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Movies were the focus in December, with no new Indian series debuting this month. The newly added films include a number of under-the-radar arthouse pictures as well as three new Netflix Originals: The Archies, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, and the true-crime documentary Curry & Cyanide.
Here are all of the new Indian movies added to Netflix in December 2023.
N = Netflix Original
New Indian Movies on Netflix: December 2023
Thank You for Coming (2023)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 117 Minutes
Director: Karan Boolani
Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Shehnaaz Gill, Pradhuman Singh
Genre: Sex Comedy | Added to Netflix: December 1
An unhappy single woman consents to an arranged marriage and has her first sexually satisfying experience on the night of her engagement party — only she’s too drunk to remember who she was with when it happened. This sex-positive comedy is slow to get going and not as funny as it should be, but actor Bhumi Pednekar proves her ability to master any genre as the lead character, Kanika.
Adrishya Jalakangal (2023)
Language: Malayalam
Runtime: 126 Minutes
Director: Bijukumar Damodaran
Cast: Tovino Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan, Indrans
Genre: Drama | Added to Netflix: December 7
Malayalam star Tovino Thomas (Minnal Murali) features in the arthouse gem Adrishya Jalakangal (“Invisible Windows“). Thomas plays a simple man living on the border of an expanding war zone who discovers that he can communicate with the dead.
Dhak Dhak (2023)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 137 Minutes
Director: Tarun Dudeja
Cast: Dia Mirza, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ratna Pathak Shah
Genre: Adventure, Drama | Added to Netflix: December 7
Four New Delhi women at different places in their lives set out on their motorcycles to conquer the world’s highest mountain pass in Ladakh in the road trip film Dhak Dhak.
Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023)
Languages: Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, & Telugu
Runtime: 172 Minutes
Director: Karthik Subbaraj
Cast: Raghava Lawrence, S. J. Suryah, Nimisha Sajayan
Genre: Action, Drama | Added to Netflix: December 7
In 1975, a disgraced Tamil Nadu cop poses as a filmmaker to get closer to Alliyus Caesar, a notorious gangster and film fan who wants to become a pan-Indian movie star. Each language version of Jigarthanda DoubleX has a separate catalogue entry.
The Archies (2023) N
Languages: Hindi, English, Kannada, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Tamil, & Telugu
Runtime: 143 Minutes
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Cast: Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Musical | Added to Netflix: December 7
It’s hard enough being a teenager, dealing with romantic entanglements and fragile friendships. But when a developer threatens to bulldoze a beloved park to build a hotel, the teens of Riverdale unite to save their beloved hangout spot. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar moves the world of the Archie comics to an Anglo-Indian town in the 1960s in this musical with novel choreography but a story that’s a little thin. Different language versions — including a Hindi audio description track — can be selected from the film’s audio menu.
Japan (2023)
Languages: Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, & Telugu
Runtime: 154 Minutes
Director: Raju Murugan
Cast: Karthi, Anu Emmanuel, Sunil
Genre: Action, Drama | Added to Netflix: December 11
Notorious thief Japan Muni (Karthi) gets caught in a game of cat and mouse with the police after he steals a politician’s jewels. Each language version of Japan has a separate catalogue entry.
Shesham Mike-il Fathima (2023)
Languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, & Telugu
Runtime: 135 Minutes
Director: Manu C. Kumar
Cast: Kalyani Priyadarshan, Femina George, Parvathi T
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports | Added to Netflix: December 14
Determined young woman Fathima must overcome cultural, religious, and family pressures to achieve her dream of becoming a sports broadcaster. Additional language versions can be selected in the film’s audio menu.
Aadi Keshava (2023)
Languages: Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, & Tamil
Runtime: 126 Minutes
Director: Srikanth N. Reddy
Cast: Panja Vaisshnav Tej, Sreeleela, Joju George
Genre: Action, Drama | Added to Netflix: December 21
Adoptee Balu has a great job at a cosmetics company and a budding romance with his beautiful boss. But when Balu’s biological father dies, the son’s return to the place of his birth is complicated by a mafia boss who threatens the family’s ancestral temple and Balu’s long-lost sister. Additional language versions of Aadi Keshava — alternatively spelled “Aadikeshava” — can be found in the film’s audio menu.
Kuiko (2023)
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 111 Minutes
Director: T. Arul Chezhian
Cast: Vidharth, Yogi Babu, Sri Priyanka
Genre: Comedy, Drama | Added to Netflix: December 21
A recently fired teacher learns about life while delivering a freezer to a friend’s mother. Netflix says that dubbed versions of Kuiko in Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam are on the way, but they are not yet available at the time of this writing.
Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 113 Minutes
Director: Mikhil Musale
Cast: Nimrat Kaur, Radhika Madan, Bhagyashree
Genre: Drama, Thriller | Added to Netflix: December 21
Video of a respected high school physics teacher dancing at a club goes viral. When the teacher posts a suicide note on her social media and disappears, public pressure forces the police to investigate her disappearance.
Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case (2023) N
Languages: Malayalam, English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Tamil, & Telugu
Runtime: 95 Minutes
Director: Christo Tony
Genre: Documentary | Added to Netflix: December 22
The Netflix Original documentary Curry & Cyanide is based on the Koodathayi cyanide killings — a series of six suspicious deaths within the same Kerala family that occurred between 2002 and 2016. A complaint from one of the surviving family members led police to a surprising suspect: a woman named Jolly Joseph. Additional language versions — including Malayalam and Hindi audio description tracks — can be found in the film’s audio options menu.
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023) N
Languages: Hindi, English, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin America), Tamil, & Telugu
Runtime: 134 Minutes
Director: Arjun Varain Singh
Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Ananya Panday, Siddhant Chaturvedi
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama | Added to Netflix: December 26
Three social-media-addicted best friends navigate romance and young adulthood in Mumbai. Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (“Where Are We Lost“) is the directorial debut of Arjun Varain Singh and is written by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, who also co-wrote The Archies. Additional dialogue versions — including a Hindi audio description track — are available in the film’s audio menu.
Annapoorni (2023)
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 145 Minutes
Director: Nilesh Krishnaa
Cast: Nayanthara, Satyaraj, Jai
Genre: Social Issue Drama | Added to Netflix: December 28
Aspiring chef Annapoorani comes from a religious family that strictly adheres to vegetarianism. But she knows that if she has any hope of making a name for herself in the culinary world, she’ll have to defy her pious father’s teachings and cook non-vegetarian food. Dubbed audio options in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu are coming soon.
A Ranjith Cinema (2023)
Language: Malayalam
Runtime: 146 Minutes
Director: Nishanth Sattu
Cast: Asif Ali, Saiju Kurup, Namitha Pramod
Genre: Psychological Thriller | Added to Netflix: December 28
Screenwriter Ranjith punches up a biographical screenplay he’s writing with fictional horror events, but he questions his sanity when they start happening in real life. Dubbed dialogue options in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu are coming soon.
Shastry Virudh Shastry (2023)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 139 Minutes
Director: Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Cast: Paresh Rawal, Nina Kulkarni, Shiv Pandit
Genre: Family Drama | Added to Netflix: December 28
Guruji raises his seven-year-old grandson, Yaman, while the boy’s parents work during the week. When Yaman’s father gets a job that would take the family overseas, Guruji fights for the boy’s rights to stay in India.
Three of Us (2023)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 99 Minutes
Director: Avinash Arun
Cast: Shefali Shah, Jaideep Ahlawat, Swanand Kirkire
Genre: Drama | Added to Netflix: December 28
A woman with early-onset dementia visits her hometown with her husband, but a reunion with her childhood sweetheart stirs complicated emotions.
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