Indian stars Sunny Deol and Randeep Hooda star in the Hindi film ‘Jaat’ which has charted Netflix … More
Months after scoring big on the box office, Indian star Sunny Deol’s new film Jaat is now impressing fans online. The Hindi film has made it to the weekly list of Netflix global top 10 for the third consecutive week.
Netflix Global Top 10: Jaat Crosses 1 million views in its third week
Jaat registered more than a million views on Netflix in its third week on the platform. Telugu filmmaker Gopichand Malineni makes his Bollywood debut with the film which hit theatres in April. It has managed to stay on the weekly global list of most-watched non-English films on Netflix ever since it landed online earlier this month.
Netflix global top 10: Jaat
In its third week on Netflix, Jaat recorded 1.5 million views and 3.7 million watch hours. The Sunny Deol-Randeep Hooda film was also the most-watched film in three countries including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Jaat ranked among top 10 most-watched movies in 11 countries for the week ending June 22.
Last week, Gopichand Malineni’s film was the most-watched film on Netflix this week in four countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malayasia. It also ranked among top ten most-watched films in 23 countries across the globe.
Jaat was the most-watched film in seven countries across the globe on Netflix when it debuted online on June 5. These included India, Mauritius, Bahrain, Maldives, Oman, UAE and Pakistan. The film also ranked among the top ten most-watched movies in 17 countries on the platform.
Malineni’s Jaat is about an eccentric and brave Indian man – the titular Jaat being played by Deol – and his chance encounter with a Sri Lankan immigrant (Randeep Hooda). The filmmaker makes the best use of typical corrupt politicians, immoral cops and ruthless women braving their way in an unjust society. Malineni creates the stereotypical populist cinema that hails from an action-filled world and uses the backdrop of the Indian hinterlands. Vineet Kumar Singh (Chhaava) plays one of the main antagonists in the film which also features Makarand Deshpande, Zarina Wahab, Saiyyami Kher, and Regina Cassandra.
Jaat first released in theatres in April during the Indian festival of Baisakhi – a harvest festival mainly celebrated in and around the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. The release date was deliberately chosen as both Deol and Hooda are huge stars in these regions and have a separate fan-following, thanks to their image of being rooted to the villages.
The producers of Jaat, Mythri Movie Makes, have already confirmed that a sequel to Jaat is already in the works. Sunny Deol will return in the second film that will be directed by Gopichand Malineni.
Netflix top 10: Rana Naidu season 2
The latest Netflix India original – Rana Naidu season 2 – failed to impress global audiences in two weeks but has managed to stay on top of most-watched shows in India. Headlined by Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh Daggubati, the show landed on Netflix on June 3 and has retained the first slot on Netflix’s list of most-watched shows in India for the past two weeks.
Last week, Rana Naidu season 2 was India’s most-watched show and it also ranked among the top ten shows in nine countries across the globe. The first season of the show also made it to the latest weekly list and secured the fifth spot when the second season debuted online. The show is created by Karan Anshuman and features Sushant Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Gaurav Choprra, Arjun Rampal, Kriti Kharbanda, Surveen Chawla, and Dino Morea.
