Dhruv Tripathi’s first feature as director, Reporting Live, has found an audience far beyond India. According to independent viewing tracker Flix Point, the film is No. 6 among movies worldwide on Netflix and the No. 2 movie in India on the platform. It has also appeared in the tracker’s Global Top 10 across OTT services, a sign that the drama is reaching viewers in multiple markets.
What the film is about
The journalism drama follows the pursuit of truth, with its characters facing risk and pressure while asking hard questions of powerful forces. Parineeti Chopra leads an ensemble that includes Deven Bhojani, Adil Hussain, Amol Palekar and Shekhar Suman.
Set around breaking news, tight deadlines and the constant search for stories, Reporting Live is built for viewers who like newsroom tension and the moral weight of deciding what gets published. The subject is Hindi cinema at its most topical: journalism, power and the cost of bringing a story to light.
Who is behind it
Tripathi trained at the London Film School’s MA Filmmaking programme and has worked on short films, documentaries and television commercials. His previous directorial credits are 10x10ft and Intezaar. His short 10x10ft won Best Screenplay at the Moscow International Short Film Festival and Best Director at the Indian World Film Festival, so Reporting Live arrives with festival pedigree behind it.
Why the Netflix placement matters
For a debut director, landing in the global top ten on Netflix is a strong start. It puts Reporting Live in front of viewers who may not usually pick a Hindi journalism film, and it gives the film a discoverability boost at a time when streaming charts are crowded. One caveat: Flix Point is an independent tracking platform, not an official Netflix announcement, so these are reported rankings. Even so, the consistency across global and India lists is exactly the kind of early signal that helps a first film build word of mouth.
- No. 6 globally on Netflix, as tracked by Flix Point.
- No. 2 among movies in India on the same chart.
- Also listed in the Global Top 10 across OTT platforms, indicating wider reach.
The reported performance also supports a larger point: subject-driven Hindi storytelling can travel when a streaming platform puts it in front of a global audience. That is useful context in an industry where a film’s first weekend often decides its fate; on streaming, the audience can keep growing over days and weeks.
Rankings like this are a reminder that “global” for Hindi cinema no longer means only diaspora viewers. When a tracker shows the same title climbing in India and across OTT services, subtitles, dubbing and platform placement are doing the work of widening the audience. For Reporting Live, the journalism theme may be universal enough to hold attention in markets where Indian newsroom stories rarely open.
If you have not watched it yet, Reporting Live is available on Netflix, and the new chart visibility makes it an easy weekend pick for fans of newsroom dramas and strong ensemble casts.
Source: bollywoodHungama.com