Flight attendants, football coaches, renegade robots, underwater superheroes, it's all there on OTT this week.
The film has some great animation, and a good story as well.
As the season ends, we take a look.
'Editor M S Shinde deserves full credit because, I'm told, Ramesh Sippy had shot 300,000 feet of footage, which was brought down to 18,000. 'He died in 2012, in a 126 square foot flat in Dharavi, penniless, a forgotten hero.'
Pasanga 2 is fun-filled emotional film about children reeling under the burden of their parents's dreams and aspirations.
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
'Everyone at Guru Dutt Productions would get monthly salaries. Waheeda didi would get Rs 2,500 per month. And that was the reason why she left.'
Superheroes, snowmen, freedom fighters, Sukanya Verma lists everything the OTT channels have to offer this week.
The Railway Men is a compelling watch; the subject is handled with seriousness and respect without going overboard with the dramatic impact, observes Mayur Sanap.
The year 2025 started slowly at the box office but the summer is looking up for theatrical releases.
'A director's actor, if I had told her to jump from a building, she would probably have.' 'But I only told her to jump off a running train...'
The DVDs have a cool range of extras as well.
'When you try to do something that's not been tried before, nobody likes that.'
Good performances from Parvathy, Sreenagara Kitty and Jai Jagadish, a tight screenplay and great visuals make this Kannada movie a must watch.
'What I have learnt over time is that when it comes to doing any movie, your experiences helps a lot.'
As the MAMI film festival kicks off, Aseem Chhabra picks the must watch Indian movies.
'My family are the mainstream audience and think I am wasting my time. Until I make a Rs 100 crore film, they won't be convinced.'
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
Directed by Raj and DK, and written by Sita R Menon, the spy series stars Varun Dhawan and Samantha, and is a prequel to Priyanka Chopra's Citadel. Citadel: Honey Bunny begins streaming from November 7 on Amazon Prime Video.
'Will anything change for you after the election?' And the man said 'Kuch nahin badlega.' And he had a smile on his face. He knew nothing was going to change.
'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.'
'... and wants to become a man, things change.' 'The child no longer wants to listen to anyone, and the father doesn't stay silent.'
In this new series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. We start with Dev Anand's Taxi Driver.
If the US' renewed closeness with Pakistan ends up strengthening Pakistan's military, it will clearly show that Washington no longer wants a strong India and could be ready to let China dominate Asia, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The new season coasts along on the simple anecdotes that make up the piggy bank of family lore; the performances are as wonderful as before, but the sharpness of humour is starting to dull a bit, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'I was quite taken in by the adept handling of a simple (yet complicated!) subject and had my share of laughs and tears by the time the curtain fell,' observes Nitin Sathe after watching the superhit Baipan Bhari Deva.
May offers a mix of original Web series and digital movie premieres on OTT.
Friends with Kids is one of the best films to hit the home market in recent weeks, writes Arthur J Pais.
Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options.
It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film criticism, and film critics turned into psychiatrists, says Sreehari Nair.
Implicit violence woven into terse dialogues helps maintain the pace of the film.
'Shah Rukh Khan called me and said, I usually don't co-produce, but I will do it with you.' 'It will be one for the memories.'
If you're hosting a Diwali party, you need a chartbuster playlist to make it a night to remember.
Food, feminism, fights, father-son issues, famous rivalries, OTT is as loaded as it gets this week.
'It's a tremendous accomplishment to have a father like Amitabh Bachchan and still be so sorted, to not taste the kind of success that he should have and yet be so balanced.'
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
'Once bitten, twice shy, I didn't take up the challenge this time...' 'I realised I had failed to follow my karma because I feared failure.'
'I was blessed to earn a lot of fame and money, more than I ever expected, and the time has come to share what I have earned with others.'
From Hrithik Roshan's mind games in Vikram Vedha to South Korea's biggest blockbuster of 2023 so far, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
