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For the third month in a row, Netflix continued to flesh out its Telugu collection with a bunch of older theatrical releases. June also saw the debut of two major Hindi original projects: the detective series Scoop and the anthology film Lust Stories 2. Here are all the new Indian movies and series added to Netflix in June 2023.
Did you miss one of the May 2023 releases? Catch up with everyone here.
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New Indian movies on Netflix: June 2023
Attarintiki Daredi (2013)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 169 minutes
Director: Trivikram Srinivas
Discard: Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pranitha
Gender: Action, Comedy | Added to Netflix: June 1
In Attarintiki Daredi – resulting in “Which way leads to my aunt’s house?– Pawan Kalyan plays Gautham Nanda, the grandson of a wealthy businessman who lives in Milan. Grandpa wants to find the girl he disowned when she married a man he didn’t approve of not, so he sends his grandson to Hyderabad to find her. Will Gautham Nanda be able to reunite his family before grandfather’s 80th birthday?
Ramachari (2013)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 132 minutes
Director: GV Esvar
Discard: Venu Thottempudi, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Murli Sharma
Gender: Action, Adventure | Added to Netflix: June 1
A failed police cadet accidentally uncovers a plot to assassinate a politician, leaving him to attempt to stop the crime on his own. RamachariStar Venu Thottempudi took the film’s box office failure so personally that he didn’t star in another film for nine years.
Ramayya Vasthavayya (2013)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 157 minutes
Director: Harish Shankar
Discard: Jr. NTR, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shruthi Haasan
Gender: Action, Drama | Added to Netflix: June 1
Seemingly fun student Nandu (played by RRR star Jr. NTR) goes out of his way to woo the beautiful Akarsha, but Nandu’s pursuit hides a secret agenda.
David (2013)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 118 minutes
Director: Enjoy Nambiar
Discard: Jiiva, Vikram, Taboo
Gender: Romantic drama | Added to Netflix: June 2
This is the Telugu dubbed version of the Tamil romantic drama Davidwhich was added to Netflix in November 2022. Three men named David living in different times and places find their lives connected by more than just a common name.
gumrah (2023)
Language: Hindi
Duration: 126 minutes
Director: Vardhan Ketkar
Discard: Aditya Roy Kapur, Mrunal Thakur, Ronit Roy
Gender: Thriller | Added to Netflix: June 4
gumrah is not a remake of the 1993 film Goumra (also streaming on Netflix) but a remake of the 2019 Tamil thriller Thadam (not on Netflix). Aditya Roy Kapur plays a pair of lookalikes accused of the same murder. gumrah could have been an engaging police procedural, but it’s instead derailed by cheesy romantic flashbacks.
Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo (2016)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 134 minutes
Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Discard: Naga Chaitanya, Manjima Mohan, Rakendu Mouli
Gender: Action, Romance | Added to Netflix: June 8
A young couple returning home from a romantic road trip are involved in a motorcycle accident. Was it really a coincidence or were they the target of some dastardly scheme?
Srimannarayana (2012)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 137 minutes
Director: Ravikumar Chavali
Discard: Balakrishna, Parvati Melton, Isha Chawla
Gender: share | Added to Netflix: June 8
Journalist Srimannarayana uses his investigative skills to track down the men who framed him, murdered his selfless father and stole money meant to help poor farmers.
90ML (2019)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 156 minutes
Director: Sekhar Reddy Yerra
Discard: Karthikeya, Neha Solanki, Ravi Kishan
Gender: Romantic Comedy | Added to Netflix: June 21st
Devadas must drink alcohol, or he will literally die. But how can he explain his rare medical syndrome to the strictly abstinent family of his girlfriend Suvasana, who expect her to marry a man who avoids alcohol?
Namo Venkatesa (2010)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 157 minutes
Director: Sreenu Vaitla
Discard: Venkatesh Daggubati, Trisha Krishnan, Brahmanandam
Gender: Romantic Comedy | Added to Netflix: June 21st
After an astrologer gives him a month to find a wife or stay single forever, naive ventriloquist Venky falls in love with a woman who doesn’t reciprocate. When her uncle tricks Venky into saving her from an arranged marriage, he learns a hard lesson about where his heart lies.
Pandurangadu (2008)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 155 minutes
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
Discard: Balakrishna, Sneha, Tabu
Gender: Drama | Added to Netflix: June 21st
Lord Krishna himself must teach the tireless Pundarika a divine lesson on loyalty, after the Pundarika cheats on his bride with a sexy dancer. To be fair, when it’s Tabu who plays the dancer, can you really blame him?
Sindhooram (1997)
Language: Telugu
Duration: 153 minutes
Director: Krishna Vamshi
Discard: Brahmaji, Sanghavi, Ravi Teja
Gender: share | Added to Netflix: June 21st
A man with a strong sense of justice trains to be a policeman, only to learn that local cops serve the wealthy, not the common people. Wrongly labeled a terrorist by rogue cops, the new recruit delivers justice on his own terms.
Thrishanku (2023)
Language: Malayalam
Duration: 110 minutes
Director: Achyuth Vinayak
Discard: Anna Ben, Arjun Ashokan, Nandu
Gender: Romance | Added to Netflix: June 22
Sethu’s brilliant plan to elope with his girlfriend falls apart when his sister elopes with her boyfriend first, creating chaos in their small town.
Thera Kaadhal (2023)
LANGUAGES : Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu
Duration: 126 minutes
Director: Rohin Venkatesan
Discard: Jai, Aishwarya Rajesh, Sshivada
Gender: Romantic drama | Added to Netflix: June 23
Lovers Gautham and Aaranya separated after college and married other people, but their reunion years later rekindles old feelings and causes problems in their current relationship. Additional dialogue options are available in the movie’s audio menu.
Afwaa (2023)
Language: Hindi
Duration: 122 minutes
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Discard: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar, Sumeet Vyas
Gender: Mystery, Thriller | Added to Netflix: June 29
No good death goes unpunished in the thriller Afwaa. A man comes to the aid of a harassed woman on the street, only to learn that she is on the run from her fiancé, a violent, well-connected politician who will stop at nothing to get her back.
Lust Stories 2 (2023)N
LANGUAGES : Hindi, Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu
Duration: 132 minutes
Directors: R. Balki, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh, Amit Ravindernath Sharma
Discard: Kajol, Mrunal Thakur, Neena Gupta
Gender: Anthology, Drama | Added to Netflix: June 29
This sequel to the 2018 Netflix Original anthology Lust stories sees four new directors present four lust-themed shorts, all of which are entertaining for very different reasons. The first of the shorts – “Made for Each Other” by R. Balki, in which an outspoken grandmother warns her granddaughter to make sure she is sexually compatible with her future husband before marry – is charming and a good way to test if this collection is for you. Besides the original Hindi version, additional dubbed dialogue options are available in the movie’s audio menu.
New Indian series on Netflix: June 2023
Chhota Bhem (2023)
LANGUAGES : Hindi and English
Seasons: 9
Episodes: 143
Discard: Vatsal Dubey, Julie Tejwani, Rupa Bhimani
Gender: Children, Entertainment | Added to Netflix: June 1
Cartoon Season 19 Chhota Bhem is now available. An English dubbed version can be found in the show’s audio menu.
Scoop (2023)N
LANGUAGES : Hindi, English, Spanish, Tamil and Telugu
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Discard: Karishma Tanna, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Prosenjit Chatterjee
Gender: Courtroom drama | Added to Netflix: June 2
Netflix was so impressed with filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s first original series for the streamer, Scoopthat they signed him to a multi-year series partnership. Scoop explores journalistic ethics in India and is based on a true story of a police journalist who is imprisoned for the murder of another journalist. Along with the original Hindi version, dialogue options in English, Spanish, Tamil and Telugu are available in the show’s audio menu.
social currency (2023)N
LANGUAGES : Hindi, Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Gender: Reality, Competition | Added to Netflix: June 21st
Eight influencers – Ruhi Singh, Mridul Madhok, Bhavin Bhanushali, Vagmita Singh, Parth Laghate, Aakash Mehta, Rowhi Rai and Sakshi Chopra – are trapped in a villa and tasked with creating new social media profiles from scratch. Rapper Badshah and actress Sunny Leone stop by the villa to participate in the competition and motivate the contestants. Besides the original Hindi version, additional dialogue options are available in the show’s audio menu.
Which of the recently added Indian movies and series will you watch? Let us know in the comments below!