As the year comes to a close, Netflix is sharing a look back at the year gone by with a special playback. The streaming platform released a video of exclusive deleted scenes, where Bollywood ‘meets’ Hollywood in a way one never thought possible. Where else could Vijay Varma and Millie Bobby Brown meet? Or Rohit Saraf ask Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to be his future wife? The new video shows the possibilities of what could be, if OTT worlds collided, in the best possible way. (Also read: Netflix teases its own multiverse where Minnal Murali meets Stranger Things, fans react to new teaser. Watch)
The video opens with a special passcode ‘2022’ to unlock the deleted scenes. The women from Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, Neelam Kothari, Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana Pandey and Seema Kiran Sajdeh, are out on a safari and happen to spot Uorfi Javed in an animal print outfit. Their reaction, “Fabulous”. The video then moves on to another deleted scene between Vijay and Millie’s Eleven. Vijay tells Millie, “I don’t play carrom, snooker, or poker. Eleven darlings, I only play emotional games.” The actor channels Vecna via his Darlings character Hamza Shaikh.
Entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo comes in to give RRR’s Bheem (Jr NTR) some investment tips for a secure future, while actor Tejasswi Prakash challenges Mismatched’s reluctant Dimple to a dance-off. Tony Kakkar assures Stranger Things’s Max (Sadie Sink) that he’ll create the perfect ‘reMAX’ for her. “Kudi, Vecna, Vecna kardi, party se nai dardi (She’s got Vecna on the mind, she’s not afraid to party),” he sings. His sister Neha Kakkar drops in to share the grief with Darlings’ Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah. She tells them as she cries, “I’m rehearsing for next season.”
Moving on to India, Tovino Thomas aka Minnal Murali meets up with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’s Rooh Baba (Kartik Aaryan), spooking him with his dual appearances in the haunted mansion. Urvashi Rautela drops in to see The Gray Man’s Ryan Gosling and says, “We’re made for each other.” When he asks if you’re going to write that down, she shows him her hands, which have the initials R and G. However, on her left hand, the P is crossed out for a G. The video ends with Rohit as Rishi asking Maitreyi’s Devi for her hand in marriage.
Fans loved the Hollywood/Bollywood mashup and went gaga over the scenes. One YouTube user shared, “This has been blended so perfectly, it’s impossible to guess that VFX breakdown is included! Person who has not experienced those real scenes will think this is the real footage.” Another added, “Tejasswi Prakash as Kiara was unexpected (fire and haha emojis).” A person also said, “Oh my God Rishi with Devi was unexpected.”