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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.

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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...

At the screening of her much-anticipated film The Archies, Khushi Kapoor paid a tribute to mom Sridevi in the most special way

Khushi Kapoor wore her mother, Sridevi’s old gown for attending the star-studded premiere of her debut film, The Archies. She slipped into a strapless gown embellished in shimmering silver sequin embellishments, a figure-hugging silhouette accentuating her svelte frame, a square neckline highlighting her decolletage, and a floor-sweeping train.

She styled the outfit with a choker necklace, ear studs, a sleek bun, smoky eye shadow, glossy fuchsia pink lip shade, mascara on the lashes, darkened brows, rouge on the cheeks, and a glowing base.

Khushi Kapoor’s cheer squad at the big night included her sibings Janhvi Kapoor, Anshula Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor along with her dad Boney Kapoor. Khushi’s cousin Rhea Kapoor was also spotted on the red carpet with her husband Karan Boolani.

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At the screening of her much-anticipated film The Archies, Khushi Kapoor paid a tribute to mom Sridevi in the most special way

Khushi Kapoor wore her mother, Sridevi’s old gown for attending the star-studded premiere of her debut film, The Archies. She slipped into a strapless gown embellished in shimmering silver sequin embellishments, a figure-hugging silhouette accentuating her svelte frame, a square neckline highlighting her decolletage, and a floor-sweeping train.

She styled the outfit with a choker necklace, ear studs, a sleek bun, smoky eye shadow, glossy fuchsia pink lip shade, mascara on the lashes, darkened brows, rouge on the cheeks, and a glowing base.

Khushi Kapoor’s cheer squad at the big night included her sibings Janhvi Kapoor, Anshula Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor along with her dad Boney Kapoor. Khushi’s cousin Rhea Kapoor was also spotted on the red carpet with her husband Karan Boolani.

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Senior actor Anil Kapoor, who is all geared up for the release of his action thriller film ‘Animal’, took the internet by storm as he dropped a shirtless picture with his co-star Bobby Deol.

‘Animal’ stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil, Bobby, and Rashmika Mandanna in lead roles. The flick revolves around the complex relationship of a business magnate Balbir Singh (Anil) and his son Arjun Singh (Ranbir). After tragedy befalls Balbir, Arjun sets out to exact vengeance against his rival Viraj Surve (Bobby) and pledges to never leave his family, leading to a gruesome gang war.

Anil, who enjoys a fanbase of 5.8 million followers on Instagram, shared a photo with Bobby, in which both the actors are posing shirtless. Anil is wearing a black joggers, while Bobby is donning black shorts.

The post is captioned as: “Animal Ka Baap and Animal Ka Enemy Posing.”

Bobby dropped red heart emojis in the comment section.

Senior actor Anil Kapoor, who is all geared up for the release of his action thriller film ‘Animal’, took the internet by storm as he dropped a shirtless picture with his co-star Bobby Deol.

‘Animal’ stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil, Bobby, and Rashmika Mandanna in lead roles. The flick revolves around the complex relationship of a business magnate Balbir Singh (Anil) and his son Arjun Singh (Ranbir). After tragedy befalls Balbir, Arjun sets out to exact vengeance against his rival Viraj Surve (Bobby) and pledges to never leave his family, leading to a gruesome gang war.

Anil, who enjoys a fanbase of 5.8 million followers on Instagram, shared a photo with Bobby, in which both the actors are posing shirtless. Anil is wearing a black joggers, while Bobby is donning black shorts.

The post is captioned as: “Animal Ka Baap and Animal Ka Enemy Posing.”

Bobby dropped red heart emojis in the comment section.

Thank You For Coming

Starring Bhumi Pednekar, Shehnaaz Gill, Dolly Singh, Kusha Kapila, Shibani Bedi

Directed by Karan Boolani

In my favourite moment in this amiably anarchic rom-com, the well-behaved utterly devoted fiancé to out uncontrollable tantrum-throwing heroine, after she breaks their engagement , says to her, “Don’t worry about me. I am happy the way I am. It is you I am worried about.”

What does one do with the craziness of Kanika Kapoor?

Amidst all the beery, blaring bacchanalia and shrieks of inebriated joy Thank You For Coming has a sensitive heart beating gently, reminding women that the biological clock need not dictate the way they lead their lives.

Bhumi Pednekar, in a rousing performance, plays Kanika Kapoor the youngest in a family of women where the grandmother (Dolly Ahluwalia) is chilled out but in a restrained way. The mother played with passionate intensity by Natasha Rastogi is the wild one.

There is a visible dearth of chick flicks, and more so, films that celebrate woman and womanhood happen few and far between. ‘Thank You For Coming’ is one such film with a gang of girls who smash the patriarchy and share such a bond that they talk about everything – life, life-partners, individual problems and so much more. For the uninitiated, the pun in the title might be a hint for the audience, especially the extrovert females, about a sense of what they can expect – female friendships, relationships, marriage, dating, sex, orgasms, et al.

Tyfc (Thank You For Coming) opens up about men getting wrong or rather misunderstood thinking women don’t have needs at all. It seldom occurs to them that women too, crave for sexual pleasures.

‘Thank You For Coming‘ Plot Outline

Tyfc begins with a fairy tale about the girl kissing a frog, which transforms into a prince,...

There is a visible dearth of chick flicks, and more so, films that celebrate woman and womanhood happen few and far between. ‘Thank You For Coming’ is one such film with a gang of girls who smash the patriarchy and share such a bond that they talk about everything – life, life-partners, individual problems and so much more. For the uninitiated, the pun in the title might be a hint for the audience, especially the extrovert females, about a sense of what they can expect – female friendships, relationships, marriage, dating, sex, orgasms, et al.

Tyfc (Thank You For Coming) opens up about men getting wrong or rather misunderstood thinking women don’t have needs at all. It seldom occurs to them that women too, crave for sexual pleasures.

‘Thank You For Coming‘ Plot Outline

Tyfc begins with a fairy tale about the girl kissing a frog, which transforms into a prince,...

Indian film star Anil Kapoor, better known in the West for his role in Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”, made a splash at the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival with “Thank You For Coming” – which he co-produces and stars in.

“I’ve been coming to Toronto… [it] is a very lucky & fantastic city.”

Kapoor, who has filmed movies such as “Taal” and “Humara Dil Aapke Paas Hain” among others in the 6ix, tells Et Canada’s Sangita Patel that Toronto is a lucky city for him and adds that attending the TIFF was always on his bucket list.

“I’ve been coming to Toronto… [it] is a very lucky & fantastic city. And now I’m here for ‘Thank You For Coming.’ TIFF was on my bucket list. I’ve been everywhere for all the festivals and the big entertainment events — the Golden Globes, the Oscars,...

Indian actress Bhumi Pednekar, is at the center of Bollywood’s upcoming movie “Thank You Coming,” which premiered at the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival.

“I’ve just stood next to my co-stars, craving with this intense want that I wish I could do everything they were doing.”

Speaking to Et Canada’s Sangita Patel, Pednekar recalls the times she craved leading a comedy movie but couldn’t.

“You don’t often see women at the helm of comedies. I’ve been in many films where I’ve just stood next to my co-stars, craving with this intense want that I wish I had those lines and I wish I could do everything they were doing. And then comes along ‘Thank You For Coming,’ which is just so far from everything I’ve done. It’s a story that’s very, very personal because the film is about just...

After India recently had one of its spacecraft reach the moon, Slumdog Millionaire star Anil Kapoor says it’s time for the country’s booming film industry to land more box office performers in the West.

“I feel Bollywood is coming of age and a lot of filmmakers are making movies that appeal to international audiences, and they’re happy films, positive films, they have a lot of joy, and that’s what the world needs,” Kapoor told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday.

His comments followed the world premiere Friday night at the Toronto Film Festival for Thank You For Coming, the debut feature from Kapoor’s son-in-law Karan Boolani, which the Bollywood star’s youngest daughter, Rhea, produced.

Kapoor pointed to the mix of feel-good emotions and social commentary in classic Charlie Chaplin films as a model for Thank You For Coming, which stars Bhumi Pednekar as Kanika Kapoor,...

Thank You For Coming

Section: Gala Presentations

Director: Karan Boolani

Writers: Rhadika Anand, Prashasti Singh

Logline: A 32-year-old Delhi food blogger wakes up the morning after her engagement party, having reached orgasm for the first time in her life. But who did she sleep with? There are several possibilities…

Distributor: Netflix India

Premiere Date: September 15, 9:45 p.m. Est, Roy Thomson Hall.

Panelists: Karan Boolan

Key Quotes: “My writer, Rhadika [Anand], who’s back in India, pitched this idea in one line to me, and then my wife, who’s the producer, got together with her and they started creating scenarios inspired by their own lives and their own experiences and all their single friends’ lives and experiences. My job was to kind of stay out of it at the writing stage, because it’s hard for me as a man to interfere in this process… I thought I knew about women,...

Toronto Film Festival gala presentation “Thank You for Coming” is that rarity – a Bollywood sex comedy that also serves as a patriarch-bashing women empowerment tale.

Bhumi Pednekar stars as Kanika Kapoor, a Delhi food blogger and serial monogamist, who has spent her adult life seeking a satisfying love match, both emotionally and physically, but has never had an orgasm. The morning after her engagement to a dull suitor, she wakes up satisfied, but can’t remember who’s responsible.

The film is written by two women, Radhika Anand (“Broken But Beautiful”) and stand up comic Prashasti Singh and directed by a man, Karan Boolani, making his feature directing debut. Boolani previously directed series “24: India” for Viacom18’s Colors channel and Netflix’s “Selection Day.”

“It’s a really fine line between sleaze and tease in this film, and to keep it in that tease and fun space is something...

The powerhouse producer duo Rhea Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor have added one more feather to their cap! Their much-awaited chick-flick ‘Thank You For Coming’ has been chosen as an exclusive Indian Feature Film to be screened at the Gala Premiere at the renowned Roy Thompson Hall for 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

This remarkable achievement will bring light to this content and intent driven film, helmed by Karan Boolani, that will resonate with the audience worldwide.

Producers Anil Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor will be gracing the red carpet on 15th September 2023, at TIFF along with dynamic cast including Bhumi Pednekar, Shehnaaz Gill, Dolly Singh, Kusha Kapila and Shibani Bedi and director Karan Boolani.

Rhea Kapoor, expressing her excitement says, “I am ecstatic for Thank You For Coming to be the only Indian Feature Film having its gala world premiere in TIFF and making a mark globally. I am proud...

The upcoming film ‘Thank You For Coming’, which stars Bhumi Pednekar, has been selected for its world premiere at the soon-to-be-held edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film is a coming of age comedy directed by Karan Boolani and written by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh.

‘Thank You For Coming’ will be screened at the festival on September 15, 2023 at the Roy Thomson Hall.

The film also stars Shehnaaz Gill, Dolly Singh, Kusha Kapila, Shibani Bedi, Pradhuman Singh Mall, Natasha Rastogi, Gautmik, Sushant Divgikar, Saloni Daini, Dolly Ahluwalia, Karan Kundrra and Anil Kapoor in a special appearance.

Reacting to the news, Bhumi Pednekar said: “This is my first time at TIFF. I am ecstatic that I am going there with a film that is so close to my heart. What makes it more special is that we’ve been selected for a Gala Premier at the prestigious Roy Thompson hall.

‘Rise, Rebel, Repeat’ this is the tagline of the highly-anticipated chick flick Thank You for Coming, starring Bhumi Pednekar, Shehnaaz Gill, Dolly Singh, Kusha Kapila and Shibani Bedi in the lead roles.

After unveiling the film’s first look earlier today, the makers have now treated fans to new posters showcasing the star-studded cast. The movie will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2023.

Producer Rhea Kapoor took to Instagram to share a poster of her film and announced that it will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. She wrote, “Crying and screaming and jumping! We are honoured to unveil our film #ThankYouForComing as an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023!! See you at our gala premiere! #ThankYouForComingAtTIFF.”

Thank You for Coming is directed by Rhea Kapoor’s husband Karan Boolani and written by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh. The film also stars Pradhuman Singh Mall, Natasha Rastogi,...

The Toronto Film Festival on Thursday revealed its Centerpiece program lineup that includes the Cannes Film Festival-winning Wim Wenders movie Perfect Days. The festival also revealed another couple of star-driven world premieres including Paramount’s Finestkind starring Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster and Tommy Lee Jones and 20th Century Studios/Hulu’s comedy Quiz Lady starring Awkwafina, Sandra Oh and Will Ferrell.

Finestkind comes from Oscar winner Brian Helgeland and follows two brothers who are pulled into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston. The pic is playing as one of TIFF’s galas.

Quiz Lady follows a brilliant but tightly wound, game-show-obsessed woman Anne (Awkwafina) and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny (Oh) who must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild cross-country trek to get the cash the only way...

The programme comprises 47 films from 45 countries.

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the line-up for its Centrepiece programme, with 47 titles screening from filmmakers representing 45 countries.

Included in the programme (previously known as Contemporary World Cinema) are Victor Erice’s Close Your Eyes, getting its North American premiere; Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves, receiving its Canadian premiere; and Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, a North American premiere.

Scroll down for the full list of Centrepiece titles

TIFF also announced additional titles for its Galas, Special Presentations and Documentaries programmes, among them the world premiere of Brian Helgeland’s Finestkind.

The Toronto International Film Festival has added 59 more films to the lineup of its 2023 festival, including 47 international films in the Centrepiece program, which in previous years was known as Contemporary World Cinema. New films were also added to the Galas, Special Presentations and Documentary sections.

World premieres among the new selections include “Finestkind,” a crime thriller from Brian Helgeland (screenwriter of “L.A. Confidential”) starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Foster; The Movie Teller,” a film set in Chile starring Berenice Bejo from “An Education” director Lone Scherfig; and Jessica Yu’s “Quiz Lady,” with Sandra Oh and Awkwafina.

The Centrepiece selections include a number of films from May’s Cannes Film Festival, among them Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves,” Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s “Banel & Adama,” Amjad Al Rasheed’s “Inshallah a Boy,” Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the...

Despite the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors and WGA writers strikes, the Toronto Film Festival continues to turn up the star wattage for its 48th edition, adding movies with Dakota Johnson, Bérénice Bejo, Awkwafina, Sandra Oh and Mads Mikkelsen to its lineup on Thursday.

For the Gala section, TIFF unveiled the A-list heavy crime drama Finestkind from Brian Helgeland, the Oscar-winning writer-director behind Mystic River and L.A. Confidential; and A Knight’s Tale, which stars Ben Foster, Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones and Toby Wallace.

Also headed to Roy Thomson Hall is the South Korean drama A Normal Family, directed by Hur Jin-ho, the Korean auteur who in the past premiered Dangerous Liaisons and April Snow in Toronto. TIFF earlier tapped fellow Korean director Ryoo Seung-wan’s Smugglers for its Special Presentations sidebar, and has now bumped that drama up to a gala screening in Toronto after a world bow in Locarno.

Indian content queen Ektaa R Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms, which is in robust financial health, has revealed a strong upcoming slate.

On the film front, Balaji recently boarded director Nanda Kishore’s Malayalam and Telugu-language magnum opus “Vrushabha,” starring Mohanlal, and also in the works are Hansal Mehta’s “The Buckingham Murders,” starring Kareena Kapoor, Rajesh Krishnan’s “The Crew,” starring Kapoor, Tabu and Kriti Sanon and Karan Boolani’s “Thank You for Coming,” starring Bhumi Pednekar. Sequels to Dibakar Banerjee’s groundbreaking “LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha” and Raaj Shaandilyaa’s “Dream Girl,” starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Ananya Pandey are also in the making.

On the television and streaming front, the details of the shows will be eventually released by the respective platforms, but broadly, they include an untitled historical for a leading broadcast channel, a pre-medieval era show for a global streamer, a show based on a real...

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor, who was most recently seen in ‘Bhoot Police’, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Also testing positive were his sibling Anshula Kapoor, cousin Rhea Kapoor, who got married not long ago, and Rhea’s filmmaker hubby Karan Boolani. Arjun’s girlfriend Malaika Arora will also undergo a test for the virus. Arjun, Anshula, […]...

Having finished and released Khoobsurat Anil Kapoor's younger daughter Rhea is on to her next production. Entitled Saat Hindustani, the film will feature 7 newcomers in the title roles. This start-to-finish small project action film will be directed by Karan Boolani who is rumoured to be a close friend of Rhea. Karan had served as an assistant director on Rhea Kapoor's Aisha as well as Karan Johar's Wake Up Sid. Interestingly, this would be Rhea's first production which won't star her sister Sonam. A source very close to the project reveals, "Saat Hindustani doesn't require Sonam. It needs seven fresh faces. Those faces are now being finalized." Apparently, Anil Kapoor will make a guest appearance in Saat Hindustani.

Mumbai, August 1: Sonam Kapoor has dismissed reports claiming that her younger sister Rhea is set to tie the knot with her boyfriend Karan Boolani next month saying people got confused "between making a movie and getting married".

"Fortunately for me, my sister is not getting married as I like her in the house. I don't think she needs to get married for another five-six years at least. She is younger than me," Sonam said here.

Reportedly, Rhea and Karan have been dating for a while now. Karan assisted Rhea in her debut production venture "Aisha" in 2010 and since then they have been spotted together on many occasions.

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Anil Kapoor’s younger daughter Rhea Kapoor set to marry her boyfriend Karan Boolani next month. Rhea and Karan has been dating for quite sometime. He has assisted Rhea in her debut production, ‘Aisha’ starring Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in 2010. Since then both were together. Karan has also assisted director Rajshree Ojha. Rhea and Karan has been spotted together in several occasions. Last they were seen together at Karan Johar’s birthday bash hosted yby Aarti Shetty. The Kapoor family is said to be delighted with their daughter’s choice. It is reported that though Karan is yet to become a Kapoor family member, he has already be...

Even though the film Aisha didn't really ruffle any major feather at the box office, it gave Bollywood two names to watch out for. One is Sonam Kapoor, while the other being Rhea Kapoor. While Sonam has been on a film signing spree, Rhea wants to take each day as it comes. That's why, post Aisha, even though Rhea was offered many rom-coms, sex comedies and even chick flicks, she waited for the right script, that apparently has come in the form of Mainak Dhar's novel 'Herogiri', which revolves around an ordinary man possessing extraordinary powers. Rhea, who has recently bought the rights of the book, said that when she read the book, she was highly entertained and thought it would be exciting to keep the genre of superhero films alive. While the film is to be directed by Karan Boolani (who had worked as an associate director for Aisha...

Barely had news broken out that Rhea Kapoor, producer of Aisha and Rajshree Ojha, director of Aisha were on bad terms as Kapoor wanted boyfriend and Assistant Director to the film Karan Boolani, to receive more responsibilities, that the director came out calling it all a bluff. In fact, the director believes all this is fabricated nonsense. While speaking to a leading publication she clarified, "I don't know where such news comes from. I am shocked. People should get their facts right. Such stupid stories make things tough for me. I want people to enjoy the movie. Period." She also added that she worked with Boolani much like she would with the rest of her ADs. "Karan was just a first Ad and I used to turn to him like I did to other ADs, which is a normal process in film production. The movie is my vision and it is my film,...

Reports are rife that Aisha's director Rajshree Ojha and producer Rhea Kapoor are at loggerheads as Rhea, who is known to be dating first assistant Karan Boolani since she worked with him on Wake Up Sid, was pushing her beau for bigger responsibilities. Boolani also shot a song at Rishikesh on Rhea's behest, despite Rajshree's presence on the sets.  But Rajshree clears the air, denying any such rift. "I don't know where such news comes from. I am shocked. People should get their facts right. Such stupid stories make things tough for me. I want people ...

Bollywood is well accustomed with Sonam Kapoor’s attitude and now another headache is her younger sister Rhea Kapoor, the producer of ‘Aisha’. Rhea is no way less than her older sister. She has made the life of the director of the film, ‘Aisha’ horrible. Rhea’s boyfriend Karan Boolani is playing as assistant to director Rajshri Ojha. But the younger Kapoor is so biased towards the director that she has sidelined him and giving more importance to Karan. She not only disagrees to Rajshri’s viewpoint but every time pushing her boyfriend forward so that he comes into the focus. Rajshri becomes minorit...

Just when you the filmi market is silent from the screams of controversy and rumors, a big one makes an appearance. And this time it is not the older Kapoor daughter making the news but rather the young daughter of Anil Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor, incidentally also producer of her sister's upcoming Emma's remake Aisha.

It seems that the director of Aisha, Rajshri Ojha, and Rhea never really saw eye to eye throughout the making of the film. Whilst sister Sonam Kapoor made it rather apparent on sets that she didn't agree with Rajshri's vision, Rhea made life as difficult for the director by constantly outshining her in attempts to give her boyfriend, Karan Boolani, an assistant director of the film, more limelight.

The two sisters made it obvious that Rajshri was the minority voice on the sets despite being the captain of the ship. Whilst Sonam's dislike for Rajshri's approach...