Netflix India is bringing two Bollywood heavyweights back together this summer. The streaming platform set a July 10 premiere date for its new original courtroom thriller, Ikka.
The film reunites Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna for the first time since their 1997 war film Border. The plot follows a celebrated lawyer, played by Deol, who is unexpectedly forced to defend a mysterious murder suspect from his past, played by Khanna. This tense legal battle threatens to tear apart the lawyer’s family and forces him into a difficult moral corner.
This project actually marks Deol’s debut in a Netflix original feature. He is returning to play a lawyer 33 years after his famous performance in the 1993 hit Damini, according to Hindustan Times. The casting leans heavily into his established 1990s cinematic legacy.
Directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra and produced by Alchemy Films, the ensemble cast includes Tillotama Shome as a formidable public prosecutor and Dia Mirza playing the lawyer’s devoted wife. Fans of 90s cinema are tracking the upcoming July 10 premiere closely, as it reunites the two leads nearly 30 years after their work in Border, as reported by The Week.
Althea Kaushal and Mayank Tewari wrote the script. Sanjeeda Shaikh, Shishir Sharma, and Akansha Ranjan Kapoor round out the supporting cast. Netflix India Vice President of Content Monika Shergill highlighted the film’s moral complexity during the announcement. Director Siddharth P. Malhotra also noted the story focuses as much on personal relationships and emotional dilemmas as it does on securing a courtroom victory.