Last week was marked with the arrival of some exciting Indian OTT titles including several films and web series such as ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’, ‘Ponniyin Selvan: Part One’, ‘The Ghost’, and ‘Kaiyum Kalavum’, 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.
Breathe Into the Shadows: Season-2 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 9th November)
The show’s first season featured Abhishek Bachchan in the role of Dr. Avinash Sabharwal (Abhishek Bachchan) and Nithya Menen as his wife. The story was about how their six-year-old daughter is kidnapped by a mysterious person. Amit Sadh played the brutally efficient cop Kabir Sawant battling his past demons. The upcoming season is expected to carry forward the story of the psychopathic killer named J and how he tries to complete his mission to eliminate the remaining six out of ten people. It will also feature ‘Aspirants’ actor Naveen Kasturia in an interesting role.
Money Mafia Season-3 (Streaming on Discovery+ from 10th November)
The first two seasons of the true crime series focused on money-related, white-collar crimes like the 2003 Abdul Kareem Telgi stamp paper scam, cyber frauds, instant loan frauds, call centre scams, NBFC scam, Ketan Parekh’s stock market manipulation scam, and cryptocurrency frauds, etc. The upcoming season would ostensibly revolve around the workings of the largest organized crime rackets of the Mumbai Mafia.
Monica, O My Darling (Streaming on Netflix from 11th November)
Directed by Vasan Bala, the dark comedy crime thriller movie features Rajkummar Rao as a robotics expert who gets involved in a passionate affair but eventually ends up being blackmailed. Desperate to get out of the mess, he teams up with a bunch of unlikely allies and hatches a plan to execute the perfect murder. The movie also features Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte, and Sikander Kher, amongst others.
Tanaav (Streaming on SonyLIV from 11th November)
Helmed by veteran filmmaker Sudhir Mishra and co-directed by Sachin Mamta Krishn, the 12-part socio-political action-drama series is a remake of the acclaimed Israeli show ‘Fauda’. Set amidst the backdrop of Kashmir in the year 2017, the series revolves around a Special Ops Unit and their desperate efforts to catch an elusive dangerous man and to thwart planned attacks in the beautiful valley. It features Manav Vij, Rajat Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, and Shashank Arora, amongst others.
Rorschach (Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from 11th November)
Directed by Nissam Bashir, the psychological thriller movie derives its title from psychological inkblot test bearing the same name. It features veteran actor Mammootty in the role of a man named Luke Antony, whose wife disappears in a forest. He reports it to the authorities and later begins his own quest to find his missing wife. But there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy (Streaming on Zee5 from 11th November)
The web series follows the story of a proficient and resourceful Indian secret agent, who enters Pakistan after the Sino-Indian war and how he provided important intelligence information and the way he tried to avert a possible attack planned by the enemy nation. The series features Prakash Raj, Adil Hussain, and Zain Khan Durrani in pivotal roles.
Iravin Nizhal (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 11th November)
Helmed by R. Parthiban, the Tamil language thriller movie is being touted as Indian cinema’s first non-linear single shot film. The movie features Parthiban as the hardened protagonist, who is portrayed as a film financier who has suffered from an extremely tough and brutal childhood. How the circumstances turn him into an unethical and practical person and the people who contributed to his life story and his circumstances, ostensibly forms the film’s underlying premise.
Savings Account (Streaming on Zee5 from 11th November)
Helmed by Raj Chanda, the action crime thriller movie features Ankush Hazra as a man named Abhimanyu who enters a busy bank to open a savings account. The story takes a U-turn when all persons inside the bank premises are taken as hostages at gunpoint.