Heartfelt love stories, pulse-pounding thrillers, courtroom clashes, and reality shows you won’t be able to stop talking about — Netflix’s upcoming slate of Indian movies and series is packed with stories worth adding to your watchlist this year.
Fan favorite The Great Indian Kapil Show returns for more laughs with Season 5, a gripping wartime saga unfolds in Operation Safed Sagar, and new blood meets old money in the power drama Family Business. And that’s just a taste of what’s to come.
Whether you’re here for edge-of-your-seat thrills or comforting comedy, read on to discover all the Indian premieres headed your way.
Now Streaming
Lock Upp
Reality | Series
India’s most newsworthy personalities are locked away in a new-age prison, all because they have been condemned by the court of public opinion. Will they own their story and fight for their redemption? Or will they be cancelled forever?
Creator
Ekta Kapoor
Showrunner
Malaya Pradhan
Read more about Lock Upp.
July 2
Super Subbu
Comedy, Drama | Series
A perpetually unlucky teacher, desperate to escape his dad’s tyranny, gets stuck teaching sex education in a remote village. The hilarious twist? He’s a virgin himself! Thus ensues a wild ride where love, laughs, and awkward moments collide.
Director
Mallik Ram
Cast
Sundeep Kishan, Mithila Palkar, Murali Sharma, Maanasa Choudhary, Getup Srinu
July 10
Ikka
Drama, Thriller | Film
A celebrated, incorruptible lawyer is arm-twisted into defending a murder suspect — a man whose career he notoriously ended — pushing him to use every trick in the trade, ethical or not, to win the case. If he fails, he stands to lose everything he holds dear.
Director
Siddharth P. Malhotra
Cast
Sunny Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Dia Mirza, Tillotama Shome, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Shishir Sharma, Akansha Ranjan
Coming 2026
Musafir Cafe
Romance | Series
A timeless love story that lingers and deepens through its warm, real characters: Chander, Sudha, and Preeti, three musafirs whose lives intertwine in unexpected ways. Chander and Sudha share a sudden connection that strikes like a spark, impossible to ignore. With Preeti, however, Chander builds something steadier: a bond grounded in quiet understanding and the comfort of simply being together. In this timeless journey filled with romance, passion, and possibility, which love will endure time, ambition, and the long journey of life? Based on the Hindi novel Musafir Cafe by Divya Prakash Dubey.
Director
Ruchir Arun
Writer & Creator
Sharanya Rajgopal
Cast
Vikrant Massey, Vedika Pinto, Mahima Makwana, Adil Hussain, Rajeev Siddhartha, Anubha Fatehpuria, Loveleen Mishra, Sadiya Siddiqui
Coming 2026
Operation Safed Sagar
Aerial Action, War Drama | Series
The untold saga of courage, grit, and sacrifice, Operation Safed Sagar chronicles the iconic Indian Air Force mission that defied impossible odds to become the world’s highest air operation. This gripping, high-stakes drama about the Kargil War takes audiences deep into the political machinations beyond enemy lines and then skyward to the innovation and bravado of a brotherhood of maverick fighter pilots who put everything at stake to defend the motherland.
Director
Oni Sen
Creator & Showrunner
Abhijeet Singh Parmar, Kushal Srivastava
Cast
Siddharth, Jimmy Shergill, Abhay Verma, Dia Mirza, Prajakta Koli, Adil Hussain, Mihir Ahuja, Taaruk Raina, Arnav Bhasin, Amrita Bagchi
Coming 2026
Chumbak
Comedy | Series
In a world where neighbors have become polite acquaintances, this series revives the old-world charm of the neighborhood. Alongside a young author and an eccentric family support group, take a hilarious, mirthful look into the lives of people who laugh, eat, drink, make merry, shed tears, and share their lives together in an old row-house neighborhood in Mumbai.
Director & Writer
Aatish Kapadia
Cast
Neena Gupta, Deven Bhojani, Amyra Dastur, Anant V Joshi, Sumeet Vyas, Manasi Parekh, Arjun Bijlani, Helly Shah, Sumeet Raghavan, Sandeepa Dhar
Coming 2026
Gandhari
Thriller | Film
After her little daughter is abducted in a crowded railway station and a brutal attack leaves her temporarily blind, a grieving mother must rise from her trauma and confront a shadowy child-trafficking nexus embedded deep within a town of shape-shifters and ancient lore — becoming a mythic force of vengeance to save her daughter and the lost children before they disappear forever.
Director
Devashish Makhija
Cast
Taapsee Pannu, Ishwak Singh, Chhaya Kadam, Swastika Mukherjee, Mita Vashisht, Jatin Sarna
Coming 2026
Lust Stories 3
Romance, Drama | Anthology Film
Lust Stories 3 marks the return of the International Emmy–nominated anthology with four new chapters helmed by some of Indian cinema’s most distinctive voices: Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra, and Vishal Bhardwaj. Through four bite-size yet emotionally resonant films, the anthology once again explores lust, love, relationships, and repressed desire, offering fresh perspectives on intimacy, longing, and human connection in all their complexities.
Directors
Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra, Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast
Radhika Apte, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vijay Varma, Abhishek Banerjee, Gurfateh Pirzada, Sana Thampi, Ali Fazal, Radhika Madan, Aditi Rao Hydari, Siddharth
Coming 2026
Hum Hindustani
Drama | Film
In newly independent India, a team of officials battles chaos, resistance, and impossible odds to deliver the nation’s very first democratic election. Inspired by true events.
Writer & Director
Rahul Dholakia
Cast
Saif Ali Khan, Pratik Gandhi, Deepak Dobriyal, Mimi Chakraborty, Sarika, Shraddha Dangar
Coming 2026
The Great Indian Kapil Show
Talk Show, Comedy | Series (Season 5)
After four blockbuster seasons uniting the world’s biggest stars with millions of fans, The Great Indian Kapil Show returns with Season 5 — expanding its beloved comedy universe into a riotous new “mastiverse” of laughter and surprises, packed with spontaneous moments, renewed energy, and unforgettable conversations.
Creator
Kapil Sharma
Cast
Kapil Sharma, Archana Puran Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Grover, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda
Coming 2026
Takshakudu
Thriller | Film
A blind tribesman and his loyal dog embark on a dangerous quest to confront the evil force that burned his village to ashes and killed the love of his life on a cursed night.
Director
Vinod Anantoju
Cast
Anand Deverakonda, Nitanshi Goel
Coming 2026
Dhindora
Comedy, Drama | Series (Season 2)
India’s biggest digital creator, Bhuvan Bam, returns with his crazy family, and Titu Mama drags them all into a world of pride, panic, and poor planning. Will he emerge as a hero, or should you lower your expectations?
Executive Producer
Rohit Raj, Arvin Bhandari
Cast
Bhuvan Bam
Coming 2026
Legacy
Drama | Series
Faced with a prophecy of downfall and an inevitable siege, Periyavar (R. Madhavan), an aging gangster, fights to save his empire, family, and, most importantly, his legacy.
Director
Charukesh Sekar
Cast
R. Madhavan, Abhishek Banerjee, Nimisha Sajayan, Gautham Karthik, Gulshan Devaiah
Coming 2026
Family Business
Drama | Series
A visionary billionaire grooms a rising tycoon to take the reins of India’s largest conglomerate as his successor. Months into the top job, he is unceremoniously fired when his mentor takes back the throne. Refusing to accept his downfall, the ousted successor strikes back, turning a corporate succession battle into a no-holds-barred war. Old secrets surface, alliances fracture, and the fight for control threatens to rip apart one of India’s most respected business empires, showing how quickly questions of legacy and blood can turn power into a personal vendetta.
Director
Hansal Mehta
Creators
Hansal Mehta, Niren Bhatt
Cast
Anil Kapoor, Vijay Varma, Akash Khurana, Rhea Chakraborty, Neha Dhupia, Anant Nag, Kanwaljit Singh, Dhruv Sehgal, Nandish Sandhu, Tina Desai, Rohan Mehra, Kamal Sadanah, Raima Sen, Inayat Sood, Madhoo Shah
