Series and movies from India clocked over 1 billion views on Netflix in 2023, the streaming service said on Friday in its second engagement report.
The report, titled “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report”, presented the streaming service’s viewership data for the period of July to December 2023.
Subscribers across the world watched about 90 billion hours of content on Netflix in the second half of 2023.
From India, Sujoy Ghosh’s “Jaane Jaan” was the most watched movie on Netflix with 20.2 million views, followed by Shah Rukh Khan’s “Jawan” with 16.2 million views and Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Khufiya” with 12.1 million views.
The other popular titles include “OMG 2” (11.5 million views), “Lust Stories 2” (9.2 million views), “Dream Girl 2” (8.2 million views) and true-crime documentary “Curry & Cyanide” (8.2 million views).
From the series that were launched on Netflix, “The Railway Men”, starring Kay Kay Menon, Babil Khan and Divyenndu, turned out to be the top title.
The series, se..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations by the INDIA bloc which he accused of “enslavement” and performing “mujra” for Muslim vote bank.
PM Modi launched the blistering attack at a rally in the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency, about 40 kms from Patna, where he also blamed parties like RJD and Congress for SCs, STs and OBCs “being deprived of quotas” in minority institutions.
“Bihar is the land which has given a new direction to the fight for social justice. I wish to declare on its soil that I will foil the plans of INDIA bloc to rob SCs, STs and OBCs of their rights and divert these to Muslims. They may remain enslaved and perform ‘mujra’ to please their vote bank”, said the PM.
He also alleged that the opposition alliance was banking on the support of those who were indulging in “vote jihad” and referred to the Calcutta High Court order that struck down the West Bengal government’s decision to include a..

A California woman was fined more than $88,000 (Rs 73,16,438) after her children collected 72 clams that they wrongly thought were just seashells. Charlotte Russ took her kids on a trip to Pismo Beach, which is known as the “Clam Capital of the World,” and mistakenly let the youngsters the molluscs, according to ABC News.
Her children collected rows of clams, but they learned an expensive lesson: clamming has regulations.
The Fresno resident was left stunned when she was confronted by an official from the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife and informed that her five children were collecting clams without a license.
“My kids thought they were collecting seashells, but they were actually collecting clams-72, to be exact,” Fresno resident Charlotte Russ toldABC30.
“Right before we went, that’s when I opened it, and that’s when I saw the amount. It made me really sad and depressed, and it kind of ruined our trip,” said Russ.
What is the reason for imposing this fine?
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The Pune crash, where two techies were killed after being hit by a Porsche, has gripped the entire nation with the police investigation unveiling a new twist every day. Pune Police today revealed that the family of the 17-year-old who was allegedly driving the car made efforts to pin the blame on a driver.
Two engineers — Ashwini Kostha and Anish Awadhiya — were on the bike when the Porsche, being driven at 200 km per hour, hit their bike from behind. The two died on the spot. Police have said the 17-year-old accused, son of a prominent Pune realtor, was heavily drunk at the time of the accident.
Minutes after the accident, the teen’s father called the driver and offered him a reward in lieu of a cash reward. They asked the driver to switch places with the boy and tell the police that he was driving the car.
When the driver turned down the offer, they tried to threaten him into accepting that he was behind the wheel when the accident took place, police said.
“The teen’s family driver..

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again in the spotlight, this time over allegations of ketamine use and a reported affair with Nicole Shanahan, a lawyer and ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In 2021, the Tesla CEO was at a party with Ms Shanahan and they both took ketamine together, The New York Times reported after claiming to confirm this information through eight different sources and documents.
According to the report, Ms Shanahan, who is also the potential running mate of Republic Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an independent candidate for the US Presidential polls, hosted a birthday party in New York in 2021, where Mr Musk, a longtime friend of Mr Brin, was also present.
Later, that same year, Mr Musk and Ms Shanahan crossed paths again at a private party in Miami hosted by Mr Musk’s brother. At the gathering, the SpaceX founder and Ms Shanahan allegedly took ketamine together and disappeared for several hours, four people from the event confirmed to the NYT.
Three sources told the le..

The Election Commission today responded to Trinamool Congress’s allegation that EVMs “with BJP tags” were used in Bankura district.
Smt. @MamataOfficial has repeatedly flagged how @BJP4India was trying to rig votes by tampering with EVMs.
And today, in Bankura’s Raghunathpur, 5 EVMs were found with BJP tags on them.@ECISVEEP should immediately look into it and take corrective action! pic.twitter.com/aJwIotHAbX

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 25, 2024Sharing two pictures of EVMs with paper tags with BJP written on them, the Mamata Banerjee-led party posted on X, “Smt. @MamataOfficial has repeatedly flagged how @BJP4India was trying to rig votes by tampering with EVMs. And today, in Bankura’s Raghunathpur, 5 EVMs were found with BJP tags on them.”
“@ECISVEEP should immediately look into it and take corrective action,” the post added.
(2/1) While commissioning, common address tags were signed by the Candidates and their agents present. And since only BJP Candidate’s re..

Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2024 journey came to a heartbreaking end after they lost against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and got knocked out of the tournament. After the elimination of CSK, one question which came in everyone’s mind was about the future of MS Dhoni. The 42-year-old wicketkeeper-batter, who was already battling a knee injury during the season, was speculated to call time on his career if CSK would have won the IPL 2024 title in Chennai. However, RCB spilled water on Dhoni’s dream farewell and currently there’s no confirmation regarding his future.
As CSK’s journey has been ended, Dhoni is now taking some time off from cricket. Recently, the former CSK skipper boarded a economy class flight from Bengaluru to Ranchi, leaving his co-passengers awestruck.
In a video going viral of X, Dhoni was seen putting his luggage in the overhead compartment and then taking his seat. The co-passengers captured those moments in their phones and then gave a round of applause to Dhoni.
Rece..

A man was injured in a fight between two groups in Karnataka’s coastal town Udupi. A video of the incident that happened on May 18 night went viral on social media today.
Six people were involved in the fight. The police said two of them have been arrested, while four are on the run.
The fight broke out over a financial dispute, the police said.
A mobile video taken by the resident of a high-rise near the road where the fight happened showed two Maruti Swift cars involved in the incident.
One of the cars reversed in speed and hit the other on the bonnet. Black smoke came out. Soon, men from the two cars got out and hit each other. During the fight, one of the cars rammed a man holding a stick. The impact threw him to the ground, where he lay injured.
A Karnataka doctor posted the video on X.
“Very bad state of affairs. Gang war in Udupi. Incident happened recently late night, two groups fought on Udupi-Manipal highway near Kunjibettu. Where is the younger generation heading? Stringent ..