Do you also think that your phone and laptop are completely safe? Do you also click on any link without thinking or are you living your entire life on social media? If yes, then wait a while. Our digital age today is as easy as it is dangerous. To show this dark side of the Internet, Indian filmmakers have made some such excellent films, watching which you might be forced to switch off your Wi-Fi. From data theft to the dangers of AI and online blackmailing, these films will shake you to your core. Let’s take a look at 6 such best Indian cyber crime films available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and ZEE5, which you must watch on weekends.
1. Control – Netflix
Starcast: Ananya Panday, Vihaan Samat
If you are fond of making reels and sharing every little thing on social media, then this film is a big wake-up call for you. This is a ‘Screenlife’ thriller, whose entire story plays out on the screens of laptops and phones. Nela and Joe are a famous influencer couple. When Joe cheats on Nella, a furious Nella uses an AI app called ‘CTRL’ to erase her digital past. But the story takes a scary turn when the AI app gradually starts controlling his entire real life.
2. Operation Java – ZEE5
Starcast: Balu Varghese, Lukman Awaran
This film is not based on any fictional story, but on real cyber crime cases registered in the cyber cell of Kochi. The story revolves around two unemployed engineering graduates who join the police cyber team as temporary interns. The film shows how incidents like online fraud, piracy and digital identity theft ruin the lives of common people. If you like realistic films based on ground reality, then don’t miss this one. Originally it is made in Malayalam language but its Hindi dubbed is available.
3. Irumbu Thirai – Amazon Prime Video
Starcast: Vishal, Arjun Sarja, Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Language: Tamil (Hindi Dub: ‘The Return of Abhimanyu’)
Is our personal data really personal? This explosive action-techno thriller film gives a befitting answer to this question. A military officer takes a loan through fake documents for his sister’s marriage, but suddenly all the money disappears from his bank account. When he goes deeper into this scam, he comes across a vicious villain named ‘White Devil’, who is selling the data of the entire country through the dark web. This film made in Tamil language will be available in Hindi dubbed by the name of ‘The Return of Abhimanyu’.
4. See You Soon – Amazon Prime Video
Starcast: Fahadh Faasil, Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran
This film made during the Covid lockdown is one of the best experiments of Indian cinema. Its entire shooting has been done only through iPhone, webcam and computer screens. Jimmy falls in love with a girl (Anu) on an online dating app. Everything is going well when suddenly Anu disappears leaving a mysterious video. Jimmy’s cousin Kevin, a cyber security expert, begins sifting through digital evidence to find Anu. As he opens the files, such layers of online trafficking and dark secrets are revealed that you will get goosebumps. This Hindi dub made in Malayalam language does not exist. But it can be watched with subtitles.
5. Hacked – Zee5
Starcast: Hina Khan, Rohan Shah
Vikram Bhatt’s film tells to what extent ‘passion’ and ‘craze’ can wreak havoc in the digital world. This is the story of a 19-year-old clever hacker boy, who falls in unrequited love with a working woman who is older than him. When the woman abuses him, he takes revenge by hacking her phone, social media, emails and even all the smart gadgets in the house. This film teaches how dangerous it can be to allow a stranger to enter your digital space. It is available in Hindi language.
6. Take Care Good Night – Amazon Prime Video
Starcast: Sachin Khedekar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Irawati Harshe
It is often believed that only youth are the victims of cyber crime, but this film breaks that myth and shows the helplessness of the elderly or those with less technology. A simple working man who takes early retirement to stay away from the hustle and bustle of technology. But one day suddenly he realizes that his entire life’s earnings have been wiped out through a cyber fraud. After this, the battle to catch that invisible thief begins with the help of cyber crime inspectors. This is a very emotional and eye-opening film.
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