The first week of 2021’s penultimate month is here and so is the festival of lights. To amp up the celebrations, OTT platforms have primed themselves for the release of brand new titles so that you can have a fruitful binge session over the long weekend. Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks comes forth with Finch—a heartfelt post-apocalyptic drama, and Nina Dobrev promises to deliver a fresh dose of comedy with Love Hard. In Meenakshi Sundareshwar, Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani band together to teach you how to make long-distance relationships work. Below, we round up all the releases you need to take your excitement levels up many notches.
1. Jai Bhim (November 2)
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Inspired by a real-life incident from 1993, Jai Bhim is a legal drama that follows the ordeals of Senggeni and Rajakannu, a couple belonging to the Irular tribe. The latter is accused and arrested by the police on erroneous charges and later absconds from the police station. Senggeni then seeks the help of a lawyer, Chandru, to get justice for her missing husband. The film features Suriya and Prakash Raj, among others.
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
2. Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar (November 5)
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Desperate for a good life, two friends, Bhargav and Siddhant, decide to scam their way into one in this heist comedy series. The duo manage to get some trustworthy people on board and plan to open a fake bank through which they can collect as much money as possible from unsuspecting simpletons before eloping overseas. However, as fate would have it, their seemingly perfect idea runs into a lot more hurdles than anyone could have anticipated. Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar is the final project of director Raj Kaushal, who passed away earlier this year.