Weekend OTT Picks: Aavesham on Disney Hostar to Tahira Kashyap’s ‘Sharmajee Ki Beti’ on Prime Video
OTT Picks This Weekend: Weekends with a drizzle of rain outside, and a warm cup of chai or coffee at the side are here. Binge-watching in monsoon is the heartiest feeling, so for this weekend’s top 5 picks, the entertainment ranges from a slice-of-life series marking the directorial debut of Tahira Kashyap to the much anticipated OTT release of Fahadh Faasil’s Aavesham.
Sharmajee Ki Beti on Prime Video
Release Date: 28 June
Women telling women’s stories! Tahira Kashyap tells the tale of five women, navigating their life amid the societal expectations fed to them for their gender. The series stars Sakshi Tanwar, Divya Dutta, and Siyami Kher in pivotal roles, sharing just a single commonality i.e. their surname, Sharma in the show.
Rautu Ka Raaz on Zee5
Release Date: 28 June
Nawazzudin Siddiqui once again dons the uniform of a cop to solve the murder mystery of a warden’s presumably natural death that brings chaos to the ordinarily sleepy town of Rautu Ki Beli. As the investigation unfolds hinditing the death to be a planned murder Siddiqui shoulders the pressure to solve the puzzle.
My Lady Jane on Prime Video
Release Date: 27 June
The British series is an adaptation of Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows’s novel series reimagining the life of Lady Jane Grey. The series chronicles the life of the “Nine Days Queen” who ascended the British throne for only nine days.
A Family Affair on Netflix
Release Date: 28 June
A romantic comedy starring Zoey King, Zac Effron, and Nicole Kidman. A young personal assistant (Zoey) of a movie star (Zac) learns that her boss is having a romantic affair with her mother, triggering a series of complications for the three as they try to find a middle way for their arrangement.
Aavesham on Disney+ Hotstar
Release Date: 28 June
Featuring Fahadh Faasil, Hipzster, Sajin Gopu, Mithun Jai Shankar and directed by Jithu Madhavan, the Malayalam action comedy will be premiering on OTT in Hindi as well. The movie follows three young men who move to Bangalore to fulfill their engineering dreams but get involved in a local fight for which they seek help from a local gangster.
