OTT platforms have been running successfully ever since the lockdown was imposed nationwide. In fact, with engaging content on romance, food, crime, comedy, and thriller, there has always been a range of genres for the audience to explore on digital platforms ever since it was launched. Now, with theaters being shut, some of the big-budget Bollywood films are also releasing on web platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Diney+ Hotstar, and ZEE5.
Good news for all the movie lovers out there, 10 new films and shows are releasing on several OTT platforms this week that will leave everyone impressed. Here are the top 10 shows and film that you must binge-watch this week!
SERIES
Grand Army - Netflix | 16th October 2020
Grand Army is an upcoming American drama television series developed for Netflix. It is loosely based on Slut: The Play by Katie Cappiello. It is scheduled to premiere on October 16, 2020.
Someone Has to Die - Netflix | 16th October 2020 | Spanish
Someone Has to Die is based on how in 1950s Spain, a young man is summoned home from Mexico to meet his fiancée, but he returns with a mysterious classical dancer.
Social Distance - Netflix | 15th October 2020
Filmed in isolation, this narrative anthology series features both dark and funny takes on how people strive to stay connected while staying apart.
Meet The Chimps - Disney+ Hotstar | 16th October 2020
Meet the Chimps takes viewers into the secret life of one of the largest and most unique wildlife sanctuaries in the world – Chimp Haven
Poison Season 2 - ZEE5 | 16th October 2020
Poison 2 is an Indian Hindi crime thriller web series directed by Vishal Pandya and produced by Panorama Entertainmanet & Bombay Media Works. Poison 2 casts Aftab Shivdasani, Raai Laxmi, Pooja Chopra & Rahul Dev in lead roles.
MOVIES
Putham Pudhu Kaalai - Amazon PRIME | 16th October 2020 | Tamil
Putham Pudhu Kaalai is an upcoming 2020 Indian Tamil-language anthology film, consisting of five short film segments, directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Maniratnam, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj. The film features an ensemble cast of Jayaram, Urvashi, Kalidas Jayaram, Kalyani Priyadarshan, M. S.
What the Constitution Means to Me - Amazon PRIME | 16th October 2020
What the Constitution Means to Me is based on a 2017 American play by Heidi Schreck. The play premiered on Broadway on March 31, 2019 at the Hayes Theater, with Schreck herself in the leading role. Over the course of the play, Schreck addresses themes such as women's rights, immigration, and domestic abuse.
Evil Eye - Amazon PRIME | 13th October 2020
An upcoming horror film from executive producers Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Jason Blum, will release on October 13, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. Evil Eye tells the story of an Indian American woman who begins dating a handsome man, who appears to be perfect on the surface, but reminds her mother of her own troubled past. As spirituality and superstition combine, the woman begins to wonder if her mother’s concerns are real after all.
Halal Love Story - Amazon PRIME | 15th October 2020 | Malayalam
Halal Love Story is an upcoming Malayalam comedy film directed by Zakariya Mohammed and stars Indrajith Sukumaran, Joju George, Sharaf U Dheen, Grace Antony and Soubin Shahir in lead roles along with Parvathy Thiruvothu.
The Trial of th Chicago 7 - Netflix | 16th October 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a 2020 American historical legal drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film follows the Chicago Seven, a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It features an ensemble cast that includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, and Jeremy Strong.