Last week was marked with the arrival of some exciting Indian OTT titles including several films and web series such as ‘Koffee With Karan Season-7’, ‘The Gone Game Season-2’, ‘Modern Love: Hyderabad’, ‘Vikram’, ‘Ranveer Vs Wild With Bear Grylls’, and ‘Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd’, to name a few.
Likewise, the current week too has some eagerly anticipated OTT films and web series coming up. For this article, we have compiled a list of the top Indian titles streaming on OTT platforms this week.
Jaadugar (Streaming on Netflix from 15th July)
The sports comedy drama movie revolves around a small-time struggling magician named Magic Meenu (played by Jitendra Kumar), who lives in Neemuch town in MP. Despite no interest in sports, Meenu must now lead a down and out football team and win the coveted inter-colony football tournament – in order to marry his love interest (Arushi Sharma). The movie also features Jaaved Jaafery in an important role of a sports coach.
Shoorveer (Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from 15th July)
The action-packed military drama series revolves around the story of an elite team Hawks which comprises the best officers of the navy, the army, and the air force. The task force is especially trained to become a one-of-its-kind first defence against the country’s enemies. The show features a talented cast that includes Makarand Deshpande, Manish Chaudhari and Regina Cassandra, amongst others.
Comicstaan Season-3 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 15th July)
The stand-up comedy competition web series is back with an eight-episode third season and will feature four judges, seven mentors, two hosts and eight new contestants. Armed with a different format and a new host Kushal Kapila, the talent hunt show will have contestants vying to outwit each other under the guidance of capable mentors.
Janhit Mein Jaari (Streaming on Zee5 from 15th July)
Helmed by Jai Basantu Singh, the film revolves around a young girl named Manokamna Tripathi a.k.a. Mannu (played by Nushrratt Bharuccha), who takes up the tough job of selling condoms in a small place in Madhya Pradesh. The film’s basic plotline focuses on how Mannu overcomes the challenges despite the social taboo and her own family’s resistance. The movie also features Vijay Raaz, Tinnu Anand, and Brijendra Kala in important roles.
Kolkatar Harry (Streaming on Zee5 from 15th July)
The Bengali language family entertainer film revolves around the endearing bond between a ten-year-old named Titli (Oishika Guhathakurta) and a cab driver and gifted storyteller Harinath Patra (Soham Chakraborty) aka Harry. The film narrates how the Harry Potter buff Harry performs magic on Kolkata streets and later gets an idea to open a Story Café.
Maa Neela Tank (Streaming on Zee5 from 15th July)
Directed by Lakshmi Soujanya, the Telugu language comedy web series narrates the story of a cop (Sushanth), who is given the task of finding a girl named Surekha (Priya Anand) after Sarpanch Kodandam’s son Gopal threatens to take his life. However, the goings-on take an amusing turn when the cop himself falls in love with the girl.
Maamanithan (Streaming on Aha Video from 15th July)
The Tamil language drama movie features Vijay Sethupathi in the role of an ordinary and honest man named Radha Krishnan, who drives an auto-rickshaw for a living. He wants to provide a decent life to his wife and children. However, he gets duped by a fraudster in a real-estate deal which forces him to abscond. How he gets his life back on track forms the rest of the film’s plotline.
Sammathame (Streaming on Aha Video from 15th July)
The urban romance drama follows a small-town techie Krishna (Kiran Abbavaram), who has grown up in her mother’s absence. Krishna relocates to Hyderabad and there, he falls for a girl named Saanvi (Chandini Chowdary). He wants to marry her to compensate for her mother’s absence, but issues arise when the girl turns out to be different from his expectations. How Krishna deals with his insecurities forms the film’s basic plot.
X=Prem (Streaming on Hoichoi from 15th July)
Helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Srijit Mukherji, the romantic sci-fi movie follows the story of two lovers Khilat (Anindya Sengupta) and Joyee (Shruti Das). But after an accident, Khilat loses his memory of ten years which includes his romantic relationship with Joyee. They take the help of an experimental technology which promises to restore his lost memory, but things do not go as expected. Can the lovers get their old life back?
Vaashi (Streaming on Netflix from 17th July)
The courtroom drama revolves around how two young lawyers Ebin (Tovino Thomas) and Madhavi (Keerthy Suresh), who are married to each other, end up fighting against each other in a sensitive case. The case is that of a young man who has been accused of sexual abuse by his female co-worker on the false promise of marriage. While Ebin is fighting for the alleged female victim, Madhavi will leave no stone unturned to save the male accused.