Over- the- top (OTT Movies) 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, AmazonPrime, 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. 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, a humble vaanar awakened 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 alongside his vaanar sena. Starring Daman Baggan, Sharad Kelkar, and Sanket Mhatre, the series has a total of four seasons, with the fifth season premiering on 25 October 2024.
2. Gods of Egypt
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
- Available on: MX Player, PrimeVideo
Set, the God of the underworld, seizes the throne
from the previous king of the Egyptian Empire and spreads terror throughout the land until a flawed mortal attempts to challenge the evil himself. Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas, based on a fantastical version of ancient Egyptian deities. It stars Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Rufus Sewell, Gerard Butler, Geoffrey
Rush, and Bryan Brown. The film follows the Egyptian god Horus, who partners with a mortal Egyptian thief on a quest to rescue his love and save the world from Set.
3. Reeta Sanyal
- Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Investigation
- Available on: Disney+ Hotstar
In this pulp investigative dramedy, Advocate Reeta Sanyal
fights criminals—some bizarre, some terrifying—while trying to unmask her father’s killer. Reeta lands the case of a lifetime when a guilty killer narrates a ‘perfect murder’ story. In the trial for truth, she must brave the big guns. Produced by Krishnan Iyer and Rajeshwar Nair, the film stars Adah Sharma, Manik Papneja, and Rahul Dev in the
main roles.
4. Posham Pa
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on: Zee5
Posham Pa is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language
psychological thriller film directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Based on true events, the story revolves around a psychologically disturbed mother who coerces her daughters into a life of crime. Their case becomes a national sensation
in India; overnight, these women are monsters personified. The film stars Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta, and Ragini Khanna in the lead roles and was released on 23 August 2019.
5. Furious 7
- Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on: Netflix, JioCinema
Furious 7 is a 2015 action film directed by James
Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to Fast &
Furious 6 and the seventh installment in the Fast & Furious
franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, along with many others. In the film, Dominic Toretto, Brian O’Conner, and their team are recruited by covert ops leader Mr. Nobody to prevent Mose Jakande, a terrorist, from obtaining a hacking program, but Deckard Shaw, a former special forces soldier seeking to avenge his comatose brother Owen Shaw, puts the team in danger.
6. Gutar Gu
- Genre: Teen drama, Romance
- Available on: MX Player
Gutar Gu is an Indian Hindi-language teen drama
television series created and directed by Saqib Pandor. Produced by Achin Jain and Guneet Monga under Sikhya Entertainment, it stars Ashlesha Thakur and Vishesh Bansal. The drama depicts the story of two students who fall for each other, the challenges they face in their love life,
and how things evolve between them. It premiered on Amazon miniTV on 4 April 2023.
7. Level Cross
- Genre: Drama
- Available on: PrimeVideo
Level Cross is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language drama
film written and directed by Arfaz Ayub. An estranged woman and an unruly man from different worlds meet in a surreal setting. Despite their differences, they discover unexpected similarities in life. The film stars Asif Ali, Amala Paul, and Sharaf U Dheen and is available on Prime Video.
8. Kondal
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on: Netflix
Kondal is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language action-drama
film directed by Ajith Mampally and written by Ajith Mampally, Roylin Robert, and Satheesh Thonakkal. The film stars Antony Varghese, Raj B. Shetty, and Shabeer Kallarakkal in the lead roles. The story follows Manuel, who has just returned from the Gulf and finds himself aimlessly drifting through life. His circumstances take a turn for the
worse as he becomes entangled in a perilous clash with a formidable organization. The film was released in cinemas on 13 September 2024.
9. Khel Khel Mein
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Available on: Netflix
Khel Khel Mein is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language
comedy-drama film written and directed by Mudassar Aziz. Based on the 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers, it revolves around a group of friends who gather for dinner and end up revealing secrets about each other. Filming took place in Udaipur and London, and the cast includes Akshay
Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Ammy
Virk, Aditya Seal, and Pragya Jaiswal.
10. Outer Banks
- Genre: Teen Drama, Romance, Mystery, Action, Crime
- Available on: Netflix
Outer Banks is an American action-adventure mystery
teen drama television series created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke that premiered on Netflix on April 15, 2020. Set on an island of haves and have-nots, teen John B enlists his three best friends to hunt for a legendary treasure linked to his father’s disappearance. The series stars Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, and Madison Bailey, with the fourth season’s second part set to be released on November
7, 2024.