We proffer a collection of the best movies and web series releasing this week on OTT platforms: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Zee5 and SonyLIV.
Searching for shows to binge-watch this weekend? This Friday brings you the set of best movies and web series to spend your weekend relaxing on your couch with a tub of popcorn having an ideal movie night. From a thriller show, A Thursday, to a musical drama, Homecoming, we have a troupe of shows to have a perfect binge-watch weekend.
Top Movies And Shows For The Weekend
Here is a compilation of top movies and shows releasing this Friday.
1. A Thursday
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Cast: Yami Gautam, Neha Dhupia and Dimple Kapadia
An intriguing hostage drama, A Thursday, features Yami Gautam as a playschool teacher who abducts 16 children with a motive to get her demands fulfilled by the Prime Minister. It is a spiritual sequel to the thriller drama A Wednesday. The movie was released on February 17 exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar.
2. Bestseller
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Shruti Hassan and Arjan Bajwa
Mukul Abhyankar’s Bestseller is an intense psychological thriller featuring Arjan Bajwa as a bestselling author and Shruti Hassan as his huge fan, who seeks guidance in writing her own story. The gripping thriller drama is a perfect blend of suspense and a dark labyrinth of flawed human nature.
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Platform: Netflix
Cast: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Jacob Latimore and Moe Dunford
Netflix presents a spiritual sequel to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, the movie is a horror-thriller featuring Mark Burnham as Leatherface, who returns to terrorise a group of young friends who fortuitously disrupted his shielded world in the town.
4. One Of Us Is Lying
Platform: Netflix
Cast: Chibuikem Uche, Annalisa Cochrane, Marianly Tejada and Cooper van Grootel
One Of Us Is Lying is a high school drama where four friends Cooper, Addy, Bronwyn and Nate are prime suspects in the murder of one of their classmates. Based on Karen M. McManus’ best-selling novel of the same name, the murder mystery is a perfect show to add in your binge-watch list for the weekend.
5. Mithya
Platform: Zee5
Cast: Huma Qureshi, Avantika Dasani, Parambrata Chatterjee and Rajit Kapur
Mithya is a psychological thriller drama that centres around a complicated relationship between a professor and her student. It is a debut show of Avantika Dasani, daughter of Maine Pyaar Kiya famed actress Bhagyashree. The web series depicts the psychological battle between the professor and student which sparks a shocking revelation spun around a murder for which they both are suspects.
6. Homecoming
Platform: SonyLIV
Cast: Sayani Gupta, Plabita Borthakur, Pujarini Ghosh, Tuhina Das, Shweta Chaudhuri, Priyanka Mondal, Angana Roy and Payel Roy
Homecoming centres around the journey of a group of friends from Kolkata. Written and produced by Soumyajit Majumdar, the 90 minutes musical drama exhibits the untold stories and the hidden feelings of the friends at their reunion. It gives a unique cosmopolitan vibe profoundly appealing to the audiences.
Have a great weekend binge-watching the top movies and shows releasing this Friday.