Anurag co-directed both the first and second seasons of the show, alongside Vikramaditya Motwane and Neeraj Ghaywan, respectively. The second season wasn’t as well received as season one, and Netflix hasn’t given any update about whether the show is officially cancelled or not.

He said in Hindi, “Vikram Motwane was driving Sacred Games. Ten days before I was supposed to go shoot Mukkabaaz, he asked me to come on board. I told him I was always interested, but they had a problem with me. Some local people had told them that I didn’t have a female audience. It was my zone, and they eventually came around… A season three was supposed to come out, but they shut it down, Netflix would know why.”

He said that after the Tandav controversy, all streaming platforms are fearful. Released on Prime Video, the show became massively controversial over one scene involving actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. Multiple court cases were filed against the cast and crew, citing disruption of religious harmony. Changes were made to the objectionable scene by series creator Ali Abbas Zafar. “OTT ki aaj ki date mein himmat nahi hai, Tandav ke baad sab dar gaye hain,” he said.

Anurag was also asked about the leak of his film Paanch. He said, “I didn’t leak it. That’s what people believe. I showed it to people, I’d made a print for myself, which I had distributed among people, one of them could’ve leaked it. But it wasn’t me.

Black Friday got pirated, and I used to buy those copies in bulk, put them in proper boxes, and distribute it in the US. I would tell them to sell it. It got pirated and somehow reached Pakistan. The people who pirated it got a message through to me via the band Junoon. They said, ‘Your film made us so much money, if you ever need funding, we’ll help’. I said, ‘No, thank you’.”

Anurag’s new film, Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat, is due for release on February 3. Sacred Games aired its second season in 2019.

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Crime thrillers got a taste of the impeccable season of Amazon Prime and a fast-paced development of immorality, ‘Patal Lok’ and the revenge drama ‘Mirzapur 2’ immersed the audience in its big black world. Both were by far the most watched Indian shows of the stage.

Close to his collision was ALTBalaji’s ‘Scorpion game’. The show brought glory to the golden 80s era of cinema, which was packed with all the ingredients of an entertaining, ‘masala’ series that had long been missing from the small screen.

Zee5’s ‘Abhay 2’ was for thrilled action lovers and kept viewers occupied with their seats, while Hotstar’s espionage thriller ‘Special Ops’ which was based on India’s most comprehensive manhunt, is one of the most watched shows Was one of

Although Netflix made headlines with international shows such as ‘Money Heist’ and ‘Sex Education’, and mainly for the urban crowd, they lacked breakout original Indian content. However, shows such as Indian Matchmaking of the platform, a reality series on Orange Marriage in India and ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ which touched the personal and professional lives of Indian star wives remained in the news.

Hansal Mehta’s series on Sony Live, ‘Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story’ based on the controversial 1992 Indian stock market scandal, Harshad Mehta Story also caught the attention of the audience. Everyone’s eyes remain on the show to determine whether his streak continues.

Another trend that emerged was the popularity of female-centric shows as OTT placetforms; ALTBalaji had immense success with ‘Mentalhood’, Karisma Kapoor’s first series. The show changed the strategy of avoiding children and everyday chores into mothers. Another hotstar crime drama, ‘Arya’ is in the headlines by Sushmita Sen, which is based on the Dutch drama series Penoza.

While 2020 may not be the best year for us, it certainly inspired the streaming platform to step up its game, presenting something new to viewers with a wide variety of content to defeat those lockdown blues.

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David Fincher’s Mank out December 4 on Netflix globally

Bhaag Beanie Bhaag has been co-created by Ravi Patel

Netflix has announced four titles from India thus far for December. Bombay Rose — slated for December 4 — is about to be Netflix’s first animated Indian movie, arriving quite a year after it premiered at the Venice festival last year. On an equivalent day, there’s also Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, during which Swara Bhasker confronts disapproving parents and a troublesome crowd as she attempts to become a comic . It seems like India’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Sanjay Dutt will use cricket to prevent kids from terrorism in Torbaaz (not a Netflix Original) available December 11. and eventually , Vir Das’ newest (lockdown) special — which premiered on his website in August — arrives December 16 on Netflix.

Internationally, we’ve Chadwick Boseman’s final posthumous role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — opposite Viola Davis and set in 1920s Chicago — out December 18 on Netflix. Streep , Nicole Kidman, James Corden, and Kerry Washington are getting to prom, I mean The Prom, December 11. From Shondaland we’ve the most recent soapy Bridgerton, whose trailer gives the vibe of Gossip Girl meets Downton Abbey. Bridgerton season 1 premieres at Christmas on Netflix.

George Clooney returns to movies after four years for The Midnight Sky, which is like Gravity meets The Revenant, beginning December 23. Gone Girl director David Fincher does an equivalent , but after six years, with Mank, a portrait of the Citizen Kane writer, played by Gary Oldman and scrolling in December 4. On an equivalent day, we’ll even be treated to Big Mouth season 4, wherein a replacement Anxiety Monster joins the Hormone Monsters.

For kids, Netflix will offer a replacement interactive title on Immaculate Conception . It’s called Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure, and it’s set within the same world because the series Spirit Riding Free, except you get to settle on your own adventure. you will need to assist Lucky and her friends as they struggle to save lots of Maricela’s beloved mare from greedy horse thieves.

Outside of the Netflix originals department, there are a couple of big titles. The Walking Dead season 10 is out there at the beginning of the ultimate month of 2020 on Netflix India. If you could not be bothered watching it (weekly) on Disney+ Hotstar, here you go. The second-best DC movie, Shazam!, bolts during a few days afterward December 3. which will be followed by Archer season 11, the adult animated Bond-inspired comedy, on December 4. And you’ll see Tom Cruise run and be trained by Emily Blunt in fringe of Tomorrow, looping into Netflix India on December 14. Lastly, Godzilla — the 2014 variant — shows abreast of an equivalent day too.

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Aashram: Chapter 2
11 November on MX Player
After the premiere of the first season of Aashram in August, filmmaker Prakash Jha will return for the show’s sophomore season. Titled Aashram: Chapter 2- The Dark Side, it stars Bobby Deol as a self-styled godman Baba Nirala.

Ludo
12 November on Netflix

Ludo, directed by Anurag Basu, is a dark comedy anthology that centres on unavoidable jeopardies of life, and follows four different stories set in a quintessential Indian metro. Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Rohit Suresh Saraf, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pearle Maaney, Inayat Verma, Asha Negi, and Shalini Vats are part of the cast.

Soorarai Pottru
12 November on Amazon Prime Video
Starring Suriya, the film is inspired by the life of Captain GR Gopinath, a retired Army captain, who founded the low-cost airline Air Deccan. Helmed by director Sudha Kongara, known for films like Saala Khadoos (2016) and Guru (2017), the film will see Aparna Balamurali as the female lead.\

Chhalaang
13 November on Amazon Prime Video
Hansal Mehta’s latest directorial Chhalaang revolves around an unmotivated PT teacher, whose life takes an unexpected turn when he falls in love with a fellow-teacher. The movie stars Rajkummar Rao, Nushrratt Bharuccha, and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub in lead roles.

Mum Bhai
12 November on ZEE5
The ZEE5 Original is set in the 1980s and is centred around the cat-and-mouse chase between the underworld and Mumbai police at the time. Angad Bedi and Sikander Kher are childhood friends who grow up to represent the opposite sides of the law.

Sir
13 November in cinemas
The Mumbai-set film probes the relationship between the scion of a real-estate family Ashwin (Vivek Gomber) and a live-in domestic help Ratna (Tillotama Shome), who cooks and cleans for him. Directed by Rohena Gera, the romantic drama has received acclaim in 45 film festivals. It is among the top 5 highest-grossing Indian films ever released theatrically in France.

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
13 November on Netflix
In Cobbletown lives legendary toymaker Jeronicus Jangle (Forest Whitaker), whose fanciful inventions burst with whimsy and wonder. But when his trusted apprentice (Keegan-Michael Key) steals his most prized creation, it is up to his equally bright and inventive granddaughter (Madalen Mills) and a long-forgotten invention to heal old wounds. The film features original songs by John Legend, Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan, and ‘This Day’ performed by Usher and Kiana Lede.

The Life Ahead
13 November on Netflix
Sophia Loren plays Madame Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who takes care of children of sex workers. She eventually forms a deep bond with Momo, a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant (Ibrahima Gueye). The Italian drama, directed by Edoardo Ponti, is an adaptation of 1975 French novel The Life Before Us.

Inside Pixar: Behind the Doors of Imagination
13 November on Disney+ Hotstar
The docu-series chronicles personal and cinematic stories that provide an inside look into the people, artistry, and culture of Pixar Animation Studios.

Becoming You
13 November on Apple TV+
What’s it about: Olivia Colman turns narrator for Becoming You, a global child development series that explores how the first 2,000 days on earth shape the rest of our lives. Told through the eyes of over 100 children across the world, from Nepal to Japan and Borneo, each episode offers a look at how children learn to think, speak, and move from their birth till they are five years old. It underscores how different our journeys can be but ultimately tells the story of our shared humanity and community when it comes to raising children.

Doug Unplugs
13 November on Apple TV+
Hailing from DreamWorks Animation, and based on Dan Yaccarino’s book series of the same name, Doug Unplugs follows a young robot named Doug who senses there is more to life than just the facts. While other robots

CommitMental
13 November on Aha, the new Telugu streaming platform
Commit Mental, the official Telugu remake of Permanent Roommates, features Telugu actors Punarnavi Bhupalam and Udbhav Raghunandan in the lead.

Unhinged
13 November on ZeePlex
Starring Russell Crowe in the lead, Unhinged is a story about a single mother who is stalked and tormented by a stranger following a road rage confrontation at a red light. The film has been directed by Derrick Borte and also stars Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Bateman and Caren Pistorius.

Mookuthi Amman
14 November on Disney+ Hotstar
Mookuthi Amman offers an interesting mix of social drama and comedy by subtly touching upon the topics of regional politics and taking potshots at religious leaders. Directed by RJ Balaji and NJ Saravanan, Nayanthara plays the Goddesses Amman in the film and Balaji plays a reporter in a Kanyakumari-based local channel.

Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari
15 November in cinemas
What’s it about: Set in the ’90s, Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari is billed as an unlikely comedy about a wedding detective on a hunt which turns into a chase game. The principal cast includes Manoj Bajpayee, Diljit Dosanjh and Fatima Sana Shaikh.

The Crown Season 4
15 November on Netflix
As the ’70s approach, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family are concerned with safeguarding the line of succession by finding a bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor). In the midst is the divisive politics of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), leading to a series of conflicts. Emma Corrin will be seen as Princess Diana, whose romance with Charles provides a much-needed fairytale to unite the British public.

His Dark Materials Season 2
17 November on Disney+ Hotstar

Based on author Philip Pullman’s beloved trilogy, His Dark Materials follows Lyra, a brave young woman from another world. Lyra’s quest to find her kidnapped friend leads her to uncover a sinister plot of a secret organisation, encounter extraordinary beings, and protect dangerous secrets. The second season dives into the second book in Pullman’s trilogy, Subtle Knife.

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