Netflix Indian Originals featured prominently in August, with the return of two popular series and the debut of the global hit Original Film Darlings. And who wouldn’t love a new cartoon series about a little girl and her pet elephant? Here are all of the new Indian movies and series added to Netflix in August 2022. Before we dig in, we should give you a quick heads up that there’s a bunch of prominent Indian movies set to leave Netflix US in October 2022.
N = Netflix Original
New Indian Movies on Netflix: August 2022 Habaddi (2019) Language: Marathi Runtime: 103 Minutes Director: Nachiket Samant Cast: Karan Dave, Vedashree Mahajan, Mayur Khandge Genre: Family | Added to Netflix: August 1 Ten-year-old Manya wants to travel to Mumbai to find the girl he loves, but the only way to do so is by landing a spot on his village’s traveling kabaddi team. The problem is, the game of kabaddi requires a player to repeat the word “kabaddi” over and over while he tries to score a point, and Manya has a speech disorder that makes him stutter. What’s a boy in love to do?
Pakka Commercial (2022) Language: Telugu Runtime: 149 Minutes Director: Maruthi Cast: Gopichand, Raashi Khanna, Rao Ramesh Genre: Social Issue, Courtroom Drama | Added to Netflix: August 4 A family of lawyers is fractured when money-minded Lucky agrees to defend a corrupt developer in a fraud case, with Lucky’s morally righteous father representing the couple who filed the suit. The house is thrown into chaos when Lucky’s girlfriend sides with his dad.
Darlings (2022) N Language: Hindi Runtime: 134 Minutes Director: Jasmeet K. Reen Cast: Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma Genre: Dark Comedy, Thriller | Added to Netflix: August 5 In the dark comedy Darlings, an abused wife turns the tables on her violent husband, with a little help from her mother. But kidnapping and torture aren’t as easy as they look. With Darlings — which became Netflix’s biggest-opening Indian Original Film upon its debut — Alia Bhatt now stars in all three of the Indian movies that have spent the most time in Netflix’s weekly Top 10 rankings (the others being RRR and Gangubai Kathiawadi).
Happy Birthday (2022) Language: Telugu Runtime: 154 Minutes Director: Ritesh Rana Cast: Lavanya Tripathi, Naresh Agastya, Vennela Kishore Genre: Comedy | Added to Netflix: August 7 The surreal comedy Happy Birthday imagines what might happen if everyone in India were allowed — even encouraged — to own a gun. The stories of a bunch of gun-toting strangers intertwine at a fancy hotel on the night of an extravagant celebration.
Shabaash Mithu (2022) Language: Hindi Runtime: 154 Minutes Director: Srijit Mukherji Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vijay Raaz, Geeta Agrawal Sharma Genre: Sports, Biopic | Added to Netflix: August 11 Shabaash Mithu stars Taapsee Pannu as legendary cricket captain Mithali Raj, who led India to the finals of the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Tamil and Telugu dialogue options are available in the film’s audio menu.
Nikamma (2022) Language: Hindi Runtime: 152 Minutes Director: Sabbir Khan Cast: Abhimanyu Dasani, Shirley Setia, Shilpa Shetty Genre: Action, Comedy | Added to Netflix: August 13 By-the-book transportation officer Avni tries to turn her slacker brother-in-law Adi into a responsible adult, but threats against Avni from the owner of a predatory taxi company force Adi to become something even more heroic. Nikamma is a remake of the 2017 Telugu film Middle Class Abbayi.
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga (2022) Language: Hindi Runtime: 120 Minutes Director: Srijit Mukherji Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Sayani Gupta, Neeraj Kabi Genre: Comedy, Social Issue Drama | Added to Netflix: August 19 The ailing leader of an impoverished village comes up with an unorthodox way to cure his town’s financial woes — sacrifice himself to a tiger. Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga is the last film to feature music by popular playback singer KK, who died a month before the movie’s release.
HIT: The First Case (2022) Language: Hindi Runtime: 132 Minutes Director: Sailesh Kolanu Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Dalip Tahil Genre: Thriller | Added to Netflix: August 27 Director Sailesh Kolanu helms the Hindi remake of his own his own 2020 Telugu film HIT: The First Case. This time, Rajkummar Rao plays a brilliant detective tasked with solving two abduction cases, including the kidnapping of his own girlfriend.
New Indian Series on Netflix: August 2022 Indian Matchmaking (2022) N Language: English Seasons: 2 Episodes: 16 Cast: Sima Taparia Genre: Reality, Romance, Dating | Added to Netflix: August 10 Professional matchmaker Sima Taparia returns to help new and old clients ditch their picky preferences and find life-long romantic partners. Season 1’s hilarious “villain” Aparna is one of Sima’s returning clients. Will the comedy-hating lawyer from Texas have better luck finding love this time?
Deepa & Anoop (2022) N Language: English Seasons: 1 Episodes: 10 Cast: Pavan Bharaj, Adam Nurada, Ana Sani Genre: Kids, Animation | Added to Netflix: August 15 Netflix’s cute new Original animated series Deepa & Anoop follows the everyday adventures of a girl named Deepa and her best friend — a color-changing little elephant named Anoop. Most of the episodes feature two short stories about the buddies and the rest of Deepa’s family, who run a bed & breakfast called Mango Manor. This show is adorable.
Delhi Crime (Season 2) N Language: Hindi Seasons: 2 Episodes: 12 Cast: Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, Rasika Dugal Genre: Crime, Thriller | Added to Netflix: August 26 The well-regarded Hindi crime series Delhi Crime is back for a second season. This time, Inspector Vartika (Shefali Shah) and her team must solve a gruesome quadruple murder, with evidence pointing to a crime syndicate that went underground decades ago. Season 2 is slightly shorter overall, with five episodes compared to Season 1’s seven, and episodes that run about eight minutes shorter on average.
Which of the newly added Indian movies and series will you be watching? Let us know in the comments below!
Netflix Indian Originals featured prominently in August, with the return of two popular series and the debut of the global hit Original Film Darlings. And who wouldn’t love a new cartoon series about a little girl and her pet elephant? Here are all of the new Indian movies and series added to Netflix in August 2022.
Before we dig in, we should give you a quick heads up that there’s a bunch of prominent Indian movies set to leave Netflix US in October 2022.
N = Netflix Original
New Indian Movies on Netflix: August 2022
Habaddi (2019)
Language: Marathi Runtime: 103 Minutes Director: Nachiket Samant Cast: Karan Dave, Vedashree Mahajan, Mayur Khandge Genre: Family | Added to Netflix: August 1
Ten-year-old Manya wants to travel to Mumbai to find the girl he loves, but the only way to do so is by landing a spot on his village’s traveling kabaddi team. The problem is, the game of kabaddi requires a player to repeat the word “kabaddi” over and over while he tries to score a point, and Manya has a speech disorder that makes him stutter. What’s a boy in love to do?
Pakka Commercial (2022)
Language: Telugu Runtime: 149 Minutes Director: Maruthi Cast: Gopichand, Raashi Khanna, Rao Ramesh Genre: Social Issue, Courtroom Drama | Added to Netflix: August 4
A family of lawyers is fractured when money-minded Lucky agrees to defend a corrupt developer in a fraud case, with Lucky’s morally righteous father representing the couple who filed the suit. The house is thrown into chaos when Lucky’s girlfriend sides with his dad.
Darlings (2022) N
Language: Hindi Runtime: 134 Minutes Director: Jasmeet K. Reen Cast: Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma Genre: Dark Comedy, Thriller | Added to Netflix: August 5
In the dark comedy Darlings, an abused wife turns the tables on her violent husband, with a little help from her mother. But kidnapping and torture aren’t as easy as they look. With Darlings — which became Netflix’s biggest-opening Indian Original Film upon its debut — Alia Bhatt now stars in all three of the Indian movies that have spent the most time in Netflix’s weekly Top 10 rankings (the others being RRR and Gangubai Kathiawadi).
Happy Birthday (2022)
Language: Telugu Runtime: 154 Minutes Director: Ritesh Rana Cast: Lavanya Tripathi, Naresh Agastya, Vennela Kishore Genre: Comedy | Added to Netflix: August 7
The surreal comedy Happy Birthday imagines what might happen if everyone in India were allowed — even encouraged — to own a gun. The stories of a bunch of gun-toting strangers intertwine at a fancy hotel on the night of an extravagant celebration.
Shabaash Mithu (2022)
Language: Hindi Runtime: 154 Minutes Director: Srijit Mukherji Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vijay Raaz, Geeta Agrawal Sharma Genre: Sports, Biopic | Added to Netflix: August 11
Shabaash Mithu stars Taapsee Pannu as legendary cricket captain Mithali Raj, who led India to the finals of the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Tamil and Telugu dialogue options are available in the film’s audio menu.
Nikamma (2022)
Language: Hindi Runtime: 152 Minutes Director: Sabbir Khan Cast: Abhimanyu Dasani, Shirley Setia, Shilpa Shetty Genre: Action, Comedy | Added to Netflix: August 13
By-the-book transportation officer Avni tries to turn her slacker brother-in-law Adi into a responsible adult, but threats against Avni from the owner of a predatory taxi company force Adi to become something even more heroic. Nikamma is a remake of the 2017 Telugu film Middle Class Abbayi.
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga (2022)
Language: Hindi Runtime: 120 Minutes Director: Srijit Mukherji Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Sayani Gupta, Neeraj Kabi Genre: Comedy, Social Issue Drama | Added to Netflix: August 19
The ailing leader of an impoverished village comes up with an unorthodox way to cure his town’s financial woes — sacrifice himself to a tiger. Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga is the last film to feature music by popular playback singer KK, who died a month before the movie’s release.
HIT: The First Case (2022)
Language: Hindi Runtime: 132 Minutes Director: Sailesh Kolanu Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Dalip Tahil Genre: Thriller | Added to Netflix: August 27
Director Sailesh Kolanu helms the Hindi remake of his own his own 2020 Telugu film HIT: The First Case. This time, Rajkummar Rao plays a brilliant detective tasked with solving two abduction cases, including the kidnapping of his own girlfriend.
New Indian Series on Netflix: August 2022
Indian Matchmaking (2022) N
Language: English Seasons: 2 Episodes: 16 Cast: Sima Taparia Genre: Reality, Romance, Dating | Added to Netflix: August 10
Professional matchmaker Sima Taparia returns to help new and old clients ditch their picky preferences and find life-long romantic partners. Season 1’s hilarious “villain” Aparna is one of Sima’s returning clients. Will the comedy-hating lawyer from Texas have better luck finding love this time?
Deepa & Anoop (2022) N
Language: English Seasons: 1 Episodes: 10 Cast: Pavan Bharaj, Adam Nurada, Ana Sani Genre: Kids, Animation | Added to Netflix: August 15
Netflix’s cute new Original animated series Deepa & Anoop follows the everyday adventures of a girl named Deepa and her best friend — a color-changing little elephant named Anoop. Most of the episodes feature two short stories about the buddies and the rest of Deepa’s family, who run a bed & breakfast called Mango Manor. This show is adorable.
Delhi Crime (Season 2) N
Language: Hindi Seasons: 2 Episodes: 12 Cast: Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, Rasika Dugal Genre: Crime, Thriller | Added to Netflix: August 26
The well-regarded Hindi crime series Delhi Crime is back for a second season. This time, Inspector Vartika (Shefali Shah) and her team must solve a gruesome quadruple murder, with evidence pointing to a crime syndicate that went underground decades ago. Season 2 is slightly shorter overall, with five episodes compared to Season 1’s seven, and episodes that run about eight minutes shorter on average.
Which of the newly added Indian movies and series will you be watching? Let us know in the comments below!
