Netflix Unveils Star-Studded 2024 India Slate
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Netflix has unveiled an eclectic, star-studded India slate for 2024. New films on the slate include comedy “Wild Wild Punjab” from producers Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg and director Simarpreet Singh, where a group of drunk boys decide to avenge a friend’s breakup by crashing his ex’s wedding and achieve closure.
Varun Sharma, Sunny Singh, Manjot Singh, Jassie Gill Patralekhaa and Ishita Raj star. Neeraj Pandey’s heist thriller “Sikandar Ka Muqaddar” spans 18 years and will be shot across multiple locations in India and internationally.
New scripted series include Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava’s thriller “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.” On Dec. 24, 1999, Indian Airlines flight IC 814, en route from Kathmandu to New Delhi, was hijacked and taken to Kandahar in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The series tells the story of the hijack that lasted seven days. The massive cast includes Vijay Verma, Patralekhaa, Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Arvind Swami and Dia Mirza.
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