Netflix Unveils Star-Studded 2024 India Slate
29.02.2024 - 10:21
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Naman Ramachandran Netflix has unveiled an eclectic, star-studded India slate for 2024. New films on the slate include comedy “Wild Wild Punjab” from producers Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg and director Simarpreet Singh, where a group of drunk boys decide to avenge a friend’s breakup by crashing his ex’s wedding and achieve closure. Varun Sharma, Sunny Singh, Manjot Singh, Jassie Gill Patralekhaa and Ishita Raj star.
Neeraj Pandey’s heist thriller “Sikandar Ka Muqaddar” spans 18 years and will be shot across multiple locations in India and internationally. New scripted series include Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava’s thriller “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.” On Dec. 24, 1999, Indian Airlines flight IC 814, en route from Kathmandu to New Delhi, was hijacked and taken to Kandahar in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The series tells the story of the hijack that lasted seven days. The massive cast includes Vijay Verma, Patralekhaa, Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Arvind Swami and Dia Mirza. Variety chat show “The Great Indian Kapil Show” is the first time Kapil Sharma is bringing his unscripted comedy series format to streaming, having previously had iterations on network TV.
Sharma and his regulars Sunil Grover, Archana Puran Singh, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda and Rajiv Thakur will feature. New cricket-themed documentary series “The Greatest Rivalry – India vs Pakistan” features top Indian and Pakistani cricketers including Virender Sehwag, Saurav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shoaib Akhtar, Javed Miandad, Waqar Younis and Inzamam-ul-Haq. These are in addition to a host of previously announced films and returning series and sequels across multiple genres, which will all stream this year.