The Listicle
Upcoming Indian releases, theatrical and OTT, to watch out for
DRISHYAM 3
DRISHYAM 3
Drishyam 3, May 21 | Theatres
From director Anurag Kashyap and writer Sudip Sharma (Paatal Lok, Kohrra) comes a dirty and detailed look into the conditions of Indian prisons via the case of an actor (Bobby Deol) incarcerated over rape charges.
MAIN ACTOR NAHIN HOON
May 8 | Theatres
Independent filmmaker Aditya Kripalani directs the kind of quaint, offbeat, life-affirming drama currently missing Indian screens. A depressed banker (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) in Frankfurt starts to heal through online acting lessons from a Mumbai-based struggling actor (Chitrangada Satarupa).
BANDAR
May 22 | Theatres
Curated by Mortimer Chatterjee, the show features paintings, sculptures, prints and archival material to map a wider network of artists working between the 1950s and 1970s. Moving beyond singular narratives, it foregrounds a layered account of how modern Indian art evolved through dialogue, inheritance and interdisciplinary practice.
PATI PATNI AUR WOH DO
May 15 | Theatres
How to make the film about a philandering husband, caught between the wife and mistress, fresh again? Add another woman. Ayushmann Khurrana stars alongside Wamiqa Gabbi, Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh.
CITADEL SEASON 2
May 6 | Amazon Prime Video
Amazon’s third-most expensive series of all time returns with a second season, with Priyanka Chopra Jonas reprising her lead role alongside Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci as good spies saving the world against bad guys. Boom boom pow.
GLORY
May 1 | Netflix
Karan Anshuman (Mirzapur, Inside Edge), among the first writer-directors to capitalise on the Indian streaming boom, has now punched Haryanvi crime with the world of competitive boxing in the state. The heavy-duty cast includes Divyenndu, Pulkit Samrat, Suvinder Vicky, Sayani Gupta, Ashutosh Rana among others.
—Compiled by Devarsi Ghosh
