Streaming This Week: Shooting Stars, Maidaan, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Blackout on Netflix, Prime Video, JioCinema
OTT Releases This Week: For the OTT bluffs wondering what amazing new releases are in store for this week, do not look any further. This week promises riveting tale of vengeance with Gashmir Mahajani’s Gunaah, legendary biopic of LeBron James, and Indian football coach Syed Abdul Rahim, followed by an adrenaline boost of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and not to forget the warm and homely Gullak returning with a season 3. So dig in to find what suits your taste of cinema this week.
Gunaah
Date: 3 June
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
The riveting revenge tale of Abhimanyu’s revenge will keep you engrossed guessing his next move. Deceived in love, he ends up in a jail for a murder allegation he has no part in, so when life gives him a chance to learn the truth, a mentor and escape from prison leads to his rebirth with a new face and identity. The series stars Surbhi Jyoti, Gashmeer Mahajani and Zayn Ibad Khan in lead roles.
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Shooting Stars
Date: 3 June
Platform: Netflix
The film is the origin story of football star LeBron James following the life of his high school years playing football, carving a niche from himself in the field since younghood. It is based on the book of the same name by a Pulitzer Prize winning author of Friday Night Lights, Buzz Bissinger.
Star Wars: The Acolyte
Date: 6 June
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Set in the High Republic Era before the main events of Star Wars commence, the sci-fiction series follows a Jedi on an investigation of a series of crimes.
Maidaan
Date: 5 June
Platform: Prime Video
The biographical sports drama based on legendary Indian football coach Syed Abdul Rahim stars Ajay Devgan in lead role. The movie underscores the role played by Rahim in motivating the football squad at the 1956 Olympics and then the Asian games.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Date: 6 June
Platform: Netflix
Starring a stellar cast of Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Disha Patani, Alaya F and Sonakshi Sinha, the movie revolves around the theft of a destructive AI weapon by the antagonist (Sukumaran) and the task of recovering it handed to two special agents (Kumar and Shroff).
Sweet Tooth Season 3
Date: 6 June
Platform: Netflix
The final season of Sweet Tooth will follow Gus, the human-deer hybrid in a post-apocalyptic world with his friends determined to find the cure of the disease called ‘the Sick’.
Blackout
Date: 7 June
Platform: JioCinema
Vikrant Massey and Mouni Roy starrer suspense-thriller is about a mysterious night on the streets of Pune where Lenny (Massey) a crime reporter explores the darkness of greed and misfortune.
Gullak Season 4
Date: 7 June
Platform: SonyLiv
The Mishras navigate their life amidst the adulting of their youngest son Aman, and a new chapter opens in the life of Annu. Their everyday trials and tribulations will return to serve the dose of relatability.
Fantasy, thriller, action, and slice of life - this week’s new releases are a perfect mix of everything you might ask for.
