Over- the- top (OTT) streaming platforms have seen a never- ending surge in India in recent years. While earlier, going to theaters was a vogue but with busy schedule and different priorities, sitting in the comfort of our home became a new normal. The credit obviously goes to the plethora of options that we have such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, JioCinema, Disney+ Hotstar, SonyLIV, ZEE5 and many more. These OTT platforms provide us from international to National contents with variety of content like web series, movies and much more.
The top 10 movies and series of the week are:
1. Sarfira
- Genre: Drama
- Available on: Disney+ Hotstar
Sarfira is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by 2D Entertainment, Abundantia Entertainment, and Cape Of Good Films. Starring Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, and Radhika Madan, the film is about a man who fights to make his dream of creating a low-cost airline a reality, facing opposition from devious competitive airline owners who threaten his business
and his passengers’ safety. It is a remake of Kongara’s Tamil film Soorarai Pottru (2020), which itself was an adaptation of G. R. Gopinath’s memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey.
2. The Signature
- Genre: Drama
- Available on: Zee5
The Signature is a 2024 Hindi-language drama film
directed by Gajendra Ahire and produced by K. C. Bokadia and Anupam Kher Studio. It is a Hindi adaptation of the National Award-winning 2013 Marathi film Anumati, which originally starred Vikram Gokhale. After 35 years of marriage, Madhu falls critically ill, leaving Arvind torn between hope and acceptance as she lies on life support. The Hindi remake
features Anupam Kher in the lead role, with Mahima Chaudhry, Ranvir Shorey, Annu Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, and Neena Kulkarni in supporting roles. The film was premiered on October 4, 2024, on the streaming platform ZEE5 and had an early screening at the Namaste Vietnam Festival in 2023.
3. The legend of Hanuman
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family
- Available on: Disney+ Hotstar
Created by Sharad Devarajan, Jeevan J. Kang, and Charuvi Agrawal, The Legend of Hanuman is an Indian animated series produced by Graphic India. When the power-hungry Ravan tore through the world to unleash evil, in his way stood a humble vaanar awoken to his divinity to become an immortal legend. As the war intensifies in Ravan’s majestic Lanka, Hanuman faces mightier foes for his Lord Ram
with his vaanar sena. Starring Daman Baggan, Sharad Kelkar,
and Sanket Mhatre, the series has a total of 4 seasons, with the fifth season premiering on 25 October 2024.
4. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
- Genre: RomCom
- Available on: Netflix, MX Player
A coming-of-age story about a group of college athletes who
are fighting for their dreams, experiencing and finding love in the process, and growing every step of the way. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo is a 2016–2017 South Korean television series starring Lee Sung-kyung in the title role, with Nam Joo-hyuk. Inspired by the life of Olympic gold-medalist Jang Mi-ran, it used to air on MBC every Wednesday and Thursday from November 2016 to January 2017.
5. Love, Sitara
- Genre: Romance, Drama, Family
- Available on: Zee5
Love, Sitara is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language drama
film directed by Vandana Kataria. The film revolves around Tara, a young interior designer, who decides to work on her relationship with her boyfriend. As the couple travels to Tara’s hometown to spend time with her family, their own demons are revealed. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala under RSVP Movies, it stars Sobhita Dhulipala and Rajeev Siddhartha and was released on ZEE5 on 27 September 2024.
6. Hijack 1971
- Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on: PrimeVideo
Hijack 1971 is a 2024 South Korean disaster film
written by Kim Kyeong-chan and directed by Kim Seong-han,
starring Ha Jung-woo, Yeo Jin-goo, Sung Dong-il, and Chae
Soo-bin. Based on the hijack attempt of a Korean Air F27 airliner in 1971, the movie depicts the story of people fighting for their lives in an extreme situation when a passenger plane is hijacked in the airspace of Korea in 1971. It was released theatrically on June 21, 2024.
7. Insidious: The Red Door
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on: PrimeVideo
Insidious: The Red Door is a 2023 American
supernatural horror film directed by Patrick Wilson (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by Scott Teems. Based on a story by Leigh Whannell and Teems, the horror franchise’s original cast returns for the final chapter of the terrifying saga. The film stars Ty Simpkins, Patrick
Wilson, and Rose Byrne, and is produced by Blumhouse and Screen Gems in association with Stage 6.
8. Deceitful Love
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Available on: Netflix
Deceitful Love is a 2024 Italian romantic drama television miniseries directed by Pappi Corsicato, based on the British miniseries Gold Digger. It follows a relationship full of passion, with shadows and secrets, that challenges social conventions, family dynamics, and the role of motherhood in Mediterranean culture. The series stars Giacomo Gianniotti, Monica Guerritore, and Denise Capezza and consists of 6 episodes.
9. Brahmayugam
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on: SonyLiv
Bramayugam is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language period
folk horror film written and directed by Rahul Sadasivan and jointly produced by Night Shift Studios and YNOT Studios. The film revolves around Thevan, a folk singer of the Paanan caste, who has a fateful encounter while escaping slavery, leading to him discovering an ancient traditional mansion that alters his destiny. The film stars Mammootty, Arjun Ashokan, and Sidharth Bharathan. It contains elements of
sacred mystery, myth, and folklore of Kerala.
10. Meg 2: The Trench
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller
- Available on: PrimeVideo, JioCinema
Meg 2: The Trench is a 2023 science fiction action film directed by Ben Wheatley and a sequel to The Meg (2018), based on the 1999 novel The Trench by Steve Alten. Like the previous film, it follows a research team that encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation. Written by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, and Dean Georgaris, the film stars Jason Statham, Jing Wu, and Shuya Sophia Cai.