen. Nonetheless, the movie has been very productive for Netflix and crossed approx. 70 million viewing hours. ## Delighted to say that, in English & Non-English categories, #RRRMovie is the ONLY FILM to trend GLOBALLY on @NETFLIX for 14 consecutive weeks. 🔥🌊 pic.twitter.com/aFjdhlDgoT— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) August 24, 2022 ## Produced by DVV Entertainment, "RRR" is a fictional story about two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), and their fight against the British Raj. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before they began the fight for their country.## The movie, which made over 1100 crores at the worldwide box office, also stars Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, August 19 - Russo Brothers spy action thriller, The Gray Man, which marks Dhanush's Hollywood debut, has become the 4th most-watched film of all time on Netflix. The overall response, however, has been underwhelming to the movie considering the star power it is carrying. ## "The Gray Man" scored 21.16 million viewing hours in its 4th week (Aug. 8 - Aug. 14). The total viewing hours of the movie now reached 245.09 million in 24 days, ahead of "The Adam Project" (233.16M). Currently, "Red Notice" is the most-watched film on Netflix with 364.02 million viewing hours in the first 28 days, followed by "Don't Look Up" (359.79M), and "Bird Box" (282.02M) at number 2 and 3, respectively. ## "The Gray Man" needs another 37 million viewing hours to become 3rd most-watched film on the streamer in 4 days, which is looking unlikely with the response it is getting. Nonetheless, the movie still managed to finish in the top 5 despite the mixed reviews and the high budget of the film ($200M) will surely make Netflix be careful with its future films. ## Produced by the Russo brothers' company, AGBO, it is the first film in a franchise based upon Greaney's Gray Man novels. The film focuses on the CIA agent Court Gentry, who is on the run from sadistic mercenary Lloyd Hanson upon discovering corrupt secrets about his superior.## The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard, and Billy Bob Thornton in key roles. A sequel and spinoff to the movie have been announced by Netflix, and one of them will focus more on Dhanush's character. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 17 - The Darling of Netflix, Alia Bhatt is proving her star power on the digital platform once again after the massive success of Gangubai Kathiawadi. The actress's latest dark-comedy, Darlings has been making all the right noise on the streamer since its launch on August 5. ## The Jasmeet K Reen-directed film scored one of the biggest opening weekend (Aug 5-7) for an Indian movie on Netflix though it fell short to beat, Gangubai Kathiawadi's opening weekend numbers. With the back up of mixed to positive reviews, Darlings lended at number 2 as the most-watched non-English film worldiwde in the week of August 8 - August 14. ## The movie, in its first full week, attracted 13.96 million viewing hours, pushing total viewing hours to 24.17 million views in 10 days. It is trending in the top 10 in 26 countries in the second week against 16 countries in the opening weekned. ## Darlings remained the number 1 movie on Netflix in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and UAE in addition to India, Bahrain, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Sri Lanka. In the Americas, the film is trending in the top 10 in Brazil, and Trinidad and Tobago while in Europe, it is trending in the United Kingdom.## Meanwhile, the biopic of Indian cricket legend Mithali Raj, Shabaash Mithu debuted at number 7 on Netflix with 3.36 million viewing hours. SS Rajamouli's RRR, which is buzzing the Oscar buzz, continued to remain in the top 10 in the 13th condecutive weeks and scored 2.32 million viewing hours in the 13th week. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 10 - Actress Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi was a massive hit on Netflix despite being a non-direct OTT release. It scored approx. 55 million viewing hours, becoming one of the most-watched Indian films on the streamer. ## With the solid backing of Gangubai Kathiawadi, the actress and producer's dark comedy Darlings opted for a direct digital release via Netflix, however, it failed to create the same magic as GB this time around. The Jasmeet K Reen-directed film scored 10.21 million viewing hours in the first three days and landed at number 4 among the most-watched non-English films worldwide during the week of August 1 - August 7.## Interestingly, Gangubai Kathiawadi, which was a non-direct Netflix release, had scored 13.8 million viewing hours in the first three days on the streamer and landed at number 1 in the first weekend worldwide. Darlings is unlikely to match Gangubai's viewing numbers as the reviews are mixed as compared to the super positive response to Gangubai. ## Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Eternal Sunshine Productions, Darlings has been trending in the top 10 in 16 countries, including at number 1 in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and UAE. The movie also stars Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew in the lead roles. ## Meanwhile, SS Rajamouli's RRR (Hindi) is still trending in the top 10 non-English films worldwide despite completing 12 weeks on Netflix. On its 12th weekend, the movie was watched for 2.55 million hours, which is extraordinary. It has so far scored approx. 70 million viewing hours on Netflix. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, August 6 - Actor Dhanush made his Hollywood debut with Russo Brothers' spy action thriller The Gray Man. The movie premiered on Netflix on July 22 and scored fifth biggest opening weekend ever for Netflix. Earlier, the movie had a limited theatrical release on July 15 in the USA.## Satisfied with the result, Netflix confirmed the sequel of the movie with Ryan Gosling returning to reprise his role and Russo Brothers to direct once again. It was not confirmed whether the rest of the cast will return or not, but now, Dhanush has given a major hint regarding his role in the sequel. ## Dhanush played the role of Avik San/Lone Wolf in the movie. The actor took to Twitter on Saturday (August 6) and confirmed that Lone Wolf is ready for the sequel. He shared short audio, in which he says, "Six, this is Lone Wolf. I hear we are both looking for the same man. I want to offer you some advice. Stop looking. You are wasting your time. Because if I find him first, there will be nothing for you to look for. And if you find him first, then I will find you. Nothing personal".## The Gray Man universe is expanding and the sequel is coming… Lone Wolf is ready, are you? #TheGrayMan @agbofilms @netflix @Russo_Brothers pic.twitter.com/b8FuJk9koJ— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) August 6, 2022 ## Earlier, Russo Brothers explained in an interview why Dhanush's character was not killed off in the movie. "We're fortunate enough to use Dhanush. We were not interested in him playing a one-off character who shows up just to be overcome by the lead in the film. He is as equally skilled and determined as Gosling is in the movie. He has a story that will allow him to come back into the narrative at some point — as his own hero".## A spin-off film, written by screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (Deadpool, Zombieland) is also in development and is set to explore a different element of The Gray Man universe.## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, July 27 - Director Russo Brothers' spy action thriller The Gray Man finally dropped on Netflix this past Friday (July 22). The movie was expected to bring huge viewership and it did not disappoint and scored 88.55 million viewing hours in the first three days. ## The film starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armes, Dhanush, and Julia Butters, among others, has been trending in the top 10 in 93 countries. It is the most expensive Netflix movie ever with a budget of $200 million and even though it did not top the overall viewership charts, it comfortably sits in the top 5 most-watched films ever in the first three days on Netflix. ## Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds' "Red Notice" is the most watched film on the opening weekend with 148.72 million viewing hours, followed by "Don't Look Up" (111.03 million hours), "The Adam Project" (92.43 million hours), and "The Kissing Booth 3" (90.86 million hours). "The Gray Man" is fifth on the list. ## Netflix, meanwhile, is looking super pleased with the response of the audience to the movie and has already announced the sequel with Ryan Gosling and Russo Brothers returning, while a spin-off penned by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick is also on the way. ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, July 27 - The popularity of SS Rajamouli's epic box office blockbuster RRR keeps growing despite being 4 months-old release. The period action drama film, starring Jr. NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, and Ajay Devgn, has now created a new record on Netflix. ## It has been 10 weeks since "RRR" started streaming on Netflix and it never dropped from the top 10 trending non-English films on the streamer which is a record. It became the first Indian film ever to trend at number 1 on Netflix for three consecutive weeks and now, becomes the first non-English film to remain in the top 10 for 10 straight weeks. ## RAMPAGE CONTINUES!! #RRRMovie pic.twitter.com/58rgyNSiFg— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) July 27, 2022 ## The massive response on Netflix is largely because of the western audiences who are going gaga over this cinematic masterpiece. The filmmakers like James Gunn ("The Suicide Squad", "Guardians of the Galaxy") and Scott Derrickson ("Doctor Strange"), among other renowned Hollywood personalities, have showered praise on the movie. On Netflix, it has scored approx. 65 million viewing hours which is the highest ever for an Indian movie. ## Produced by DVV Entertainment, "RRR" was released in theaters on March 25 and went on to gross over 1120 crores worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing Indian film worldwide of the year and 4th biggest of all time. ## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, July 27 - Netflix is expanding the "The Gray Man" universe and officially confirmed a direct sequel and a spinoff to the Russo Brother spy action thriller film. Following the Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans-led film's arrival on Netflix this past Friday, which debuted at #1 on Netflix, the streamer is making plans for the film to be just the first piece of a "major spy franchise".## The sequel will see Ryan Gosling and director duo Joe and Anthony Russo, and co-writer Stephen McFeely, returning. Russo Brothers are super excited about the worldwide response to the movie that clocked nearly 88.5 million viewing hours in the first three days and opened in the top 10 in 93 countries. ## "The audience reaction to The Gray Man has been nothing short of phenomenal. We are so appreciative of the enthusiasm that fans across the world have had for this film. With so many amazing characters in the movie, we had always intended for the Gray Man to be part of an expanded universe, and we are thrilled that Netflix is announcing a sequel with Ryan, as well as a second script that we're excited to talk about soon", Russo Brother said. ## Apart from the direct sequel, Netflix is also developing the spinoff of the film that will explore a different element of The Gray Man universe. This untitled spinoff will be scribed by Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.## The Gray Man opened to poor critics' reviews as it currently sits at a 48% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, however, the audience score is excellent with 91%. Thanks to the positive response from the audience to the movie, which is the costliest Netflix film ever with a $200 million budget, the streamer is looking forward to partnering with Russo Brothers for more films.## "With The Gray Man, the Russos delivered an edge-of-your-seat spectacle that audiences around the world are loving", Netflix Head of Global Film Scott Stuber said. "We're excited to continue to partner with them and the team at AGBO as they build out The Gray Man universe".## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, July 20 - Southern lady superstar Nayanthara and actor-filmmaker Vignesh Shivan recently tied the knot amid the presence of some of the superstars of cinema, and now, a documentary on their love story is in development at Netflix.## In this yet-to-be-titled documentary, the audience will get a view of Nayanthara and Vignesh's love story, which culminated in a fairytale wedding at a famous resort in Mahabalipuram on June 9. This will be the first of its kind documentary in India and soon be premiering on the OTT giant which is looking to find its feet in India. ## "We are the home for unscripted content that is fresh and compelling and has the power to connect with audiences in India and beyond. Nayanthara has been a true superstar with a career spanning nearly 20 years. With our amazing creative partners, director Gautam Vasudevan and Rowdy Pictures, we cannot wait for our members to finally get to see Nayanthara's journey that led to this fairytale wedding with Vignesh", Tanya Bami, Series Head, Netflix India, said in a statement. ## Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan's marriage has attracted the attention of multiple OTT platforms. As per the recent reports, Netflix had paid for the wedding arrangements. The media reports had also said that the newly-wed couple was served a legal notice by the OTT giant after the posting of wedding pictures by Vignesh led to the violation of contract terms. However, the latest development at Netflix seems to put an end to such unverified reports.## Meanwhile, on the work front, Nayanthara has multiple films in her kitty, including her Bollywood debut film "Jawan" led by superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The movie is currently under filming and will release on June 2, 2023, in multiple languages. ## Stay tuned...