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While the year 2020 hasn't been great in many aspects, it has been a pathbreaking year for the over-the-top (OTT) platforms which are largely benefitted by the closure of the cinemas in India duo the covid-19 pandemic. ## Now, as the year is coming to an end, people look back at the year gone by and try to pick the best thing that happened. Netflix, one of the leading streaming platforms, has made Indian and international shows and movies public which the audience in India loved the most. ## Among the movies on Netflix, Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Ludo, Guilty, Bulbbul, Malang, Extraction, The Old Guard, and Raat Akeli Hai clocked the record views while Masaba Masaba, She, Never Have I Ever, Indian Matchmaking, Mismatched, Too Hot To Handle, and Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives were among the most-watched shows. ## Among the documentary series, Bad Boy Billionaires, The Social Dilemma, and Money Heist: The Phenomenon along with international shows like Money Heist, Dark, and The Protector were the most loved in the country. ## For the Hindi content, Netflix India premiered 10 web-series, 17 films including the upcoming AKvsAK starring Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap, and two Standup Specials this year. With so much to offer, one will see what Netflix has in its store for 2021. ## Stay tuned...

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In what comes as a proud moment for India, Delhi Crime - the web-series won the Best Drama Series award at the 48th International Emmys on Monday. Delhi Crime, a seven-part series written and directed by Richie Mehta, features Shefali Shah in the lead role. ## The International Emmy Awards Twitter handle announced the news of the significant achievement. It read, "The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to "Delhi Crime" produced by @GoldenKaravan / @skglobalent / @NetflixIndia, #India!#iemmys #iemmyWIN". ## The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to “Delhi Crime” produced by @GoldenKaravan / @skglobalent / @NetflixIndia, #India!#iemmys #iemmyWIN pic.twitter.com/kA5pHCuTC4— International Emmy Awards (@iemmys) November 23, 2020 ## The Netflix series is based on the horrific 2012's Delhi gang-rape. Shefali plays the role of DCP Vartika Chaturvedi, who leads a thorough search for the culprits of the gang-rape and murder, in the web-series. The series also stars Rajesh Tailang, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, Vinod Sherawat, Mridul Sharma, Gopal Datt Tiwari, Gaurav Rana, Yashaswini Dayama, Jaya Bhattacharya, Anurag Arora, and Sidharth Bhardwaj, among many others.## After the series win big, Shefali Shah couldn't hold her excitement and spilled it onto Instagram. She wrote, "OMG, OMG, OMG", after Delhi Crime became the first web-series from India to win an International Emmy Award.## The video, recorded by Shefali, shows director Richie Mehta delivering a quick speech after winning the award. In the background, Shefali can be heard screaming "Oh my god" with joy.## View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shefali Shah (@shefalishahofficial) ## Stay tuned...

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Streaming giant Netflix on Friday announced that the platform will be available free for everyone on December 5 and 6 in India. Anyone in India can watch all the content available on the OTT platform for two days starting from 12 midnight on December 5.## "We think that giving away everyone in a country access to Netflix for free for a weekend could be a great way to expose a bunch of new people to the amazing stories that we have, the service and how it works", Greg Peters, COO and Chief Product Officer at Netflix, said during the company's earnings call.## "At Netflix, we want to bring the most amazing stories from across the world to all fans of entertainment in India. It's why we're hosting StreamFest: an entire weekend of free Netflix", the company said in a statement.## Last month, Netflix announced its plans to give users in India access to free streaming for a weekend. To access free streaming, users have to visit --- netflix.com/StreamFest, sign up with your name, email or phone number, and password, and start streaming — no credit or debit card or payment needed.## "Anyone who signs in during StreamFest gets one stream in standard definition — so, no one else can use the same login information to stream", said -Monika Shergill, Vice President, Content, Netflix India.## Stay tuned...

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Coming as a significant move, the governement of India has brought the OTT platforms, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, SonyLIV, ZEE5, Disney+Hotstar among many others, along with news websites, under the purview of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.## The central government's move to bring the OTT platforms under the I&B ministry could also mean that these platforms would have to apply for certification and approval of the content they wish to stream from the I&B ministry. ## The move is clearly a big setback for the OTT platforms which will now they have to keep a check on the content they made. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta who recently saw immense success with his web series Scam 1992 expressed his disappointment at the government's order. ## Talking to indianexpress.com, the director said, "While this decision wasn't unexpected, it is still a reason for despair. This desperation for control of free speech and expression does not augur well. I am currently very disappointed".## Karan Anshuman, known for directing web series like Inside Edge and Mirzapur, called the move "unacceptable". Taking to Twitter, "Unacceptable. Viewers and creators have to band together and challenge censorship in any and every manner!".## "Whatever happened to the understanding with Mr Javadekar that OTT will be self-regulated? The govt is giving in to the basest demands of prudes. How is this progress in any manner? Don't like it, don't watch it. Don't impose your regressive views on a billion people", he added. ## Whatever happened to the understanding with Mr Javadekar that OTT will be self-regulated? The govt is giving in to the basest demands of prudes. How is this progress in any manner? Don't like it, don't watch it. Don't impose your regressive views on a billion people.— Karan Anshuman (@krnx) November 11, 2020 ## Earlier, the government had asked OTT platforms to come up with a self-regulatory system. But, in September, the government expressed displeasure at the model proposed by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). The model was largely rejected because it did not define the code of ethics and was not clear on the definition of prohibited content. ## Stay tuned...

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The leading South Indian National Award-winning actress, Keerthy Suresh is all excited for her upcoming Telugu movie, "Miss India" in which she is playing an entrepreneur. Known for playing different roles, Keerthy is portraying the character of Samyuktha who is determined to become a self-made success. ## The trailer of "Miss India" dropped on Saturday (October 24) and has been receiving a brilliant response from the viewers. Keerthy believes that the movie will inspire young women who have dreams and want to follow their hearts and passions. She also talked about her role in the movie. ## "Miss India is the beautifully crafted story of Samyukhta, who is determined to not let anything stop her from achieving her dreams. I'm glad this film will get a global audience because I feel like it will encourage and inspire many young women to follow their hearts and passions, regardless of the language that they would watch it in", Keerthy said to India TV. ## "Miss India traces the journey of Samyukhta Manasa (Keerthy), a young passionate girl who, in an attempt to fulfill her grandfather's dream and her own childhood ambition, reinvents herself as she moves to the USA, setting up a successful business in tea", she added.## Directed by Narendra Nath, the movie was earlier scheduled for a theatrical release in the month of April but the makers had to postpone it due to the covid-19 pandemic. And now, it is set to premiere on Netflix on 4 November 2020. ## Apart from Keerthy Suresh, the movie will also feature, Jagapati Babu, Nadia Moidu (Nadhiya), Rajendra Prasad, Naveen Chandra, VK Naresh, and Pujita Ponnada in the prominant roles. Produced by Mahesh S Koneru under the banner East Coast Productions banner, Miss India will also release in Tamil and Malayalam languages. ## Stay tuned...

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One of the leading actresses in the South Indian film industry, Keerthy Suresh is known for doing different and versatile roles in her movies. In her upcoming Telugu movie, Miss India, Keerhty is going to play the role of a businesswoman. ## The trailer of Miss India dropped today and it is just awesome in which Samyuktha (Keerthy Suresh) is determined to become a self-made success. To achieve that, she plans to sell Indian Chai overseas. Going by the trailer of the movie, it gives us a glimpse into Samyuktha's life who believes she was born to do business. ## However, it is not so easy for Samyuktha who faces the challenges of the typical Indian mentality that women can't do business. Nevertheless, leaving all these things behind, she goes ahead with the idea of doing business on India chai in a foreign country. The story further embraces the challenges she faced where she fights the entire world around her.## A movie about a badass woman, chai, and dreams coming true, starring @KeerthyOfficial? Sign us up immediately.#MissIndia @MusicThaman @NARENcloseup pic.twitter.com/FO78kfd7Hs— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) October 24, 2020 ## The movie is directed by Narendra Nath and the music by Thaman S will only add to the film's experience. Apart from Keerthy Suresh, the film also stars Rajendra Prasad, Jagapathi Babu, Naresh, Nadiya, Naveen Chandra, and Kamal Kamaraju in the prominant roles in this emotional entertainer.## Produced by Mahesh S Koneru under the banner East Coast Productions banner, Miss India will be premiered on Netflix on November 4. ## Stay tuned...

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The recently released documentary 'The Social Dilemma' on Netflix has created a wave across the globe that shows how social media platforms treat its users as a product and shared misinformation for its personal advantages. ## However, the documentary hasn't gone well with Facebook that has come down heavily on the leading streaming platform, saying it has buried the substance in sensationalism. In a rather uncharacteristic move, the leading social media site has slammed Netflix, stressing that it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work. ## Denying that it treats users as a product, Facebook said it is an ad-supported platform, which means that selling ads allows it to offer everyone else the ability to connect for free. The social-media giant released a seven-point rebuttal on Friday to the Netflix film, from director Jeff Orlowski, which debuted Septemeber 9. ## "This model allows small businesses and entrepreneurs to grow and compete with bigger brands by more easily finding new customers. But even when businesses purchase ads on Facebook, they don't know who you are", Facebook said in a statement.## The company said that it does not sell the information of its users to anyone, users can always see the 'interests' assigned to them in their ad preferences which, if they want, can remove them from their timeline. ## While the documentary tried to explain that addiction and privacy breaches are the features, not bugs, of the social media platforms, Facebook said that it uses algorithms to improve the experience for people using its apps just like any other apps that people interact with every day.## "That also includes Netflix, which uses an algorithm to determine who it thinks should watch aThe Social Dilemma' film, and then recommends it to them. This happens with every piece of content that appears on the service," the social network argued.## According to Facebook, the film's creators do not include insights from those currently working at the companies or any experts that take a different view of the narrative put forward by the film.## "They also don't acknowledge, critically or otherwise, the efforts already taken by companies to address many of the issues they raise. Instead, they rely on commentary from those who haven't been on the inside for many years", Facebook emphasized.## 'The Social Dilemma' currently streaming on Netflix, has its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January 2020. The film is an Exposure Labs production in association with Argent Pictures.## Source - IANS## Stay tuned...

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Amazon Prime's original series, Four More Shots Please has been nominated for the International Emmy Awards 2020 along with Netflix's Delhi Crime and actor Arjun Mathur. The nominations were announced on Thursday (September 24). ## Delhi Crime, a police drama, based on the 2012 Delhi gang-rape, starring Shefali Shah and created by Richie Mehta, was nominated in the Best Drama category and will compete against Charité 2- Season 2 (Germany), Criminal UK (United Kingdom), and El Jardín de Bronce (The Bronze Garden) – Season 2, from Argentina.## Also Read - Emmy Awards 2020: Zendaya Creates History, Becomes The Youngest To Win Emmy## Four More Shots Please starring Sayani Gupta, Bani J, Kirti Kulhari, and Maanvi Gagroo is a romantic, comedy-drama series that has been nominated for Best Comedy. It will compete against the UK's Back to Life, Fifty (Israel), and Brazil's Ninguém tá Olhando (Nobody's Looking).## Arjun, whose performance as a gay man looking for a dignified life in Amazon Prime's Made in Heaven was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category. He will be competing against Raphael Logam in Impuros, Guido Caprino in 1994, and Billy Barratt in Responsible Child.## Previously, Sacred Games, Radhika Apte, Lust Stories, Inside Edge, and The Remix have represented India at the International Emmys as nominees. The British series McMafia, co-starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, won the Best Drama award in 2019. The 2020 ceremony will be held on November 23.## Stay tuned...

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The Telangana High Court has decided to watch the web series 'Bad Boy Billionaires' before allowing over-the-top (OTT) platform Netflix to release it or not, according to IANS.## A bench comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy decided to watch the documentary based on the life of Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju and others while hearing an appeal by Netflix Entertainment Services to set aside a lower court order that restrained it from broadcasting the series. ## The bench on Friday directed the counsel for BR Raju to file a counter affidavit in the appeal filed by Netflix.## During his arguments, Netflix counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul submitted that the documentary has been made on the basis of material available in the public domain. He said that the trial court had stalled the release without hearing the OTT platform.## He brought to the court's notice that Ramalinga Raju and others were already convicted in the Satyam scam case. He also argued that the airing of the web series would have no impact on Raju's appeal against his conviction.## Kaul, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, suggested to the bench to watch the documentary. However, the Judges told him to watch the documentary along with Raju's counsel S Niranjan Reddy as this would clear the doubts if any.## Stay tuned...

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The coronavirus pandemic has had a big impact on the entertainment industry. With cinemas and theater halls being shut, many movies have already taken the over-the-top (OTT) route as makers are releasing their films directly on the digital platforms. ## From Laxmmi Bomb to Bhuj: The Pride Of India , many big movies have been announced on the different OTT platforms ditching the conventional theatrical release due to COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping the trend continue, Bhumi Pednekar and Konkona Sen Sharma starrer Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare is set to have an OTT release. ## Set in a developing industrial area on the outskirts of New Delhi, "Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare" chronicles the quiet transgression of two women who are cousins, and who find freedom through complicated love-hate equations. ## The comedy satire film directed by Alankrita Shrivastava of "Lipstick Under My Burkha" fame, will be premiered on Netflix on September 18. The movie is produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under the banners of Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. ## Bhumi Pednekar has welcomed the decision and said that she is okay with any platform being the vehicle of her creative expression. "As an artist, I only look to entertain the audience every time I am on the screen and I am okay with any platform becoming the vehicle of my creative expression", Bhumi said in a statement. ## The movie was initially decided to release in theaters on October 4 last year but got postponed. However, it was premiered at the 24th Busan International Film Festival under the section "A Window on Asian Cinema" on 4 October 2019. ## Stay tuned...

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Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi-starrer Cargo is set to release on September 9 on the OTT platform Netflix. The sci-fi film, which premiered at the 2019 MAMI Film Festival under the spotlight section, revolves around a spaceship named Pushpak 634A where dead people are recycled for rebirth. ## The announcement was made through a meme by Netflix, a reference to the Mirzapur 2 on Amazon Prime Video in which Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi also playing an important role along with the other cast.## "Pehla consignment toh mil hi gaya hoga. Hum doosra bhej rahe hai, #Cargo se. Coming on 9th September only on Netflix", wrote Netflix.## Pehla consignment toh mil hi gaya hoga. Hum doosra bhej rahe hai, #Cargo se. Coming on 9th September only on Netflix.@AratiKadav @masseysahib @battatawada @VikramMotwane pic.twitter.com/1I08UQZedJ— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) August 25, 2020 ## This movie is written and directed by Arati Kadav while Navin Shetty, Shlok Sharma, Arati Kadav, and Anurag Kashyap have produced the film under the production banners of Fundamental Pictures and Electric Films. ## The film will see Vikrant as a demon and Shweta as an astronaut. ## Also Read - Zee Studios Announces A Social Comedy Film '14 Phere' Starring Vikrant Massey and Kriti Kharbanda## Stay tuned...

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Streaming platform Netflix has announced the release date of the Bobby Deol starrer Class Of 83. Produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment the movie will premiere on August 21 while the trailer will be released tomorrow (August 7). ## Bobby Deol took to Twitter and announced the release date with the poster. "It's not WHICH side you are fighting for .. It's WHAT you are fighting against. #ClassOf83 trailer out tomorrow. Produced by @RedChilliesEnt Premieres August 21, 2020 only on @NetflixIndia", he wrote. ## It's not WHICH side you are fighting for .. It's WHAT you are fighting against#ClassOf83 trailer out tomorrow. Produced by @RedChilliesEnt Premieres August 21, 2020 only on @NetflixIndia pic.twitter.com/oCwaLhYKui— Bobby Deol (@thedeol) August 6, 2020 ## The 'Class of 83' is a drama film that is directed by Atul Sabharwal. The film is based on the Book "The Class of 83" by Sayyed Yunus Hussain Zaidi and tells the story of a hero policeman shunted to a punishment posting as Dean Vijay Singh (Bobby Deol) of the police academy. ## Also read - Top 5 Upcoming Movies And Web Series Premiering On The OTT Platform In August ## Apart from Bobby Deol, the film also stars Anup Soni, Joy Sengupta, Bhupendra Jadawat, Ninad Mahajani, Hitesh Bhojraj, and Sameer Paranjape in important roles.## 'Class Of 83' is the third Red Chillies Entertainment collaboration with Netflix after the original series Bard of Blood and Betaal.## Stay tuned...