Netflix India has managed to capture the Indian OTT audience base with their web-series like Sacred Games (especially), Delhi Crime, and more recently, Bard of Blood. When it comes to Netflix Original Indian movies though, save to some extent for Lust Stories, none of the content has managed to turn out to as iconic as Sacred Games. There have been a couple of gems, though, like last year's Soni, while more and more filmmakers are using the platform to make content-driven films, that aren't star-focussed, to tell the stories that may or may not work at the box office. Bard of Blood Review: Strong Performances Drive Emraan Hashmi’s Predictable but Visually Appealing Netflix Series.
Airlift and Chef director Raja Krishna Menon is coming up with his new project for Netflix, Upstarts, in which he is involved as a creative producer. Directed by Udai Singh Pawar, the movie is about three friends and recent college graduates - played by Priyanshu Painyuli, Shadab Kamal and Chandrachoor Rai - who decides to venture into startups. After a few 'failures to launch', they finally zero in on the idea of having an Uber-like service for delivering medicines to people in urgent need or in remote locations. Ishaan Khatter, Sara Ali Khan, Dulquer Salmaan, Avinash Tiwary, Mrunal Thakur – 18 Breakthrough Performances of 2018 That Left Us in Awe!
The trailer, that has been recently revealed, shows the friends' troubles to get the initiative started, the challenges of bringing in investors and trying to expand the benefits. While their app does become a success, it also creates a split between the friends, over their goals.
Watch The Trailer of Upstarts Below:
Upstarts also stars Sheetal Thakur, Rajeev Siddhartha, Swati Semwal and Eijaaz Khan. The movie will stream on Netflix India from October 18. So how did you find the trailer? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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