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Welcome to certainly one of our massive 2026 and past previews right here at What’s on Netflix. On this put up, we’ll offer you a complete rundown of all of the Indian films and TV exhibits in improvement set to launch on Netflix globally all through 2026 and past.
2025 has seen some turmoil at Netflix India, with beforehand introduced tasks canceled and formally renewed collection pulled from manufacturing on the final minute. A few in-progress sequels to Netflix Unique movies — Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga 2 and Ginny Wedss Sunny 2 — look like aiming for theatrical launch as an alternative of debuting on Netflix. Whereas we hope to see the entire movies and exhibits talked about beneath within the close to future, you by no means know what can occur.
We’ve obtained particulars on 13 new Unique films, 10 new Unique collection, and 5 returning Unique exhibits — plus information on present collection whose fates nonetheless dangle within the steadiness and several other different tasks in limbo.
Editor’s be aware: All launch dates and home windows are topic to alter.
Listed here are all of the Indian Unique collection and films we hope to see in 2026 or past:
New Indian Unique Films Coming in 2026
Adhure Hum Adhure Tum
Information of romantic comedy king Imran Khan’s (Gori Tere Pyaar Mein) return to films after a 10-year hiatus broke final 12 months. His comeback undertaking now has a reputation: Adhure Hum Adhure Tum (“Incomplete Us, Incomplete You“). A report at PeepingMoon describes the movie — which co-stars The Royals‘ Bhumi Pednekar — as “a dysfunctional romantic dramedy, mixing humor, coronary heart, and relatable chaos.” Khan gave a standing replace to the Hindustan Instances: “The shoot is full and it’s in put up manufacturing. We’re releasing it as soon as the streaming platform decides on the date.”
Gandhari
One in all Netflix’s favourite duos is author Kanika Dhillon and actor Taapsee Pannu, who beforehand teamed up for the Unique mysteries Haseen Dillruba and Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba. Their newest film Gandhari is action-oriented and stars Pannu as “a fierce mother on a mission.” Filming wrapped in March 2025, so hopefully we received’t have to attend for much longer for this revenge saga.
Ikka
Ikka marks the streaming debut of motion star Sunny Deol (Jaat), who performs a parallel lead reverse Akshaye Khanna (Ittefaq) in a thriller directed by Maharaj‘s Siddhart P Malhotra. Supporting actor Vijay Vikram Singh (Battle 2) informed India Boards that he’s already completed filming his half in Ikka, which is nice information for Deol’s ardent followers.
Lust Tales 3
The Hindi anthology Lust Tales returns for a 3rd go-round, however with a brand new slate of administrators. PeepingMoon was first to interrupt the information that Vikramaditya Motwane (Black Warrant), Kiran Rao (Laapataa Girls), and Shakun Batra (Kapoor & Sons) will helm three of the tales, with Information 18 reporting that Amar Kaushik (Stree) will direct the fourth. Casting information is sparse to this point, with Instances Now reporting roles for Radhika Apte (Raat Akeli Hai) and Konkona Sen Sharma, who directed the quick movie “The Mirror” for Lust Tales 2.
Maa Behen
The solid of director Suresh Triveni’s (Jalsa) household drama Maa Behen (alternatively written as “Ma Behen“) — which options Madhuri Dixit (The Fame Sport) and Triptii Dimri (Bulbbul) taking part in mom and daughter, respectively — held a wrap get together in October to have a good time the tip of filming.
Made in Korea
One of many highlights of Netflix’s not too long ago introduced South Indian slate has a Squid Sport tie-in:
Made In Korea brings a recent cross-cultural story to Tamil cinema. Directed by Ra Karthik and starring Priyanka Mohan alongside Park Hye-Jin of Squid Sport fame, the movie is a couple of younger lady whose dream journey to Korea is derailed by betrayal. By sudden friendships and arduous classes, she discovers hope, and herself.
Takshakudu
Takshakudu is a compelling South Indian thriller:
Takshakudu is an upcoming Telugu folklore thriller directed by Vinod Anantoju. Anand Devarakonda stars as a blind man who, alongside along with his loyal canine, units out to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers after a tragic accident.
Toaster
Actor Rajkummar Rao (Ludo) turns producer for the comedy Toaster, which wrapped filming months in the past. Rao — who began manufacturing home KAMPA Movies along with his spouse, actress Patralekhaa — performs a newlywed whose marriage instantly falls aside, triggering an obsession with a flowery toaster he acquired as a marriage reward. The film additionally stars Sanya Malhotra (Kathal) and Seema Pahwa (Mai: A Mom’s Rage) and incorporates a cameo by Rao’s Stree co-star Abhishek Banerjee.
Untitled Dharmatic Leisure film
In line with Indian Categorical, filming of this still-untitled undertaking was accomplished in early 2025 after a shoot in Poland. PeepingMoon initially broke the story that director Anubhuti Kashyap’s (Physician G) movie focuses on the connection between two ladies, performed by Konkona Sen Sharma and Pratibha Ranta (Laapataa Girls). Dharmatic Leisure’s current merger with its father or mother firm Dharma Productions would possibly clarify why the movie hasn’t launched but.
Untitled Emmay Leisure film
Taking pictures was delayed for this drama about India’s first normal election after Partition, when its main man — Saif Ali Khan (Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins) — was stabbed by a house intruder. Following Khan’s restoration, filming started in April in Mumbai with co-stars Deepak Dobriayal (Sector 36) and Pratik Gandhi (Dhoom Dhaam).
Untitled Friday Filmworks thriller
Netflix India mainstay Manoj Bajpayee (Inspector Zende) stars in a thriller from screenwriter-turned-director Ritesh Shah (The Diplomat). Produced by Neeraj Panday’s Friday Filmworks, the film was shot in varied Indian cities in spring and summer season. That included Bhopal, the place Bajpayee was noticed with co-stars Saqib Saleem (Race 3) and Akshay Oberoi (Fighter).
Untitled KAMPA Movies satire
The opposite movie that Rajkummar Rao is ready to supply and star in (moreover Toaster) remains to be untitled. Rao and co-star Keerthy Suresh (Vaashi) kicked off the shoot in June, with Tanya Maniktala (Tooth Pari) taking pictures her portion of the movie in November. Right here’s how a supply describes the plot of Sector 36 director Aditya Nimbalkar’s new movie to Mid-day:
Their second manufacturing is a satirical tackle at present’s money-making schooling system. The story, in a humorous manner, highlights how the sector of schooling is all about enterprise and income relatively than imparting data and constructing the way forward for the nation. The leads play educators, who blow the lid on the goings-on.
Untitled romcom starring Parineeti Chopra
There haven’t been any updates about this romantic comedy from debutant director Dhruv Tripathi because it was revealed close to the tip of 2024. Since then, star Parineeti Chopra (Amar Singh Chamkila) completed filming a brand new Unique collection (talked about beneath) and had her first child, so we suspect she’s been too busy to finish this undertaking.
Beforehand introduced films on maintain indefinitely (if not formally canceled):
Naga Chaitanya-Sobhita Dhulipala Wedding ceremony Documentary – We laid out in our 2025 Netflix Indian Unique preview that it was solely a rumor that the streamer paid an exorbitant sum for the rights to footage from the marriage of actors Naga Chaitanya (Thandel) and Sobhita Dhulipala (Ghost Tales). Properly, the couple simply celebrated their first anniversary, and Dhulipala marked the event by posting unique footage from the marriage to her social media accounts. Appears to be like like a full-blown Netflix documentary was only a rumor in any case.
New Indian Netflix Unique Sequence Coming in 2026
#Love
This romance stars Arjun Das (Por) and Aishwarya Lekshmi (Kumari) and is directed by Balaji Mohan (Maari). Right here’s how Netflix describes this Tamil-language collection:
The present playfully explores the age-old debate as two unlikely companions embark on a novel problem that brings them nearer in sudden methods. Filled with humour and coronary heart, #Love captures all that falling in love comes with at present.
Akka
A solid of stellar main girls — Radhika Apte, Keerthy Suresh, and Tanvi Azmi (Tribhanga) — headline this new drama collection introduced on the Subsequent on Netflix India occasion in February 2025. Right here’s an official collection description:
Set within the Eighties matriarchal society of a fictional metropolis of Pernuru, South India, ladies reign supreme and energy has a brand new title — Akka! Akka is the story of gangster queens whose matriarchal rule is challenged when an outsider brings an unseen menace, spiraling the omnipotent sisterhood right into a chaos storm of violence and survival.
Glory
Actor Pulkit Samrat (Jai Ho) put in hours on the fitness center to play a boxer on this new collection that wrapped filming in Might. Right here’s how Netflix describes this sports-themed homicide thriller:
A brutal assault shatters a household. Raghubir Singh, a legendary boxing coach, is compelled to reunite along with his estranged sons, Dev and Ravi. Previous grudges flare. Blood calls for blood. Whereas the ring waits, Olympic glory teeters on the sting. Vengeance has a value and secrets and techniques received’t keep buried.
Legacy
The Tamil drama collection Legacy boasts a killer solid: R. Madhavan (Check), Nimisha Sajayan (Dabba Cartel), Gautham Karthik (Pushpa 2), Gulshan Devaiah (Ghost Tales), and Abhishek Banerjee. Right here’s how Netflix describes the present: “This gritty household gangster drama spirals right into a story the place high-stakes saga of succession, the place saving an empire means risking every part.”
O Saathi Re
After two seasons of the Unique Hindi collection She, filmmaker Imtiaz Ali creates his second Unique collection for Netflix: O Saathi Re. She‘s director, Arif Ali, returns to direct the brand new present, which stars Aditi Rao Hydari (Heeramandi), Avinash Tiwari (Bulbbul), and Arjun Rampal (Rana Naidu). The collection last taking pictures schedule came about in Mussoorie in Might. Ali says of O Saathi Re: “It’s a fashionable story with a classic coronary heart, an enchanted fairy story set within the fiasco of Metropolitan life.”
Operation Safed Sagar
As a part of 1999’s Kargil Battle, the actual Operation Safed Sagar marked a milestone in India’s air warfare capabilities. A brand new Unique collection in regards to the operation was made in shut coordination with India’s Air Power, enabling director Oni Sen (Asur) to movie on precise air bases with army plane. The collection stars Siddharth (Check), Jimmy Shergill (Choona), Abhay Verma (Munjya), and Mihir Ahuja (The Archies).
Tremendous Subbu
The Telugu comedy Tremendous Subbu stars Sundeep Kishan (Raayan) as an unqualified man pressed into instructing intercourse schooling in a distant village.
Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Net
Ace thriller director Neeraj Pandey (Sikandar Ka Muqaddar) takes one other stab on the style with a brand new, globetrotting collection starring Emraan Hashmi (Bard of Blood). Sikandar Ka Muqaddar actress Zoya Afroz can also be a part of the present, which filmed in early 2025. This collection simply obtained a title and a “Coming Quickly” video, so count on it to be one of many first out of the gate in 2026.
Untitled Hansal Mehta enterprise drama
The following collection in filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s artistic partnership with Netflix (following 2023’s Scoop) is presupposed to be a big-budget drama about enterprise rivals performed by Anil Kapoor (AK vs AK) and Vijay Varma (Darlings). The solid — which additionally consists of Neha Dhupia (Single Papa) and Raima Sen (Mai: A Mom’s Rage) — spent the summer season filming the collection in Sri Lanka.
Untitled Rensil D’Silva collection
Billed as a noir thriller, this untitled present marks Parineeti Chopra’s first foray into the collection format. Director Rensil D’Silva (Ungli) helms the collection, which was shot over two months within the mountains of Shimla. Chopra’s co-star Tahir Raj Bhasin (Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein) says, “This thriller-mystery internet collection is every part you need from an edge-of-the-seat entertainer that can shock you at each step of the best way.”
Beforehand introduced collection on maintain indefinitely (if not formally canceled):
Jet Set Go – Sadly, producer-director Karan Johar (Lust Tales) put this glamorous present in regards to the aviation business within the Seventies on maintain as a result of he couldn’t get the solid he wished for the funds he was given.
Rakht Brahmand – Although loads of footage was shot for the epic collection Rakht Brahmand, a case of economic fraud introduced manufacturing to a halt, maybe completely. Although present creators Raj & DK (Weapons & Gulaabs) insist that the collection will not be shelved, manufacturing by no means resumed and the solid have purportedly moved on to different tasks.
Formally Renewed Indian Unique Sequence
Heeramandi (Season 2)
When filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali pitched his grand imaginative and prescient for his historic romance collection, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos mentioned, “Actually, it nearly felt like a dare.” Bhansali is at present engaged on his epic movie Love & Battle, which received’t even launch till August 2026. We’ll have to attend some time for Heeramandi Season 2, which sees the courtesans transfer from Lahore to the glamorous moviemaking hubs of Mumbai and Kolkata.
Kohrra (Season 2)
Mona Singh (Kaala Paani) completely loved taking pictures the brand new season of Kohrra reverse returning solid member Barun Sobti: “It’s been a really stunning, satisfying, and difficult journey for me. That is my first time taking part in a cop, and there have been so many firsts for me on this present. For the primary time, I’ve accomplished motion scenes, for the primary time I’ve reported on responsibility—so many new experiences.”
Maamla Authorized Hai (Season 2)
Filming was already underway for Season 2 of Maamla Authorized Hai when Netflix revealed that Dinesh Lal Yadav (Ranbhoomi) and Kusha Kapila (Plan A Plan B) had joined the solid of the courtroom comedy.
Mismatched (Season 4)
Followers of the coming-of-age romance will get an opportunity to say goodbye to lovebirds Dimple and Rishi with one final season of Mismatched. Producer Ronnie Screwvala says: “Our collaboration with Netflix has helped form a collection that feels each private and common, and we’re excited to return with extra of the emotion, chaos, and attraction that audiences have come to like.”
The Royals (Season 2)
Showrunners Rangita Pritish Nandy and Ishita Pritish Nandy make this promise for the brand new season of the modern romantic drama The Royals: “We’re thrilled to group up with Netflix for a second season that’s going to be greater, bolder, and much more fabulous. Anticipate extra hearth, extra feisty banter, and sure, a complete lot of drama. As a result of in our world, the crowns could also be metaphorical—however the chaos is royally actual.“
Netflix Indian Sequence Cancelled After Official Renewal or Awaiting Renewal
An official renewal from Netflix was a assure, however we’ve seen no less than two collection cancelled simply days earlier than they had been scheduled to begin filming their second seasons. Different renewed collection have seen their “It’s Official: One other Season Is Coming” tag — which the entire returning collection talked about above have — faraway from their title playing cards, indicating that they will not be coming again in any case. Listed here are the collection that had been formally renewed however have since been cancelled outright or quietly deserted:
A number of different collection launched in 2025 are nonetheless in limbo — neither formally renewed nor branded with the “Restricted Sequence” tag, and with none updates or rumors:
- Delhi Crime (Season 4)
- The Sport: You By no means Play Alone (Season 2)
- Khakee (Season 3)
- Mandala Murders (Season 2)
- Rana Naidu (Season 3)
- Saare Jahan Se Accha (Season 2)
Right here’s what we all know in regards to the remaining Unique collection whose fates are nonetheless up within the air:
The Ba***ds of Bollywood (Season 2)
Given the thrill round this collection and viewership numbers that delighted Netflix, the streamer’s silence round a possible second season of The Ba***ds of Bollywood has been conspicuous. This present is probably going a one-and-done as a result of collection creator Aryan Khan has characteristic movie tasks lined up that can maintain him busy for the subsequent few years. Given how most of the present’s dozens of celeb cameos had been as a result of creator being the son of celebrity Shah Rukh Khan, this isn’t the sort of collection that may be handed off to a different showrunner.
Dabba Cartel (Season 2)
Dabba Cartel ends on a cliffhanger, making it ripe for a second season. Stars Shabana Azmi and Sai Tamhankar each sound desirous to return, however Netflix has made no transfer to resume the collection.
Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives (Season 4)
Season 3’s Shalini Passi mentioned in July that she was “preparing for Season 4.” She may need a brand new solid member, as actor Govinda’s spouse Sunita Ahuja says she was not too long ago approached for the truth present.
Weapons & Gulaabs (Season 2)
There’s been little information since Weapons & Gulaabs was formally renewed in 2023. Again in April 2025, collection star Pooja Gor informed Instances Now: “Hopefully this 12 months, by the tip of the 12 months, we’ll go on flooring.” We haven’t heard something since, and the collection’ title card now not bears the “It’s Official: One other Season Is Coming” tag — not signal.
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