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Netflix and other streaming platforms were often hailed as safe havens for stories that would never see the light of day. More often than not, as we’ve seen in recent years, audiences have turned to content that not only challenges stereotypes, but also offers hard-hitting commentary on the mess of our times.
These seven Indian films, streaming on Netflix India, Amazon Prime Video and others, have only proven that there can be no shortage of interesting stories in a country where every lane is brimming with enough character, wisdom, diversity and spirit to last a lifetime.
7 Underrated Indian Movies of 2021 Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Zee5 and More
1. Nail polish — Zee5
A moving mix of high-action courtroom drama with Arjun Rampal’s measured performance and career-best Manav Kaul, the film showed us just how complicated the search for the truth can often be. There is the volatility of Kashmir, child trafficking and the harsh life in Indian prisons.
2. Milestone—Netflix
This indie darling premiered at the 77th Venice Film Festival to great acclaim. The story of a veteran truck driver who must face the possibility of losing his job, the film powerfully depicts the struggles in the lives of people living just miles from us.
3. Eeb Allay Ooo! —Netflix
Based in the heart of Delhi’s posh Lutyens district, the film isn’t necessarily about the people of central Delhi’s corridors of power. Through the story of a professional ape hunter, we are shown the apathy of the state and how poverty can be both sheltering and suffocating for those with ambition to scale its staggering heights. distant.
4. Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar — Amazon Prime Video
Possibly one of the best opening scenes of a mainstream Bollywood movie in recent times. In this starring Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra, director Dibakar Banerjee returns to familiar themes from his previous works: the burden of masculinity, the hypocrisy of men, and the fatal price women pay for often being caught between these two swings.
5. Kaagaz—Zee5
A powerful satire on the maze of Indian bureaucracy, this starring Pankaj Tripathi is the journey of a man declared dead by the government but who is actually alive. His efforts to prove his existence form the core of the film.
6. Irul—Netflix
A road trip gone wrong. A couple are left at the mercy of a stranger when their car breaks down in the middle of a deserted highway. Starring Fahad Faasil, this Netflix mystery thriller had all the ingredients for a hit.
7. Mister—Netflix
Bollywood’s treatment of Indian maids has often been superficial – they are either objects of lust for lustful men or just too one-dimensional cardboard characters. Director Rohena Gera humanizes the complex relationship that a domestic worker has with her employer. A sensitive dissection of the inevitable class boundaries that often stand in the way of any glimmer of hope in such equations.
