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. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
- Genre: Sorcery, Thriller, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on: Amazon Prime
The 4th edition of the series The Lord of the Rings has been a great hit. The story set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. Created by Patrick McKay and John D. Payne, the movie stars Morfydd Clark, Charlie Vickers and Robert Aramayo. The part consists of 17 episodes with another edition of The Lord of the Rings to be released on December 13, 2024.
2.Call Me Bae
- Genre: Romance
- Available on: Amazon Prime
With the Ananya Pandey making her debut in OTT through the movie, Call Me Bae is an Indian Hindi-language comedy drama television series written by Ishita Moitra, Samina Motlekar and Rohit Nair directed by Colin D’Cunha. Produced by Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment, the film stars Ananya Pandey as the lead role of Bella “Bae” Chowdhary alongside Varun Sood as Prince Bhasin and Vihaan Samat as Agastya Chowdhary. We’ll also see Lisa Mishra, Sahil Shroff, Muskan Jaferi.
3. Buddy
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Available on: Netflix
Directed and written by Sam Anton and Sai Hemanth, Buddy is an adventure scientific fiction featuring Gayatri Bhardwaj, Allu Sirish and Ajmal Ameer with Prisha Rajesh Singh in his acting debut. A teddy bear named Buddy is in trouble and asks pilot Aditya Ram for help. Can the duo join forces and help each other out? The film is an adaptation of the Tamil film Teddy.
4. Bad Newz
- Genre: Romcom
- Available on: Amazon Prime, Rishtey Cineplex
Bad Newz is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Anand Tiwari. Produced by Amazon Prime, Dharma Productions and Leo Media Collective, the film inspired by true events stars Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, and Ammy Virk. A crazy laugh riot shows the outcomes of two sophisticated Punjabi men and a Punjabi girl. One of the men has a one night stand with the girl and somehow, craziness happens when she is pregnant with twins from each due to a rare condition, leading to chaotic and humorous situations as the men compete for her affection and their respective child.
5. Pehla Pyaar: Less Than 1% Chance
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Available on: SonyLiv
The romance and drama series, Pehla Pyaar: Less
than 1% Chance takes us back to our teenage love with its amazing storyline. Young Murli Sharma moves to Patna with his family after his father gets transferred. Struggling to fit in, he befriends Nandini, and their close bond develops into romantic feelings from Murli’s side. Will Nandini share his
affection? Find out in the 23 episodes series starring Krish Rao, Arista Mehta and James Ghadge.
6. Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank
- Genre: Comedy, Horror
- Available on: To be released on Netflix and Amazon Prime
Adding on to the amazing movie Stree comes Stree 2 with Sarkate ka Aatank. After the events of Stree, the town of Chanderi is being haunted again. This time, women are mysteriously abducted by a terrifying headless entity. Once again, it’s up to Vicky and his friends to save their town and loved ones. Starring Rajkumar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor and Pankaj Tripathi, the film is directed by Amar Kaushik and is produced by Maddoc Films and Jio Studios.
7. Rebel Ridge
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on: Netflix
Directed and written by Jeremy Saulnier, an ex-Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief. Starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb, the film was released on September 6, 2024.
8. Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Available on: JioCinema
Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment is an Indian cooking-based television series. The series is about participants cooking dishes keeping in mind some criteria assigned by chef Harpal Singh Sokhi, who judges the dishes along with Bharti Singh and entertaining the viewers. Just like its name, the series bring innovative blend of celebrity personalities, culinary skills, and comedy, all coming together for a delightful entertainment experience. It has 29 episodes till now and was released on 1 June 2024.
9. Stree
- Genre: Comedy, Horror
- Available on: Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime
Stree is the comedy horror Hindi movie starring
Shraddha Kapoor and RajKumar Rao. In the small town of Chanderi, the menfolk live in fear of an evil spirit named “Stree” who abducts men in the night. Based on the urban legend of “Nale Ba” that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s. Produced by Dinesh Vijan and Raj & DK, the film’s
second part has also been released recently
10. Aashram
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on: MX Player
Season 3 of Aashram surely depicts the hardwork of the team. A duplicitous, Aashram based, Indian Godman’s good deeds serve activities criminal and unholy, such as rapes, murders, drugs, vote bank politics and forced male emasculation. The law and a few crusaders investigate to bring him to account. Starring Bobby Deol, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Aditi Sudhir Pohankar, the Indian Hindi-language crime drama web series directed by Prakash Jha for MX Player original.