Netflix India's Vice-President (Content) Monika Shergill has said that five Indian titles have featured on Netflix's global top 10 lists so far this year. Viewership of Indian films on the streaming service has gone up by 50 per cent from last year, reports 'Variety'.

Netflix India's Vice-President (Content) Monika Shergill has said five Indian titles have featured on Netflix's global top 10 lists so far this year. Viewership of Indian films on the streaming service has gone up by 50 per cent from last year, reports 'Variety'.

Hits for the service include Alia Bhatt's 'Gangubai Kathiyawadi', pan-India blockbuster 'RRR' and 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', starring Kartik Aaryan and Tabu.

Shergill also pointed out in an interview with 'Variety', coinciding with the streamer's ‘Films Day’ on Monday, that Indian movies featured in the Netflix non-English charts for 31 of the last 34 weeks.

Another hit film has been the Alia Bhatt starrer  'Darlings', whose story revolving around domestic abuse, debuted as the biggest non-English language original film opener for the service worldwide. The movie, co-produced by Alia with Red Chillies Entertainment, also featured powerful performances by Shefali Shah and Vijay Verma.