Ford v Ferrari is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
While the lockdown is starting to ease in many parts of the country, social distancing is still the norm of the day. Amid following the new guidelines of safety, many are preferring to stay indoors and continue their work from home. Life within limited space can surely get mundane, but streaming platforms have surely come as a saviour in these unprecedented times.
Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Voot Select, AltBalaji, Zee5, Sony LIV, Apple TV+ and other streaming platforms are putting their best foot forward so that their audience can get the best possible content. In the last few days, Netflix’s Bulbbul, Sony LIV’s Bhosle, Disney+ Hotstar’s Aarya have gotten a great response from the audience.
Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series Breathe: Into The Shadows is the next big OTT release. The show marks Abhishek Bachchan’s debut on the web platform.
Disney+ Hotstar is also increasing the stakes in the OTT space as the streaming platform is releasing as many as seven Bollywood films. These films are – Dil Bechara, Sadak 2, Bhuj, The Big Bul, Laxmmi Bomb, Khuda Hafiz and Lootcase. This comes after Amazon Prime Video released Ayushmann Khurrana and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Gulabo Sitabo. Vidya Balan’s Shakuntala Devi is also set to release on the platform soon. Other OTT releases include Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl that is coming out on Netflix.
Among the international content on OTT platforms, Netflix’s Dark Season 3 seemed to please the viewers. Indianexpress.com’s Kshitij Rawat wrote in his review of the series, “Dark has been one of my all-time favourite Netflix Original series, and would easily make it to my list of best five science-fiction series. I first tried this German series because I was told it was Stranger Things, only, well, darker. And indeed, the first few episodes did make it seem as though it was Stranger Things set in an infinitely bleaker parallel universe. But Dark soon became its own thing, with a complex mythology that was knotty enough to rival Lost.”
Starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Amitabh Bachchan, Gulabo Sitabo premiered on Amazon Prime Video. The Indian Express' Shubhra Gupta gave the film 2 stars and wrote in her review, "I missed the zest, the drollness and sharpness, that Juhi Chaturvedi’s writing is so full of. Some of that edge shows up in the way the women, old and young, are etched, all happily themselves, never at a loss for words: you wish they had more to do."
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The Big Bang Theory started as the story of two geeky scientists Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) who have a new neighbour Penny (Kaley Cuoco). The socially awkward science geeks live in a different world as compared to Penny, who works as a waitress and is an aspiring actress. It’s the clash of these two worlds that forms the base of this sitcom. Over time, supporting characters like Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Howard (Simon Helberg) were given leading parts and Amy (Mayim Bialik) and Bernadette’s (Melissa Rauch) characters were also given top billing.
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Written and directed by Rajat Kapoor, Kadakh is set during the day of Diwali when an unexpected incident derails the course of a marriage and many friendships. STarring Ranvir Shorey, Chandrachoor Rai, Mansi Multani, Rajat Kapoor, Cyrus Sahukar and Kalki Koechlin, this Rajat Kapoor film is streaming on Sony LIV.
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Starring Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Rahul Bose, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Paoli Dam among others is Anvita Dutt’s directorial debut. Produced by Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Ssharma, the film has been receiving rave reviews.
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Gilmore Girls was the story of a mother-daughter, who are more like friends to each other. The relationship shared between Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) soon became so aspirational that viewers started tuning in just to live through the fantasy of having a near-perfect relationship with your mother.
The most popular cooking show is close to its finale. With only seven contestants fighting for the top spot, MasterChef Australia is pulling the toughest challenges. You can stream the show on Disney+ Hotstar, only 24 hours after the Australian telecast.
House MD is one of the most engaging medical dramas that we have seen in the last few years. Starring Hugh Laurie in the titular role, the show first premiered in 2004 and lasted for eight seasons. The easiest way to describe him would be to call him the man with Tony Stark’s arrogance and genius but not as much money.
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Sushmita Sen starrer Aarya is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. The Ram Madhvani series has impressed the viewers as well as the critics. The Indian Express critic Shubhra Gupta wrote about the show, “For the most part, Aarya stays on course, taut, unpredictable, pacey and enjoyable. I was eager to know what’s going to happen next, and that’s straight away a win.”
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Starring Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role, this Devashish Makhija film is streaming on Sony LIV. In her review of the film, The Indian Express critic Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Devashish Makhija’s 2018 Bhonsle uses a Mumbai chawl, which houses ‘native’ Marathi manoos and ‘outsiders’ Bhaiyya log (the derogatory euphemism for people from UP and Bihar), as a site to revive an old conflict. The feelings of antagonism on the two ‘sides’ run high, with Vilas (Juvekar) having constant run-ins with Rajendra (Banerjee, who broke out in Pataal Lok), and the people in the chawl split down the middle.”
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Netflix's first Belgian original show, Into the Night, is a thrilling survival story. What helps its case is that it works like an unputdownable pulp fiction novel.
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This Greg Daniels series is set in the future where one doesn’t cease to exist after they are dead. They can continue to live in a digital afterlife that looks like heaven but is just as complicated as life itself. Upload is certainly one of the best international web series to have released this year.
Starring Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project is the story of a gynecologist who wants her world to be a romantic comedy. Her work-life balance becomes the subject of this six season series that also stars Chris Messina.
Little Fires Everywhere, starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon in the lead roles, is a show about motherhood and its struggles. However, what makes it appealing is its 'thriller-genre' approach.
Rasbhari is an eight-episode series starring Swara Bhasker in the lead role. The story is set in Meerut, where a new English teacher Shanu has just moved. All the men of the city are transfixed by her but Shanu isn't all that she seems.
Indianexpress.com's Kshitij Rawat wrote about the third season of Dark, "while Dark’s final season does not deliver on every single thread, it does provide an overall great culmination to the story. The concluding season is so big and different and new that it is hard to talk about its plot without spoiling something. I highly recommend going into the season without watching any promos or trailers. Right from the first episode, it builds upon the concept of parallel worlds that the penultimate season introduced and further fleshes out the world as threads."
Starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, Ford v Ferrari is an Oscar-nominated sports drama film. The film's story is set during the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France where Ford has sent in its best people to defeat the racing champions, Ferrari. The film received rave reviews at the time of its release. Ford v Ferrari is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.