Netflix has a varied mix of movies and shows trending this week, with crime thrillers, family dramas, romance, comedy and emotional stories all finding viewers. From Shaque: Trust No One and Baby Do Die Do to Gandhari and Lust Stories 3, here are 10 popular titles you can stream right now.
Trending Movies & Shows on Netflix This Week (Sep 25)
1. Irumudi
Plantain farmer Trinadh Rama Kasu’s peaceful life with his school-going daughter Manikanta is shattered by a series of mysterious deaths involving girls from their village. After Manikanta discovers an important clue but dies before revealing everything, her grieving father begins searching for those responsible. His pursuit of justice unfolds alongside his Ayyappa Deeksha, giving the story a strong emotional and spiritual layer.
2. Shaque: Trust No One
A mother has spent nine years searching for answers after her newborn daughter vanished from a hospital. When new photographs appear to suggest that the missing girl may still be alive, the old mystery suddenly returns and makes her suspicious of people she once trusted. Parineeti Chopra leads this tense story about a mother determined to discover what really happened.
3. Lust Stories 3
The third chapter of Netflix’s anthology brings together four different stories about relationships, attraction and intimacy in modern India. Directors Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj each explore love and desire from a different angle. The ensemble includes Radhika Apte, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditi Rao Hydari, Vijay Varma, Ali Fazal and several other familiar faces.
4. Baby Do Die Do
Baby Karmakar secretly works as a highly trained contract killer in Mumbai while carrying the trauma of losing her twin sister during childhood. Her dangerous life becomes even harder to manage when she falls for her gentle neighbour Siddhu and DCP Anjum Khan begins closing in on her. Huma Qureshi leads this action thriller about a woman trying to escape a violent world that refuses to let her leave.
5. Zakir Khan: Papa Yaar
Zakir Khan turns his attention to one of his most personal relationships in this stand-up special centred on his father. He looks back at the childhood years when he saw his father mainly as an authority figure and contrasts them with the understanding that arrived as he grew older. The special uses his familiar storytelling style to explore family, memories and the lessons passed between father and son.
6. Chumbak
Five families living close together in an old Mumbai row-house slowly become much more than ordinary neighbours. Their marriages, parenting problems, celebrations, disagreements and worries about ageing keep bringing their lives together. Through all the everyday chaos, they gradually create a warm extended family of their own.
7. Vishwanath & Sons
Sanjay Vishwanath has built a successful and carefully controlled life, but family responsibilities and an unexpected relationship begin changing his plans. His connection with the much younger Maddy develops into something complicated, while circumstances repeatedly prevent their relationship from taking a simple path. Years later, another meeting forces them to reconsider what their future could look like.
8. Gandhari
Bani loses her eyesight while trying to protect her daughter from a human trafficking network aboard a train. Refusing to let blindness end her search, she trains herself to navigate the world differently before entering the dangerous criminal network connected to her daughter. Taapsee Pannu leads this revenge thriller driven by a mother’s grief, anger and determination.
9. Operation Safed Sagar
Inspired by the Indian Air Force’s role during the 1999 Kargil War, this military drama follows members of the Golden Arrows Squadron during an extremely difficult high-altitude operation. Young fighter pilots are pushed into a mission where duty and courage come with serious personal risks. Siddharth, Jimmy Shergill and Abhay Verma lead the story.
10. Best of the Best
Childhood friends Maya and Anjali arrive at UCLA and join the university’s competitive Bollywood-fusion dance team. Their dream of reaching the US national championship quickly becomes tougher as intense competition and team pressure begin testing them. Hasan Minhaj plays the demanding coach pushing the dancers towards the big contest.
Whether you want suspense, action, romance, comedy or an emotional drama, these popular Netflix movies and shows give you plenty of options this week.
