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7 Indian films and series to watch in August 2021

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Directed byAanandLRai (Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu), this filmstars Dhanush,Akshay Kumar andSaraAli Khan in adouble role.Itmarksthe secondcollaboration between Rai, Dhanush and music producerAR Rahman after Raanjhanaa in 2013. Themusical drama willalso feature asong performed byDhanush, who many willrecogniseas I the singerof Why This KolaveriDi in 2011.

AtrangiRehits cinemas on 6 August.

NAVARASA (Netflix)

Inspired bytheconcept of Navarasas(nineemotions evoked byartforms), thisTamil anthologyseries features nine stand-aloneepisodes on each emotion: fear, anger, laughter, compassion, valour, wonder, peace, disgustand romance. Navarasa isdirected by Mani Ratnam and features an ensemble castincluding Siddharth,Suriya, Poorna, Gautham VasudevMenon, and Revathi.

It'sall setto release on 6 August.

BHUJ: THE PRIDE OF INDIA (Disney+Hotstar)

SetduringtheInda-PakistanWarof 1971,this film portraysthelifeofIAFSquadronLeader Vijay I Karnik.Itsharesthe real-lifestoryof300women fromthelocalvillageof Madhapur, whohelped KarnikreconstructtheIAFairbasefromscratch.It's believedtohaveoneofthe pivotalmomentsthat helpedIndia winthe war.AjayDevgnportraysKarnik,

I joined bybignameslikeSanjayDutt,Sonakshi Sinha,Sharad Kelkarand Nora Fatehi.

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SHERSHAAH (Amazon Prime)

ReleasingjustintimeforIndianIndependence Day, this film is aboutthe life of Param Vir Chakra awardee and armycaptain Vikram Batra, a warhero fromthe 1999 Kargil War.Siddharth Malhotra essaysa double role inthis one, portraying both Batra and histwin brother Vishal.The biopicisdirected byTamil cinema's Vishnuvardhan in hisHindi film debut and co-produced by Karan Johar. The film gainsits name Shershaah (lion king) fromthecode name believedtohave been used bythe Pakistani armyforBatra.

Shershaah releases on 12 August.

COMEDY PREMIUM LEAGUE (Netflix)

I Shu}: The Pride ofIndiareleases on 13 August.

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Inthis fast-pacedthriller film, Officer Nikhil (Manoj Bajpayee) receivesathreateningcall one nightthat beginsthe longest, life-changingnightof his life.Will he be able tostopthe mysteriouscaller beforeit'stoo late? Directed byRensilD'Silva, who previouslydirected Kurbaan in 2009, Dial 100 alsostarsNeena Gupta and Sakshi Tanwarinsupportingroles.

I The film premieres on 6 August.

(Disney+Hotstar)

Inthisfilmtargeted atayoungerdemographic,Abhay Deoltakes on his first'dad' role, playingthe father ofa 15-year-old daughter. HisdaughterRhea Kumar (Avantika Vandanapu) aspiresto bea DJ, while exploringher identityasayoungIndian-American.Will she be abletoconvince her father of herdream?Spin isalso directed byManjariMakijany, who recently directed Netflix'sSkaterGirl.

Spin drops on Disney+Hotstar on 15 August.

Spotted anyofyourfavourite Indiancomediansyet?Inthis weeklyseries,someofthe country's mostpopular faces unite for somestand-up andsketch comedy. They'redividedinto fourteams:theLovableLangoors (AmitTandon, Rytasha Rathore,AadarMalik,SamayRaina), Naazuk Nevle (Mallika Dua,UroojAshfaq, Rahul Dua, and Rahul Subramanian), IDGAFIguanas(SumukhiSuresh, RohanJoshi,SumairaShaikh, andTanmayBhat)andGhareluGilaharis (Kenny Sebastian, KaneezSurka,Aakash Gupta, PrashastiSingh)and hosted bynone otherthan Prajakta Kohli (whowaslast seen in Netflix's romcomseriesMismatched). Could we askfor anymore? Comedy Premium League begins on 20 August.

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