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With the winter season approaching with a full spree, one needs to borrow the adrenaline from the OTT shows and movies while laying cosy in our warm blankets. We understand the need for suggestions and hence bring to you this weekly list of binge-worthy OTT releases for your weekend.
Let the weekday blues wash over you as you sip hot coffee in one hand and remote in the other. From thriller-suspense, women-centric narrative to first-love summer stories, the list covers all.
Aarya Season 2, Seberg, Aranyak are some of the names on this week’s OTT list on Amazon Prime, Netflix, SonyLiv, Disney+Hotstar. So, prepare the popcorn, drinks and let the watching spree begin!
1. Aarya Season 2
The Indian serial Aarya is an official adaptation of the popular Dutch series Penoza. While we saw her take a moral stance on events in her life in the first season, this time we will see her emerge with a survival instinct unlike any other. Season 1 ended with Aarya fleeing her home with her children to travel to New Zealand, but she is pursued by persons who know that her late husband owes people in an unlawful company $300 million. The second season of Aarya follows a mother as she fights the dark world of crime and the adversaries who are closing in on her family and children. Will her family remain her rock, or will her dependable people turn against her?
OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
2. Aranyak
Aranyak is based on the same-named Bengali novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, a well-known Bengali novelist. When a foreign teenage tourist goes missing in a foggy village, a frantic local officer, played by Raveena Tandon, is forced to team up with her city-bred successor, Angad, on a big-ticket case that unearths skeletons and resurrects a long-forgotten legend about a vicious serial killer in the woods.
OTT Platform: Netflix
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
3. Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam
Structured over the femme fatale narrative, this show is going to see many stars from Pakistan as well. It stars Sanam Saeed, Sarwat Gilani, Meher Bano, Faiza Gillani, Eman Suleman, Samiya Mumtaz and Beo Raana Zafar in titular roles. The program is an anthology, with each episode telling a different tale but also tying in with the others to bring the show full circle.
The stories are filled with tension, mystery, and plot twists. It is directed by Meenu Gaur, a highly renowned British Indian director. The upcoming series is made up of six stories about seven women who reclaim control of their lives and redefine the term “femme fatale.”
OTT Platform: Zee5
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
4. The Expanse Season 6
The case of a missing young lady puts a tough investigator and a rogue ship’s captain together in a race across the solar system to unearth the greatest conspiracy in human history in this thriller set two hundred years in the future.
OTT Platform: Amazon Prime
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
5. The Unforgivable
The Sandra Bullock-led film ‘The Unforgiveable’ is a play written by Peter Craig and directed by Nora Fingscheidt. “Released from prison into a world that won’t forgive her, a woman convicted of murder searches for the young sister she was forced to leave behind,” Netflix says of the upcoming release.
OTT Platform: Netflix
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
6. The Last Duel
You wouldn’t want to miss this historical action drama. Knight Jean de Carrouges settles his argument with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel, according to King Charles VI.
OTT Platform: Disney+Hotstar
Release Date: 08 Dec 2021
7. Konda Polam
The film Kondapolam portrays the narrative of forest-based shepherds in Nallamala who are responsible for defending their sheep from predators and red sanders in the area. Vaisshnav Tej and Rakul Preet star in this Telugu film.
OTT Platform: Amazon Prime
Release Date: 08 Dec 2021
8. Our Beloved Summer
Two fighting ex-lovers are drawn back in front of the camera and into each other’s lives years after producing a viral documentary in high school. Choi Woong appears to be a naïve and free-spirited individual, yet he desires something for the first time in his life. As a result, he reveals what is on his mind. Kook Yeon Soo aspired to be the best student in her class, but she is now an adult who lives passionately and adapts to her surroundings. A romantic comedy sitcom about their tangled sentiments and evolution as they grow up. Dive into the summer feeling of first love and romance with this sweet K-drama.
OTT Platform: Netflix
Release Date: 07 Dec 2021
9. The Lighthouse
Directed by Robert Eggers, this fantasy horror-thriller stars Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, and others. In the 1890s, two lighthouse keepers attempt to save their sanity while living on a distant and mysterious New England island.
OTT Platform: Netflix
Release Date: 06 Dec 2021
10. Alex Rider Season2
When Alex Rider discovers that his uncle Ian was killed in the line of duty as a British spy, everything changes. The chief of The Department approaches the typical adolescent and presses him to assist in the investigation of his uncle’s death. Alex unwillingly adopts a new identity and goes undercover at Point Blanc, a distant boarding school.
OTT Platform: Sony LIV
Release Date: 04 Dec 2021
