Ditchung the theatres and opting for a direct-to-digital release has become more of an inevitable choice rather than trend. With no sight of theatres opening any time soon, not only small but many big films too have made their way to the various OTT platforms.
Whether it’s bollywood or regional cinema, nothing is untouched by these over-the-top video streaming services. Gulabo Sitabo, Gunjan Saxena, Sadak 2, Shakuntala Devi, Penguin, Ponmagal Vandhal, Sufiyam Sujatayum, Krishna and His Leela, V and the likes have already released on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+Hotstar and more.
But this is just the beginning, with many more either picked up or in talks for digital release. Here’s the list of films going and most likely going for an OTT release –
Soorarai Pottru –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video
Release Date : 30th October 2020
Language : Tamil
Genre : Drama/Action
Cast : Suriya, Aparna Balamurali, Mohan Babu, Malini Sathappan
Director : Sudha K Prasad
Khaali Peeli –
Platform : Zee Plex
Release Date : 2nd October 2020
Language : Hindi
Genre : Action/Romance
Cast : Ishaan Khatter, Ananya Pandey, Jaideep Ahlawat
Director : Maqbool Khan
Laxmmi Bomb –
Platform : Disney+Hotstar
Release Date : 9th November 2020
Language : Hindi
Genre : Horror/Comedy
Cast : Akshay Kumar, Kiara Advani
Director : Raghava Lawrence
Nishabdham –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video
Release Date : 2nd October 2020
Language : Telugu, Tamil (also dub in Malayalam)
Genre : Thriller
Cast : Anushka Shetty, Madhavan, Anjali, Michael Madsen, Subbaraju, Shalini Pandey, Srinivas Avasarala
Director : Hemant Madhukar.
Ka Pae Ranasingam –
Platform : Zee Plex
Release Date : 2nd October 2020
Language : Tamil
Genre : Drama
Cast : Vijay Sethupati, Aishwarya Rajessh, Yogi Babu, Samuthirakani
Director : P. Virumandi
Coolie No. 1 –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown (probably around Diwali)
Language : Hindi
Genre : Comedy
Cast : Sara Ali Khan, Varun Dhawan, Paresh Rawal
Director : David Dhawan
Serious Men –
Platform : Netflix
Release Date : 2nd October 2020
Language : Hindi
Genre : Dark Comedy/Drama
Cast : Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aakshath Das, Shweta Basu Prasad, Nassar, Indira Tiwari.
Director : Sudhir Mishra
Jhund –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Hindi
Genre : Sports/Drama
Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Akash Thosar, Rinku Rajguru
Director : Nagraj Manjule
Chhalaang –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Hindi
Genre : Social Comedy
Cast : Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha
Director : Hansal Mehta
Zam Zam –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Malayalam
Genre : Comedy/Drama
Cast : Manjima Mohan, Sunny Wayne
Director : G. Neelakanta Reddy
That Is Mahalakshmi –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Telugu
Genre : Comedy/Drama
Cast : Tamannaah, Shibani Dandekar, Siddhu Jonalagadda
Director : Prashanth Varma
Paris Paris –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Tamil
Genre : Comedy/Drama
Cast : Kajal Aggarwal, Elli Avram, Vinaya Prasad, Bhargavi Narayan.
Director : Ramesh Aravind
Butterfly –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Kannada
Genre : Comedy/Drama
Cast : Parul Yadav
Director : Ramesh Aravind
Maara –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Tamil
Genre : Drama/Romance
Cast : Madhavan and Shraddha Srinath
Director : Dhilip Kumar
Chakra –
Platform : Amazon Prime Video (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Tamil
Genre : Action-Thriller
Cast : Vishal, Shraddha Srinath and Regina Cassandra.
Director : MS Anandan
Miss India –
Platform : Netflix (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Telugu
Genre : Drama/Romance
Cast : Keerthy Suresh, Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Naveen Chandra, Kamal Kamaraju, Naresh, Nadhiya and Pujita Ponnada
Director : Narendra Nath
Andhaghaaram –
Platform : Netflix (most likely)
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Tamil
Genre : Thriller/Mystery
Cast : Arjun Das, Vinod Kishan, Pooja Ramachandran, Misha Ghoshal
Director : V Vignarajan
Sitara –
Platform : Unknown
Release Date : Unknown
Language : Hindi
Genre : Drama/Romance
Cast : Shobita Dhulipala, Rajeev Siddhartha
Director : Vandana Kataria
A Thursday –
Platform : Unknown
Release Date : In 2021
Language : Hindi
Genre : Thriller
Cast : Yami Gautam,
Director : Behzad Khambata
Note : We will keep you posted as and when changes occur in this list.
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