OTT content has proved to be a life-saver of sorts for entertainment junkies. With more time spent at home instead of going out courtesy the Covid-19 pandemic, people prefer to get their entertainment quota by binge-watching web series and movies on streaming platforms from the safety of home.
The amount of new content coming on OTT these days more than satiates binge-watchers’ demand for intriguing content.
So what’s streaming on various streaming platforms, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus Hotstar, SonyLIV, ZEE5, Voot Select, Aha Video, Hoichoi, among others, this week?
Here’s the full list of releases, for your convenience!
Netflix –
1. Kota Factory: Season 2 , series, Hindi
The new season of the well-loved TVF show Kota Factory, it stars Jitendra Kumar, Mayur More, Ranjan Raj, Alam Khan, Ahsaas Channa, Revathi Pillai and Urvi Singh in pivotal roles.
2. Crime Stories: India Detectives Season 1, Series, Kannada
A true-crime police procedural series that follows the Bengaluru police as they investigate 4 brutal crimes
3. Intrusion, film, English
A home-invasion thriller involving a husband and wife (Logan Marshall-Green and Freida Pinto), and what happens in its aftermath, with surprising twists in the narrative
4. The Starling, film, English
A grieving woman (Melissa McCarthy) engages in a combat with a starling that has made its home in her garden, and finds the strength to get over her grief and heal her strained relationship with her husband (Chris O’Dowd)
5. Jailbirds New Orleans, series, English
The documentary series takes a look at the lives of incarcerated women at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans, including feuds and flirtations.
6. Blood & Water: Season 2, series, English
A young adult suspense drama full of twists and turns and unpleasant surprises. A young teenaged girl investigates the disappearance of her elder sister, and in the process, opens a can of secrets related to the city’s elite and powerful.
7. Midnight Mass, series, English
A supernatural horror series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Zach Gilford, Hamish Linklater, Kate Siegel and Rahul Kohli
8. Ganglands, series, French
A gripping crime drama centred on two criminals – Mehdi, a seasoned robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, and how they get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, while collaborating in order to save their loved ones.
9. Vendetta: Truth, Lies and The Mafia, series, Italian
A true-life documentary series on the famous ‘anti-mafia’ movement in mafia-infested Sicily, and the trials of two journalists who find themselves in the dock after years of trying to bring the mafia down.
10. My Little Pony: A New Generation, film, English
Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden, Sofia Carson and Liza Koshy star in this new iteration of the epic tale of magic and ponies.
Amazon Prime Video –
1. Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum Amazon, film, Tamil
The rural drama is produced by Suriya and wife Jyotika. It stars Ramya Pandian, Mithun Manickam and Vani Bhojan in the lead roles. It is written and directed by Arisil Moorthy. Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum revolves around a married couple struggling to find their missing bulls.
2. Sunny, film, Malayalam
Sunny (Jayasurya), a failed businessman, returns to Kerala from Dubai after losing everything – his house, his money and his wife. He is forced to quarantine in a hotel room all by himself in the midst of the pandemic. The movie centres on his isolation and desolation in the aftermath of the aforementioned.
3. Birds of Paradise, film, English
Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra national de Paris; adapted from the novel “Bright Burning Stars.”
4. Goliath Season 4, series, English
A courtroom drama starring Billy Bob Thornton, Nina Arianda, Tania Raymonde, Diana Hopper, Julie Brister, Bruce Dern, Brandon Scott, Jena Malone, and J.K. Simmons. Two relentless lawyers try to take down one of America’s most insidious Goliaths: the opioid industry.
5. Death Of Me, film, English
A horror thriller, centred on a couple that wakes up hungover with no memory of the previous night, only to find a video which shows the husband murdering and burying the wife! But how is she still alive, and what really happened in the night? It stars Maggie Q, Alex Essoe, and Luke Hemsworth in pivotal roles.
ZEE5
1. Alanti Sitralu, film, Telugu
Three parallel stories intermingle in this off-beat film of love – that of a prostitute and a young guitarist who are attracted towards each other, an amateur boxer and a gangster. Stars Shwetta Parashar, Prawin Yendamuri, Yash Puri, Tanvi Akaanksha, Ajay Kathurvar.
Apple TV Plus –
1. Foundation, series, English
The screen adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s iconic novel series of the same name, it is a gripping sci-fi drama.
2. Wolfboy And The Everything Factory, animated series, English
Wolfboy discovers a realm at the centre of the earth where fantastical beings called Sprytes create things for the natural world on the surface — clouds, trees, rabbits, dreams, hiccups, memories, time, and everything else.
SonyLIV
1. Aakashavaani, film, Telugu
A novel story directed by Ashwin Gangaraju, and starring Samuthirakani, Vinay Varma, Getup Srinu, about an isolated village whose inhabitants are terrorised and dominated by a local chieftain, and what happens when the villagers come across a radio – something they’ve never seen before.
2. Naduvan, film, Tamil
A thriller film, directed by Sharran Kumar, and starring Bharath Srinivasan, Aparna Vinod, Gokul Anand, Charle, Aruvi Bala, Karthik Sasidharan. The premise of the film seems intriguing, with the protagonist wanting us to believe that something may be evil and wrong, but after some time lapses, even that evil seems to be the right to do.
3. Raghu CNG, film, Gujarati
A psychological thriller film centred on an unhinged auto driver who kidnaps two of his passengers and tortures them in his custody. The film stars Ethan Wade, Jagjeetsinh Vadher, Sharvary Joshi, Chetan Daiya, Kapil Sahetya, Siddharth Gosai, and Ruby Salunke and is directed by Vishal Vada Vala.
Disney Plus Hotstar
1.Only Murders In The Building, series, English
A dark comedy and murder mystery that centres on three disparate people with an unhealthy obsession with the true crime genre, who live in the same building. When a gruesome murder takes place in their building, the three team up to create a podcast on the murder and its solving, even as nothing is as it seems.
2.The Wonder Years, series, English
A reboot of the beloved eighties’ show, but with a twist – the series centres on a black family instead of the original white family. The story is told through the lens of the son of the family and his coming-of-age experiences.
BookMyShow Stream –
1.Snake Eyes, film, English
The 2021 action adventure film is based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe franchise. Serving as an origin story for the superhero, it stars Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, with Andrew Koji, Úrsula Corberó, Samara Weaving, Haruka Abe, Takehiro Hira, and Iko Uwais in supporting roles
2.The Suicide Squad, film, English
The anti-superhero action adventure finally arrives on streaming in India. Directed by James Gunn, it has a stacked cast of Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga and Pete Davidson. The supervillains bunch is sent to the island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy evidence of the giant alien starfish Starro the Conqueror.
3.Night Of The Animated Dead, film, English
Night Of The Animated Dead is a 2021 animated zombie flick, an animated remake of Night Of The Living Dead. It is written by John A. Russo and directed by Jason Axinn. A pair of siblings visits their father’s grave, but are attacked by a horde of zombies.
4.Run Hide Fight, film, English – available to stream in English, Hindi, Tamil & Telugu
Run Hide Fight is a 2021 action thriller, starring Thomas Jane, Radha Mitchell, Eli Brown and Isabel May. A young high school student must keep her wits about her to save herself and her fellow students from a bunch of deranged school shooters who are live-streaming their shootout at the high school.
5.Dating Amber, film, English
A 2020 romantic comedy that centres on a gay girl and boy who decide to embark on a fake relationship, to keep those around them from speculating on their sexuality.
6.Here Today, film, English
A 2021 warm comedy drama. Veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz forms an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship with New York lounge singer Emma Payge. The relationship starts off on rocky ground but soon turns into a warm bond as the two find soulmates in each other. It is directed by Billy Crystal, who also stars in the film, along with Tiffany Haddish, Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti, and Louisa Krause.
Aha Video
1.Parinayam, film, Telugu
Parinayam is the Telugu-dubbed version of the Malayalam film Varane Avashyamund. It stars Dulquer Salmaan, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Suresh Gopi, Urvashi and Shobana, and is directed by Anoop Sathyan. It is produced by Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films, and is a heartwarming romcom.