Sizzling Kriti, Sanghi Sanju and more on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists the OTT releases, coming up.
Key Points
- Cocktail 2, Bharat Bhhagya Vidhata and Aakhri Sawwal arrive for the Independence Day weekend.
- My Brilliant Career, Minions and Monsters and In The Grey offer international content.
- For horror fans, catch Aroopi on Prime Video.
Hindi releases coming up
Cocktail 2
Where to watch? Netflix
Language: Hindi
The spiritual sequel to Cocktail recycles its 'two girls, one guy frolicking in a foreign location' formula to showcase Shahid Kapoor sandwiched between his comfort zone with Rashmika Mandanna and attraction to her smokin' hot gal pal Kriti Sanon.
Bharat Bhhagya Vidhata
Where to watch? Z5
Language: Hindi
The courage shown by the city's nurses during Mumbai's 26/11 terror attacks find a cinematic expression in the Kangana Ranaut led Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.
Aakhri Sawwal
Where to watch? Lionsgate Play
Language: Hindi
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's ideology is looked through a favoured prism in the student-professor debate drama.
Jumper
Where to watch? Jio Hotstar
Language: Hindi
An astute cable guy turns investigator for a missing MLA in the Vijay Raaz starter previously titled Johnny Jumper.
108 Base Hospital, Uri
Where to watch? Jio Hotstar
Language: Hindi
The life of army doctors working in a conflict torn region while battling their own problems forms the focus of the drama series.
The Traitors Season 2
Where to watch? Prime Video
Language: Hindi
21 celebrity contestants, including the likes of Dalip Tahil, Shweta Tiwari, Mallika Sherawat, Krystle D'Souza, Parul Gulati, Rhea Chakraborty, Aaditya Kulshreshth (Kullu), Abhishek Malhan (Fukraa Insaan), Ansh Chopra, Harman Singha, Ikka Singh, Karan Singh Magic, Munawar Faruqui, Prish, Chef Ranveer Brar, Rida Tharana, Sahil Salathia, Shahneel Gill, Shalini Passi, Soundous Moufakir and Tanya Puri plot against each other to survive and subject others to betrayal and weekly elimination in the Karan Johar hosted second season.
International fare
My Brilliant Career
Where to watch? Netflix
Language: English
In the six-part adaptation of Australian writer Miles Franklin's 1900s era novel, a young woman hailing from a conservative background dares to defy social expectations and dream of becoming a writer.
Minions and Monsters
Where to watch? Rent on Prime Video
Language: English
Minions turn movie makers at the helm of a monster project until saving the world beckons in their fun-filled ode to old Hollywood.
In The Grey
Where to watch? Prime Video
Language: English
A debt recovery specialist and her pair of brawny faithfuls endeavour to get back a billion dollars from a deadly dictator in Guy Ritchie's breezy new slice-of-crime and action.
The Legend of Kitchen Soldier
Where to watch? Prime Video
Language: Korean
Weak Class Hero's Park Ji-hoon enlists in the army and discovers his superpower to cook a storm over a series of challenges in his latest K-drama.
Wrangler
Where to watch? Prime Video
Language: Korean
Tensions arise after a dog trainer is forced to confront her sister's return following her release from prison.
Regional Language Offerings
Part Timers
Where to watch? Jio Hotstar
Language: Telugu
Two very different women, living as roommates, share a roof and the common goal of setting up a startup.
Aroopi
Where to watch? Prime Video
Language: Malayalam
Accidentally set free, a terrifying spirit unleashes her vengeful wrath on the heir of an ancestral estate in the horror-packed Aroopi.
