From Gehraiyaan to Uncharted, What to Watch in February

After a dullish January, February is heating up on each OTT and in cinemas. Gehraiyaan — the romantic drama led by Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Ananya Panday — sweeps onto the shores of Amazon Prime Video February 11. On the identical day, Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar-starrer LGBTQ+ comedy Badhaai Do reaches cinemas throughout India. Per week previous to that, we have now three extra OTT releases. Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin lead the thriller Looop Lapeta out February 4 on Netflix. Over on SonyLIV, Rocket Boys provides us the story and rivalry of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh) and Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh). And Disney+ Hotstar presents The Great Indian Murder — led by Pratik Gandhi and Richa Chadha as two detectives.

Hold on, there’s extra. Madhuri Dixit Nene makes her streaming debut on Netflix with The Fame Game (beforehand Finding Anamika) — obtainable February 25 — a few Bollywood star who goes lacking. On the identical day over in cinemas, Alia Bhatt performs a brothel madame and a mafia don in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s subsequent film, Gangubai Kathiawadi. That leaves Bestseller, with Shruti Haasan and Mithun Chakraborty premiering February 18 on Amazon Prime Video. We’re additionally anticipating 83, the Ranveer Singh film about India’s 1983 World Cup success, on Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar in mid or late February following an eight-week theatrical window.

We’re not finished. Internationally, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg soar into the world of the acclaimed PlayStation online game franchise Uncharted. The Uncharted film drops February 18 in Indian cinemas in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Holland’s Spider-Man: No Way Home makes its technique to our houses — obtainable for digital buy or lease by way of video-on-demand — February 28 within the US; there is not any India date as but although. In the world of streaming, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns with its fourth season February 18 on Prime Video. The similar day on Mubi, the wonderful French film Petite Maman releases for Indian audiences. And per week afterward February 25, the world of Vikings expands with Vikings: Valhalla on Netflix.

There’s much more in February 2022 that is not detailed under. If you are on the lookout for new collection, Murderville has Annie Murphy, Conan O’Brien, Kumail Nanjiani, and Sharon Stone enjoying detective companions to Will Arnett — besides they weren’t given a script. It’s all improv. Murderville is out February 3 on Netflix. Amazon is rebooting Jack Reacher for TV with a man who’s a greater match for the character’s top within the books. Reacher premieres February 4 on Prime Video. Uma Thurman leads the thriller Suspicion, beginning February 4 on Apple TV+.

Shonda Rhimes delivers her first Netflix collection February 11 with Inventing Anna, the true story of a pretend lady. Apple TV+ additionally has the Adam Scott-led thriller Severance on February 18, the place work-life steadiness is achieved in a sci-fi trend. Fans of animation and the Cuphead recreation ought to hunt down The Cuphead Show!, additionally out February 18 however over on Netflix. And that leaves Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, the place Joseph Gordon-Levitt performs the highly-controversial former Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. Super Pumped begins February 28 on Voot Select.

If it is returning collection you are after, the Steve Carell-led Space Force is again for season 2 February 18 on Netflix. The superhero collection Raising Dion can be again for its second season February 1 on Netflix. And the ‘80s Los Angeles crack epidemic drama Snowfall returns for its fifth season, starting February 24 on Disney+ Hotstar.

For those that need extra motion pictures, Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson lead the rom-com Marry Me — timed for Valentine’s Day — releasing February 11 in cinemas. Marry Me can be streaming the identical day, however solely on Peacock within the US. (Yes, Peacock is a streaming service. No, I’m not making it up.) On the identical day February 11, Prime Video has its personal rom-com in I Want You Back, led by Charlie Day and Jenny Slate.

With that, here is our February 2022 information to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, SonyLIV, Mubi, and the cinemas.

The Great Indian Murder

When: February 4
Where: Disney+ Hotstar (India) / Hulu (USA)

After the playboy son (Jatin Goswami) of an influential politician is murdered on the celebration he is throwing to rejoice his acquittal in a homicide case, his enraged father (Ashutosh Rana) requires a CBI enquiry that pulls in detectives Suraj Yadav (Pratik Gandhi) and Sudha Bharadwaj (Richa Chadha). They dig deep into six principal suspects, who had been both invited or not invited to the aforementioned celebration.

The Great Indian Murder is predicated on the 2016 novel Six Suspects, penned by the retired Indian Foreign Service officer Vikas Swarup, greatest recognized for the e book that was made into the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire. Swarup based mostly Vicky’s character on Manu Sharma, the assassin of Jessica Lal. Tigmanshu Dhulia directs all episodes, Ajay Devgn is among the many producers.

All episodes of The Great Indian Murder will launch directly on Hulu and Disney+ Hotstar.

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Looop Lapeta

When: February 4
Where: Netflix

Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin (Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein) lead this Bollywood remake of Tom Tykwer’s 1998 German cult traditional Run Lola Run that follows Savi (Pannu) who wants Rs. 50 lakhs in 50 minutes to save lots of her loser gambler boyfriend Satya (Tahir Raj Bhasin) from a mobster. The money was his. After Savi fails, she discovers she’s caught in a time looop. (That’s a deliberate misspelling, see film title.)

Looop Lapeta marks the directorial function debut of Aakash Bhatia, who tailored Run Lola Run screenplay with Dr. Vinay Chhawal, Ketan Pedgaonkar, and Arnav Vepa Nanduri. Shreya Dhanwanthary, Rajendra Chawla, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Okay.C. Shankar, Manik Papneja, Raghav Raj Kakker, Sameer Kevin Roy, and Bhupesh Bandekar additionally star.

Rocket Boys

When: February 4
Where: SonyLIV

Centred on the respective fathers of India’s house and nuclear programmes, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh) and Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), this biopic drama charts their private {and professional} lives, and the way they clashed on using atomic power, particularly within the wake of the 1962 Sino-India War. The Rocket Boys trailer hints on the inclusion of a younger A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan), who served as President of India within the 2000s.

Regina Cassandra and Saba Azad play Sarabhai and Bhabha’s respective love pursuits, whereas Rajit Kapoor performs then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Namit Das, and Okay.C. Shankar even have roles. Rocket Boys has been created by Nikkhil Advani (Batla House), and written and directed by debutant Abhay Pannu who beforehand served as affiliate director on Mumbai Diaries 26/11.

All Rocket Boys episodes will launch directly on SonyLIV.

Badhaai Do

When: February 11
Where: Cinemas

Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar lead this religious sequel to the National Award-winner Badhaai Ho during which homosexual cop Shardul Thakur (Rao) and lesbian PT instructor Suman Singh (Pednekar) go for a lavender marriage to clean issues with their households who’re pressuring them to get married. Naturally, it solely results in extra mayhem.

Seema Pahwa, Sheeba Chaddha, Loveleen Mishra, Nitesh Pandey, Shashi Bhushan, Chum Darang, and Deepak Arora additionally star. Harshavardhan Kulkarni (Hunterrr) directs Badhaai Do off a script he co-wrote with Bengali documentarian Suman Adhikary and Badhaai Ho author Akshat Ghildial. Swapnil Sonawane (Sacred Games) is behind the digicam.

Gehraiyaan

When: February 11
Where: Amazon Prime Video

Nearly six years on from his final function movie, Kapoor & Sons writer-director Shakun Batra returns with a romantic drama that follows cousins Alisha Khanna (Deepika Padukone) and Tia Khanna (Ananya Panday), and their respective beaus, husband Karan Arora (Dhairya Karwa) and fiancé Zain (Siddhant Chaturvedi).

Unhappy with Karan and the course her life has taken, and presumably jealous of Tia’s skilled success, Alisha begins hooking up with Zain. Why is he doing it? The Gehraiyaan trailer does not trace at it onerous sufficient, besides to disclose that Zain bonds with Alisha over their hassle pasts. And he needs to be his personal man, having gone up the company ladder a lot faster after he began seeing Tia.

Naseeruddin Shah performs Alisha’s father, and Rajat Kapoor is Zain’s father. Batra wrote Gehraiyaan with Sumit Roy (Zubaan), Ayesha DeVitre (Kapoor & Sons), and composer Yash Sahai (Bogda). Karan Johar is among the many producers. Despite boasting massive Bollywood names, Gehraiyaan goes straight to streaming.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

When: February 18
Where: Amazon Prime Video

Over two years after it was final on air — 26 months and 12 days, to be exact — Amazon’s Emmy-winning comedy-drama returns for its fourth season. The clock has moved on a 12 months contained in the present too, bringing with it a brand new decade: 1960. Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) is adamant that she is going to take again what was hers, having been thrown out of her final tour, and lands a gig that provides her complete artistic freedom.

But that dedication to her craft naturally sends ripples throughout her household and mates, all of whom are coping with main adjustments. Her dad and mom Abe (Tony Shalhoub) and Rose (Marin Hinkle) now reside along with her in a flowery Upper West Side (New York) home she purchased, after the monetary worries of season 3. (Abe is now a theatre critic.) Meanwhile, Susie (Alex Borstein) harbours massive plans for her new company.

Kayli Carter has a recurring function on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4, whereas Kelly Bishop, Milo Ventimiglia, Reid Scott, Jason Ralph, John Waters, and Jason Alexander have visitor roles. Amazon is switching up the discharge format too to a weekly rollout, having had success with The Boys. Two episodes will premiere every Friday, for 4 weeks.

Rachel Brosnahan as Midge in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4
Photo Credit: Amazon

Petite Maman

When: February 18
Where: Mubi

Struggling with the dying of her maternal grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) strikes into her mom’s childhood dwelling till they clear it of the grandmother’s belongings, and makes a brand new buddy (Gabrielle Sanz) of her age who has quite a bit in widespread with Nelly’s mom (Nina Meurisse). That kickstarts a (lo-fi) sci-fi fantasy journey, one the place the previous and future are interlinked.

Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) writes and directs what was one in every of my favorite movies from final 12 months. Petite Maman obtainable now on streaming in India (by way of Mubi) following a premiere on the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, and theatrical launch internationally.

Uncharted

When: February 18
Where: Cinemas

From comics to video games. Spider-Man star Tom Holland is getting into the boots of younger fortune hunter Nathan Drake on this long-in-the-works adaptation of the PlayStation online game collection of the identical identify. It was caught in improvement hell for thus lengthy that co-star Mark Wahlberg has aged out of the function — and is now enjoying Drake’s mentor and father-figure Sully.

Holland’s age has modified the film too. Rather than comply with Drake from the primary recreation, Uncharted follows a Nathan earlier than the primary recreation Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, whereas borrowing parts from the fourth recreation Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (that not too long ago obtained a remastered launch in time for the movie’s launch).

Sophia Ali performs fellow fortune hunter and Drake’s love curiosity Chloe Frazer, who was the protagonist of the India-set spin-off recreation Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. This additionally means ought to Uncharted change into a profitable collection for Sony Pictures, we could be in for a spin-off film sooner or later. Antonio Banderas performs the villain.

Ruben Fleischer (Venom, Zombieland) directs Uncharted, off a screenplay by The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins, and Men in Black: International writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. Chung Chung-hoon (The Handmaiden) lends his cinematographical skills. Composer Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones) adapts Greg Edmonson and Henry Jackman’s Uncharted rating.

Uncharted obtainable in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and English in Indian cinemas.

The Fame Game

When: February 25
Where: Netflix

Madhuri Dixit Nene stars on this suspenseful household drama a few world celebrity, spouse, and mother who vanishes with no hint. As police and family members seek for solutions to her disappearance, her completely crafted facade is stripped away, revealing hidden truths and painful lies within the lifetime of an iconic actress.

Sanjay Kapoor, Manav Kaul, Lakshvir Saran, Suhasini Muley, and Muskkaan Jaferi additionally star. Previously referred to as Finding Anamika, The Fame Game comes from Baar Baar Dekho author Sri Rao. Karan Johar is among the many producers, his second challenge in February following Gehraiyaan. Bejoy Nambiar (Taish) and Karishma Kohli (Mentalhood) direct.

All episodes of The Fame Game will launch directly on Netflix.

Gangubai Kathiawadi

When: February 25
Where: Cinemas

The newest movie from Sanjay Leela Bhansali is his first since 2013 to not be set previous to the nineteenth century. Though even this one is about within the Sixties, it does nonetheless imply a unique century. Oh properly. In it, Alia Bhatt performs the titular younger woman who rose from her humble Kathiawad origins — that is in Gujarat — to develop into a brothel madame and mafia don in Bombay’s red-light district Kamathipura after she was offered into prostitution.

Adapted from a chapter of the 2011 non-fiction Mafia Queens of Mumbai, penned by veteran crime creator S. Hussain Zaidi (whose earlier books have been became the Anurag Kashyap movie Black Friday, the Netflix thriller Class of ’83, collection Bard of Blood, and the John Abraham-led Shootout at Wadala). Shantanu Maheshwari, Vijay Raaz, Seema Pahwa, Indira Tiwari, and Varun Kapoor additionally star. Ajay Devgn, Huma Qureshi, and Emraan Hashmi have cameos.

Delayed a number of occasions because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gangubai Kathiawadi now set for a late February launch in cinemas. Premieres at Berlinale Special Gala as a part of the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival.

Vikings: Valhalla

When: February 25
Where: Netflix

Having seen a lot success with Canadian channel History’s authentic collection, Netflix has determined to dive again into the world of Vikings with this sequel that’s set a century after the occasions of Vikings‘ sixth and closing season. It will comply with the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin), Norse explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), and Norway king Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter).

Bradley Freegard (as King Canute “the Great”), Caroline Henderson (as Jarl Haakon), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (as Olaf “the Holy” Haraldsson), David Oakes (as Earl Godwin), Pollyanna McIntosh (as Queen Ælfgifu of Denmark), Louis Davison (as Prince Edmund), and Bosco Hogan (as Æthelred the Unready) are a part of the Vikings: Valhalla ensemble. Vikings creator Michael Hirst, and Die Hard author Jeb Stuart are behind the sequel collection.

Directors on Vikings: Valhalla embody BAFTA-winning Danish director Niels Arden Oplev (2009’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Vikings veteran Steve Saint Leger, and Hannah Quinn (Fate: The Winx Saga). Netflix is locked in for a 24-episode dedication, which ought to assure not less than a two-season run.

All episodes of Vikings: Valhalla season 1 to drop collectively on Netflix.