New Indian Movies and Series on Netflix: March 2023

Netflix’s New Original Hindi Movie Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga is lighting up Top 10 charts around the world. Add that to a ton of recently added 2023 theatrical releases and some old Bollywood favorites with big stars, and there’s a lot to top this month. Here are all the new Indian movies and series added to Netflix in March 2023.

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New Indian Movies on Netflix: March 2023

iratta (2023)

Languages: Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu
Execution time: 110 minutes
Director: Rohit MG Krishnan
Cast: Joju George, Anjali, Srindaa
Gender: Drama, Suspense | Added to Netflix: March 2

Raised in a violent home and separated at a young age, twin brothers Vinod and Pramod (both played by Joju George) became police officers. When Vinod dies under suspicious circumstances while on duty at his police station, Pramod investigates what happened to her troubled and estranged twin. Kannada, Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions are available from the film’s audio menu.

thalaikoothal (2023)

Language: tamil
Execution time: 140 minutes
Director: Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan
Cast: Samuthirakani, Kathir, Vasundhara
Gender: Family Drama, Social Drama | Added to Netflix: March 2

Thalaikoothal is a form of involuntary euthanasia practiced in parts of Tamil Nadu, despite being illegal. When Pazhani’s elderly father Muthu falls into a coma, the entire village encourages Pazhani to end the old man’s suffering through the thalaikoothal. But how could Pazhani face her kind young daughter if she did, knowing that she had betrayed everything Muthu had taught her about the sanctity of life?

butta bomma (2023)

Language: telugu
Execution time: 112 minutes
Director: Shouree Chandrashekar T. Ramesh
Cast: Anikha Suresh, Surya Vashitta, Arjun Das
Gender: Social Issue Drama | Added to Netflix: March 3rd

butta bomma it is a telugu remake of 2020 malayalam film kappela (currently also streaming on Netflix). A girl from a small town falls in love with a man who lives in the city after she calls his number by mistake. Things take a dangerous turn when she goes to visit him and notices a mysterious stranger following them.

Grid (2023)

Language: malayalam
Execution time: 121 minutes
Director: Jithin Isaac Thomas
Cast: Vincy Aloshious, Unni Lalu, Premalatha Thayineri
Gender: Drama, Suspense | Added to Netflix: March 9

The innocence of young love takes a dark turn when the flirtatious Arjun pressures the naive Rekha to get physical. When Arjun disappears after a particularly tragic night, Rekha goes in search of answers, teaching the men who stand in her way not to underestimate her strength.

Kuttey (2023)

Language: Hindi
Execution time: 108 minutes
Director: Aasmaan Bhardwaj
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Kumud Mishra, Tabu, Konkona Sen Sharma
Gender: Robbery, Suspense | Added to Netflix: March, 15th

Rival factions try to rob the same armored truck as it makes its nightly rounds through territory occupied by communist rebels. The excellent cast doesn’t have much to work with in this hyper-violent feature debut from director Aasmaan Bhardwaj, who co-wrote the screenplay with his father, acclaimed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.

raees (2017)

Language: Hindi
Execution time: 143 minutes
Director: Raul Dholakia
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Gender: Action, Drama | Added to Netflix: March, 15th

Shah Rukh Khan plays the main character in raeesa rags-to-riches story about an impoverished young man who makes a violent gamble to become the biggest smuggler in the dry state of Gujarat in the 1980s. This is Mahira Khan’s only Bollywood film, completed just before that the Hindi film industry succumbed to political pressure to ban Pakistani actors from acting in Indian films and shows.

student of the year (2012)

Language: Hindi
Execution time: 145 minutes
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan
Gender: Theater | Added to Netflix: March, 15th

Filmmaker Karan Johar launched the careers of some of Bollywood’s biggest stars with 2012 student of the year, a high school drama that’s right in the wheelhouse for fans of John Hughes’ ’80s filmography. Rich boy Rohan (Varun Dhawan) befriends poor scholarship student Abhi (Sidharth Malhotra) only to find out that the new boy is after Rohan’s place at the top of the social hierarchy at St. Theresa’s School and the heart of the city. Rohan’s wealthy girlfriend, Shanaya (Alia Bhatt).

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

Language: Hindi
Execution time: 160 minutes
Director: Ayan Mukherjee
Cast: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur
Gender: Romantic Comedy | Added to Netflix: March, 15th

the first half of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (“This youth is crazy“) is great, with beautiful scenery and impressive dance numbers. Deepika Padukone stars as Naina, an introverted medical student who takes a risk and learns about herself while she’s on vacation with some friends from high school. Unfortunately, Naina’s story is sidelined in the second half in favor of Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), Naina’s immature boyfriend who ultimately decides not to be a jerk.

Vaathi (2023)

Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam
Execution time: 134 minutes
Director: Venky Atluri
Cast: Dhanush, Samyuktha Menon, Samuthirakani
Gender: Social Issue Drama | Added to Netflix: March 16

Dhanush plays Bala, a math teacher assigned to teach at a struggling public high school in 1993, a time when the privatization of education was starving government institutions of funds and students. Faced with mistrust from the local villagers, Bala makes it his mission to show them the importance of education and give his students the best chance for success. Vaathi it was filmed simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. Each language version of the film has its own catalog entry, and the Telugu and Hindi dubbed versions are listed under the heading “Mister.”

Trapped: Crime. Corruption. Cricket. (2023) N

Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
Execution time: 77 minutes
Director: Supriya Sobti Gupta
Gender: Sports Documentary | Added to Netflix: March 17

In 2000, members of the Indian national team became involved in an international match-fixing controversy. Caught features interviews with the journalists who broke the story and looks at the star athletes embroiled in the scandal. Hindi, Tamil and Telugu dubbed options are available in the audio menu.

Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023) N

Languages: Hindi, English and more
Execution time: 110 minutes
Director: ajay singh
Cast: Yami Gautam, Sunny Kaushal, Sharad Kelkar
Gender: Robbery, Suspense | Added to Netflix: March 24th

Netflix India May Have A Real International Hit On Its Hands With Original Movie Heist Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga. It debuted as the third most viewed non-English language film of the week globally, reaching the Top 10 in 45 different countries. In this high-concept thriller, a flight attendant and her boyfriend plan to steal diamonds from the air, but her plan turns into a fight for survival when the plane is hijacked. Dubbed versions in English, Tamil, Telugu and more are available from the movie’s audio menu.

Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat (2023)

Language: Hindi
Execution time: 119 minutes
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Alaya F, Karan Mehta, Vicky Kaushal
Gender: Romantic Theater | Added to Netflix: March 30th

This offbeat romantic drama Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat follows two stories of unrequited love that take place in parallel universes. drowned director Anurag Kashyap, who also wrote almost pyaar — uses his latest film to address the ways in which caste, social inequality, and bigotry affect romantic relationships.

Faraaz (2023)

Language: Hindi
Execution time: 111 minutes
Director: Hansal Mehta
Cast: Zahaan Kapoor, Juhi Babbar, Aditya Rawal
Gender: Theater | Added to Netflix: March 30th

The latest film from acclaimed director Hansal Mehta recounts the tragic attack on the Holey artisan bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh in July 2016. Faraaz dramatizes the hostage situation that ultimately left more than two dozen dead at the hands of the militants.

Friends (2023)

Language: telugu
Execution time: 136 minutes
Director: Rajendra Reddy
Cast: Nandamuri Kalyanram, Ashika Ranganath, Brahmaji
Gender: Action, Suspense | Added to Netflix: March 31st

A man named Siddharth discovers that he has not one but two doppelgängers. A hilarious encounter between the three doppelgangers (all played by Nandamuri Kalyanram) takes a dangerous turn when one of them is revealed to be a wanted criminal.

New Indian Series on Netflix: March 2023

naidu frog (2023) N

Language: Hindi
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Cast: Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh Daggubati, Surveen Chawla
Gender: Drama, Suspense | Added to Netflix: March 9

naidu frog It is an official remake of the American series Ray Donovan, which ran for seven seasons on Showtime. In the new Hindi series, Rana Daggubati plays the lead character, a problem solver for the stars whose personal life is in shambles. When her father (played by Daggubati’s real-life uncle Venkatesh) is released from prison, the two are given a chance to mend their broken relationship. English, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions are available from the show’s audio menu.

Which of the newly added Indian movies and series will you watch? Let us know in the comments below!