Vikramaditya Motwane

When a sexual transgression is inflicted upon a pubescent boy at the hands of an older teenage male, the two silently ricochet between anger and longing, fear and denial while on a beach vacation with their families.

It's 2024, and a mutated virus is turning Mumbai into a death zone. Meanwhile, four friends try to find each other and get to the last train to escape the city.

Barkha—a young smalltown woman—tries to make it as a dancer in Mumbai, but pays a heavy price for the freedom offered by the big city to experiment with her own sexuality.

After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.

Prior to fighting for her country, Kirnay, a withdrawn boxer must fight the battle for her freedom.

Prahastha, a lonely astronaut, works in a spaceship. Every morning, his spaceship comes close to Earth and Cargos are delivered at the arrival bay. These Cargos are people who have just died on Earth and we learn that Prahastha works for Post Death Transition Services — a large, pioneering, bureaucratic company that stores, transitions, and recycles dead people for rebirth. Today, after many years, a young, popular astronaut — Yuvishka, trained in cutting edge technology, will join the spaceship as his assistant.

VICE met up with the directors of Sacred Games, Netflix's first foray into originals in India. Veterans Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane explain their process to us.

A female frisking booth inside a crowded mall stands as a silent ally to a forbidden romance.

Sameera (35), upper middle class, successful photographer, is happily married to her husband Vikram (37), who is comatose. She seems very accustomed and normal in her circumstance. They live their lives happily like any other married couple. But all is not rosy as she slowly feels pressure from friends as well as her own desires that sometimes pull at her.

A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.

A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.

A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.

A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.

A low caste boxer trains at a gym controlled by a local Don. Shravan falls for Mishra's niece. The Don does not approve of this match. Shravan strives to win Sunaina's hand in marriage and become a successful boxer while trying to avoid retaliation from the Don.

A comic-caper, that tells the story of 3 morons trying to rob a bank who pick the worst day possible when everything that can go wrong, goes wrong and how they're inadvertently caught in the crossfire.

A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.

A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.

A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.

A driver named Raju embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing lives of 3 people due to a controversial hit and run accident.

A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.

Jagjinder Joginder, a wedding planner, brings together the dysfunctional family of businessman Bipin Arora while making arrangements for Bipin's daughter's destination wedding in London.

Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence.

An ordinary bachelor pursues girls like a hunter, but not with the intention of settling down in life.

Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.

A short film exploring two stories about love, loss and reunion set inside a café in Kolkata, India.

Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.

On the eve of Nikhil and Karishma’s engagement, Karishma’s wealthy father, Devesh Solanki, expresses his disapproval, believing Nikhil to be a lackadaisical young man. With one week to prove himself worthy to marry Karishma, Nikhil and Karishma's sister, Meeta, grow closer to each other.

The movie features Raju Rai, a young Indian boy living in Mumbai, India. Raju's mentor, the scientist Dr. Singh, develops a technological suit that weaponizes all the Chakras in the body. Raju uses its powers to be a superhero and vows to use the suit to protect and serve Mumbai as he battles super-villains. The Invincible fights new enemies and makes a new mysterious friend Mighty Girl. But, who exactly is Mighty Girl, where did she came from and how is she going to change Chakra’s life?

The movie features Raju Rai, a young Indian boy living in Mumbai, India. Raju's mentor, the scientist Dr. Singh, develops a technological suit that weaponizes all the Chakras in the body. Raju uses its powers to be a superhero and vows to use the suit to protect and serve Mumbai as he battles super-villains. The Invincible fights new enemies and makes a new mysterious friend Mighty Girl. But, who exactly is Mighty Girl, where did she came from and how is she going to change Chakra’s life?

A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.

In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?

In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?

Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.

Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.

Because they come from different castes, the son of a tax collector and his true love are not allowed to marry, sending them down divergent paths.

A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.