Forget the dry history books. Netflix just confirmed that Hum Hindustani  is the centerpiece of its 2026 slate, and the vibes are less "social studies" and more "political powder keg." With Saif Ali Khan returning to the streamer that gave him a second life and Pratik Gandhi bringing his signature grit, this project is positioning itself as the definitive story of how the world's largest democracy actually started—and it wasn't pretty. What Actually Happened? On February 3, 2