Sushant Singh Rajput’s ‘Dil Bechara’, Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Gunjan Saxena’, Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni’s ‘Family Man 2’ and many more films and webseries to release on OTT platforms….
With theatres and malls closed for over 100 days now, actors and filmmakers have switched to direct OTT releases to keep their audience entertained. Many films released only days before the lockdown began, and had to forcefully stop business in theatres and immediately released on OTT platforms. Ponmagal Vandhal, Penguin, Paatal Lok, Aarya being a few movies and web series to be released recently on these platforms. Here is a list of films and web series that will be releasing on OTT platforms
SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT’S ‘DIL BECHARA’
The late Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film “Dil Bechara” will release digitally. “Dil Bechara” is the official remake of the 2014 Hollywood romantic drama “The Fault In Our Stars”, based on John Green’s popular novel with the same name. Sanjana Sanghi stars opposite Sushant in the film. It will premiere on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar, on July 24.
ABHISHEK BACHCHAN AND NITHYA MENEN IN ‘BREATTHE-2’
Abhishek Bachchan will be making his digital debut with “Breathe: Into The Shadows”. It also marks the digital debut of South actress Nithya Menen. The show also features Sayami Kher who featured in ‘Special OPS’, a web series by Neeraj Pandey on Disney+Hotstar. Amit Sadh, who received accolades for his performance in the first season of “Breathe”, will reprise his role as Inspector Kabir Sawant once again. This time, Abhishek will be seen on a mission to find his missing daughter. Director Mayank Sharma has co-written the series with Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, and Arshad Syed. The series will stream on Amazon Prime Video from July 10.
SAIF ALI KAHN IN ALI ABBAS ZAFAR’S ‘DILLI’
Saif Ali Khan has already made an impressive OTT debut with “Sacred Games” on Netflix which co-starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He returns to the medium in “Sultan” director Ali Abbas Zafar’s show “Dilli”, which is about the dark edges of Indian politics. The show also stars Sunil Grover, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub and Sarah Jane Dias. It will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
MANOJ BAJPAYEE AND SAMANTHA AKKINENI IN ‘THE FAMILY MAN 2’
Manoj Bajpayee returns in the second season of “The Family Man”, and co-starring him this time is Samantha Akkineni. While Manoj impressed everyone with his role in season one of the show, Samantha grabbed attention with her role in the Tamil film “Super Deluxe” that had earlier released in Netflix. “The Family Man 2” streams on Amazon Prime Video.
JANHVI KAPOOR IN ‘GUNJAN SAXENA: THE KARGIL GIRL’
Yet another big film ditching a theatrical release amid the COVID-19 crisis, is the Janhvi Kapoor-starrer “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.” The film is inspired by the life of Indian Air Force combat pilot Gunjan Saxena, and stars Janhvi in the titular role. Gunjan entered the war zone during the 1999 Kargil War. Directed by Sharan Sharma, the cast also features Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Viineet Kumar, Manav Vij and Ayesha Raza. It will be released on Netflix.
SWARA BHASKAR IN ‘RASBHARI’
Swara Bhasker stars in “Rasbhari”, a love story set in Meerut. Swara plays the role of a stern English teacher who is the object of attraction for Nand (Ayushmaan Saxena). The show premiered on Amazon Prime Video this weekend.
KONKONA SEN SHARMA IN ‘MUMABAI DIARIES 26/11’
The series, starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Mohit Raina, is expected to narrate a fictionalised account of the terror attack that took place at the Cama Hospital, among other venues, on November 26, 2008. Directed by Nikkhil Advani, it will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
VIDYA BALAN IN ‘SHAKUNTALA DEVI’ The film is about a mathematician Shakuntala Devi whose brain worked faster than that of a calculator or computer, thus giving her the name ‘human computer’. The film stars Viday Balan in the titular role. It is to release on Amazon Prime.
