Here’s what you can watch on OTT platforms on May 19.
With more and more Bollywood movies deciding to take the OTT route, the audience will now have a plethora of content to watch in the coming days. Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana’s Gulabo Sitabo, which was earlier scheduled to release in theaters, will soon stream on Amazon Prime Video. So will the Vidya Balan starrer Shakuntala Devi.
Big-ticket movies like Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb and the Anurag Basu directorial Ludo are also expected to opt for a digital release. Apart from this new flood of desi films, streaming sites have loads of original content to offer.
Netflix, on Tuesday, announced that it will release the Anurag Kashyap directorial Choked in June. The film’s storyline will focus on one hard-working middle-class woman who struggles to keep her house afloat as her husband tries to follow his passion of becoming a musician. It stars Saiyami Kher and Malayalam actor Roshan Mathew in the lead roles.
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Apart from the big trio of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+Hotstar, various OTT platforms are vying to grab as many eyeballs as possible. In this regard, Voot Select has stepped up its game in a big way by releasing exciting and original shows such as Illegal, Marzi and Asur among more.
A gripping drama about a dysfunctional Indian family, Kapoor & Sons explores family dynamics in Indian, or more broadly South Asian families, in a surprisingly mature way — a rarity for Bollywood. Ratna Pathak Shah, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Rishi Kapoor and Fawad Khan star.
Each episode has interesting plot twists. The courtroom sequences, where a rape case is being debated, is devoid of theatrics. There is simply an argument with both the lawyers citing the laws and presenting their evidence. Despite being a legal drama, the writing never gets heavy. With 30-minute episodes, it is an easy binge-watch which doesn’t require you to pay too much attention. While the courtroom sequences leave you thrilled, the drama that unfolds out of the court unravels the reality of the political and judicial system. Read More.
Forgotten is a mystery-thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seats throughout its 109 minutes run. The film follows Jin Seok who witnesses his brother’s kidnapping. Although the brother returns after 19 days with no memory, Jin Seok starts to realise that his entire family is acting strange, which leads him to seek the truth. It’s a very dark and tragic movie, but the plot twist is guaranteed to blow your mind. I highly recommend it.
A Viral Wedding is the story of a couple Nisha (Shreya Dhanwanthary) and Rishabh (Amol Parashar) who are planning their special day. On March 24, all their plans go for a toss as PM Modi announces the nationwide lockdown. After the initial panic and calculation of the monetary loss involved, Nisha suggests an online wedding. Read More.
Indianexpress.com’s Kshitij Rawat wrote about the film, “The world can be too overwhelming right now. The coronavirus outbreak has spread across pretty much all over the globe, and while the rate of infection is slowing down a bit, experts believe we will not be completely out of danger until a vaccine is developed. Wish to make sense of this virus called SARS-CoV-2, its origin, the disease it causes (called COVID-19), relief efforts surrounding it by governments, NGOs, individuals, the challenges and so on? The Netflix documentary series Coronavirus, Explained has you covered.” Read More.
In the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True, Mark Ruffalo essays the double role of identical twin brothers. Based on the eponymous 1998 novel, the six-episode fare is written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. Ruffalo’s characters, Dominick and Thomas Birdsey, do not resemble each other much beyond looks. While Dominick has to deal with the difficulties of life like the rest of us, Thomas is a man who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Read More.
Hellaro, directed by Abhishek Shah, won the 66th National Award for Best Feature Film. Based in a village in Gujarat, the movie tells the story of a group of women who break the shackles of patriarchy.
Train to Busan is definitely one of the most popular films to come out of Korea, and it is easy to see why. The zombie-horror film will keep you at the edge of your seat the entire time. The movie is set on a train where the passengers, especially a father-daughter duo, are trying to survive a zombie attack till they get to their destination in Busan.
The Indian Express' Shubhra Gupta gave the Amazon Prime Video web series 3.5 stars and wrote in her review, "A celebrity TV anchor is the target of a group of killers. Why do they want to kill him? Who is behind it all? The case is handed over to a cynical, seen-it-all, from the wrong-side-of-the-tracks cop, and as he starts digging, startling connections between the most unlikely people in the most unlikely places start popping up. Paatal Lok is fashioned as a crime thriller-cum-police procedural set mainly in Delhi, spinning off into several threads, some really solid, a few comparatively weak, but managing to keep its hold on us. Weaving in an awareness and recognition of contemporary India makes it political, and elevates it: Paatal Lok is intelligently written, fast-paced, and engrossing, and I thoroughly enjoyed it." Read More.
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