Parisian serial killers. Teen doctors. Desi ghostbusters. Potluck parties. Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week.
There are as many as three films and a Web series premiering on October 2.
There are hundreds of fan clubs -- in Jalgaon, Beed, Chennai, Kolkata, Akola, Yavatmal, Bengaluru, Sitamarhi, New York, Canada, Nigeria etc. Every Indian city/town or a major country has a fan club for the man whose fan base has been estimated at 3.5 billion by Time Magazine.
Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or will he end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene even before it all had really begun, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
'There is so much talk about Netflix and what they should be doing.' 'In two years, SonyLIV has done what Netflix should be doing.'
'We haven't seen films like these in the Telugu film industry.'
As many as six major films are set to arrive in theatres even as OTT continues to thrill us with new content.
Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.
'Till a cheque comes into my account, I don't feel like a professional actor.'
The success of south films like KGF: Chapter 2, RRR and Pushpa: The Rise has resulted in audiences getting more and more receptive towards watching stars from this industry in Hindi films.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Aliens, serial killers, time loops, disasters, Sukanya Verma gives you your OTT fix of the week.
There's a lot of action on the OTT front as well as in theatres.
The OTT scene is bustling again this week with brand new shows and movies. Sukanya Verma suggests what you can watch.
Zombies, high society, avenging monkeys, reincarnation, twins, meteor strikes, you'll be spoiled for choice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations:
'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.' 'Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.' 'Now we have got bigger scope.'
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.'
'I'm trying to move away from what I've done before, not because I'm not happy with what it was, but because I have already done that.'
Nah, we're not taking about Amitabh Bachchan's favourite onscreen characters.
'I don't think 'oh, I have done 534 films' or 'I have 40 years of experience behind me.'
There's a lot of entertainment coming your way on OTT and in theatres in August.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the 10 releases that will keep the entertainment going till the end of 2020.
'In India the box office numbers are insane. It released with 7 other films It still did 70 crores during pandemic times. 'To have your second feature film in Telugu create this kind of impact is a dream come true.'
Modern Love Hyderabad, even though predictable, is interesting in parts and keeps you entertained emotionally, observes Divya Nair.
Joginder Tuteja looks at stars with the most movies in the pipeline.
'Every scene we have written in the film encapsulates the spirit of his life.'
'Ups and downs keep happening, you have to fight through them.'
Quite a few superstars are bringing their big releases to the big screen this month.
'This has been both challenging and inspiring for me.'
Sooryavanshi and Annaatthe have already collected 6 percent of the film industry's 2020 revenue.
'She is not only concerned about her own performance or how she is looking, but also about others.'
Movies are now releasing in multiple languages in theatres, and each one seems to have found an audience.
'Some people believe that guys with muscles don't have a sense of humour.' 'We wanted to prove them wrong.'
'I don't think I ever wanted to work with anyone, no Khans, nobody, except for Mr Amitabh Bachchan.'
'I admire the discipline with which she trained for the action scenes.' 'I admire her for the dedication with which she managed to lose all the weight she had put on for Thalaivi, physically transforming herself before coming into this film.'
Subhash K Jha lists three most eagerly anticipated projects of the monsoon season.
'I narrated the story to many top actors, but for some reason, they couldn't connect with the character of a blind pianist.'
Monsters from hell, time loops and time travel, magical realms and bomb threats, things are pretty action-packed on OTT this week, observes Sukanya Verma.
'There is a lot of money coming into the business, people are consuming a lot of content, there is no dearth of new films and shows coming out of India and being available worldwide.'
