This guide is for new Indian movies and TV shows across cinemas and streaming services in Dubai this week. We have a similar list of new English movies and TV series if you prefer that.

Crew

Hindi | Comedy | Rating: PG15

Crew is a heist comedy film that follows three whacky women working as cabin crew for the quaintly named Kohinoor Airlines. Their financially challenged lives get entwined with a gold smuggling gang. And what follows is funny and suspenseful. Tabu, Kareena Kapoor and Kriti Sanon headline the cast. It also features Kapil Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, 

Rajesh Sharma and Saswata Chatterjee are among the others. The film is directed by Rajesh Krishnan, with a screenplay by Nidhi Mehra and Mehul Suri. It’s produced by Ekta Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, and Digvijay Purohit.

The Goat Life (Aadujeevitham)

Malayalam | Adventure | Rating: 15+

The film poignantly portrays the struggle and survival of migrant workers from India in the Middle East. Directed by Blessy, it is said to be an adaptation of Benyamin’s 2008 best-selling novel Aadujeevitham. It is based on the life of a Malayali immigrant labourer who finds himself forced into slavery as a goatherd on a secluded farm in Saudi Arabia. Prithviraj Sukumaran headlines the film. It is one of his prestigious projects. Amala Paul, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Shobha Mohan, KR Gokul, Talib Al Balushi, Rik Aby and Nazer Karutheni are in the cast. The film has music by A R Rahman.

Secret Home

Malayalam | Crime | Rating: 15+

Secret Home marks the directorial debut of Abhayakumar K.  He previously co-wrote scripts for films like Punyalan Agarbattis, Chathur Mukham, Priyan Ottathilanu, and Kunjamminis Hospital. This crime procedural and suspense story stars Chandunadh, Aparna Das, Sshivada, and Anu Mohan in the lead roles. The film follows their four characters as their lives get connected to a crime involving a mansion with secrets.

Tillu Square

Telugu | Comedy | Rating: UA

Tillu Square is the official sequel to the sleeper hit DJ Tillu (2022).  The male lead, Siddu Jonnalagadda, reprises the titular role, while the rest of the cast has changed. Anupama Parameswaran is the female lead. This Malayalam actress is presented in a glamour avatar in this film. She plays a character named Lilly. Naruda Donaruda (2016) and Adbhutham (2021)-fame filmmaker Mallik Ram has taken on the director’s mantle, replacing Vimal Krishna, who helmed the original.

Yuva

Kannada | Action | Rating: 15+

Yuva, son of actor Raghavendra Rajkumar and nephew of superstars Shivarajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar, makes his debut through Yuva. The movie promises to be a typical action-filled masala entertainer with songs and emotions. The cast members are Sapthami Gowda, Achyuth Kumar, Sudharani and Kishore. The film is directed by Santhosh Aananddram and produced by Hombale Films of the KGF franchise and Kantara fame. This is Santhosh’s third project with Hombale Films, after Rajakumara, Yuvarathnaa and Raghavendra Stores.

The Great Indian Kapil Show

Hindi | Comedy | Rating: U

India’s popular small-screen comedian Kapil Sharma is coming with The Great Indian Kapil Show. This time, his address is on Netflix. According to the streamer, a new episode will be out every Saturday at 8.00 p.m. and explore some top celebrities’ unseen side. Kapil Sharma is joining his gang of friends Sunil Grover, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Rajiv Thakur and Archana Puran Singh. Among the guests to appear in the show are Aamir Khan, the Kapoor family (Ranbir, Riddhima and Neetu Kapoor), master storyteller Imtiaz Ali, Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra. Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and batsman Shreyas Iyer are also on the guest list.

Patna Shukla

Hindi | Legal Drama | Rating: U

This legal drama is centred on the infamous roll numbers on the mark sheet scam that rocked the whole nation a few years ago. Yesteryear star Raveena Tandon plays an everyday woman who takes up the cause in the court to save an unwary youngster. The narrative delves deep into the roll number scam that threatened the future of thousands of students. Challenging the status quo, the lawyer has to fight against all odds to expose the truth. Produced by Arbaaz Khan and directed by Vivek Budakoti, the courtroom story has in its cast Anushka Kaushik, Manav Vij, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Jatin Goswami, and the late  Satish Kaushik, among others.

The series will be available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar from March 29 onwards.

Inspector Rishi

Tamil | Cop Story | Rating: U

After interesting web series like Suzhal: The Vortex and Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie, Amazon Prime Video is back with another Tamil cop series. The 10-episode show Inspector Rishi is slotted as a cop cum horror story. The cop must solve a set of peculiar murders entwined with supernatural occurrences. The series was created by Nandhini JS, who earlier created the horror graphic novel Sivappu Kal Mookuthi and the vampire comedy series Nila Nila Odi Vaa. The series will feature Naveen Chandra as the lead. Besides him, the series will also feature actors, including Sunainaa, Kanna Ravi, Malini Jeevarathnam, Srikrishna Dayal, and Kumaravel.

Lover

Tamil | Romance | Rating: UA

Actor Manikandan, whose previous movie Good Night was among the best films last year, has teamed up with the same production house for Lover. Produced by Nazareth Pasilian, Magesh Raj Pasilian and Yuvaraj Ganesan under the banners Million Dollar Studios and MRP Entertainment, Lover is helmed by Prabhuram Vyas, who is known for directing the web series LIVIN. The film also stars Modern Love Chennai-fame Gouri Priya Reddy and Kanna Ravi in prominent roles. The story is about a young couple and their relationship hit by anger and emotional issues. The film had a good run in the theatres.

The series will be available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar from March 27 onwards.

Premalu

Malyalam | Comedy | Rating: 18+

It is not a confirmed release; we should make it clear immediately. Among the biggest hits in Malayalam in this season of hits, Premalu is a bubbly rom-com with a love triangle story that happens in Hyderabad. Girish A D, who had earlier helmed similar fun-filled youth subjects like Super Sharanya and Thanneer Mathan Dinangal, explored contemporary relationship dynamics in his typical style again. Young actors Naslen and Mamitha Baiju lead the cast.  Mohan, Shyam, Althaf Salim, Akhila Bhargavan, Sangeeth Prathap and Meenakshi Raveendran are also part of the supporting cast. Mathew Thomas also plays a cameo. Premalu’s success also ensured that the film was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and released in theatres.

The series will be available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar from March 29 onwards.

Lal Salaam

Tamil | Action | Rating: U

This is not a Rajinikanth movie. He is not the hero but plays a powerful cameo. Rajinikanth plays Moideen Bhai,  a powerful man looking to keep peace between communities. Vishnu Vishal plays the lead role of a struggling cricketer. Lal Salaam boasts of an intriguing cast. Kapil Dev has a small role to play. Jeevitha Rajashekar plays Moideen’s sister, and Nirosha plays his wife. The film stars Vikranth, Senthil, Thambi Ramaiah, Ananthika Sanilkumar, Vivek Prasanna, and Thangadurai. Aishwarya, Rajni’s daughter, has directed this venture. AR Rahman has scored the music. And his use of AI to re-create the voices of two dead singers triggered a controversy. The film did not do well at the box office. Again, this is not a confirmed release on streamers. But reports are doing the rounds.

The series will be available to stream on Netflix from March 29 onwards.


Balakumar Kuppuswamy
Balakumar Kuppuswamy

An engineer-turned-journalist, K Balakumar’s career began in print publications as a sports writer. That also opened doors for other journalistic avenues like films, music, finance, technology and politics, which nobody can escape in India. After 30 yrs in mainstream journalism, now a freelancer for various digital publications.

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