It’s time to have a look at the biggest OTT releases of the week. The list is dominated by south Indian movies. Some of the biggest south blockbusters of the year like Varisu, Veer Simha Reddy, and Thankam have made their OTT debut this week. Apart from these south biggies, the major highlight of this week on OTT is the third season of Netflix’s mystery drama Outer Banks. Let’s have a look at the biggest OTT releases of the week (Feb 20 to Feb 26, 2023).
1) Varisu
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Streaming Date: Feb 22
Language: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Varisu stars Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna, with R. Sarathkumar, Prabhu, Jayasudha, Prakash Raj, Srikanth and Shaam in supporting roles. The family drama revolves around Vijay Rajendran, a happy-to-go lucky man, who is disowned and thrown out of the house as he refused to join the family business. Things change when his father becomes terminally ill, and he is left to manage his business empire and family.
2) Veera Simha Reddy
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Streaming Date: Feb 23
Language: Telugu
Written and directed by Gopichand Malineni, Veera Simha Reddy stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in a dual role along with Shruti Haasan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Honey Rose, and Duniya Vijay.
The plot revolves around Veera Simha Reddy who is a respected man in a village and his son Bala Simha Reddy settles in the USA. When his father gets killed in the village politics, Bala Simha returns to India and takes revenge on who killed his father.
3) Thankam
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Streaming Date: Feb 20
Language: Malayalam
Directed by Saheed Arafath, this crime drama stars Biju Menon, Vineeth Sreenivasan, and Aparna Balamurali in lead roles. The movie portrays the travel of two Gold Agents, Muthu and Kannan from Thrissur, the Gold Capital of India, to Mumbai. It shows the misfortunes they face while transferring gold from one state to another.
4) M3GAN
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Streaming Date: Feb 24
Directed by Gerard Johnstone, this sci-fi horror movie follows the eponymous artificially intelligent doll who develops self-awareness and becomes hostile towards anyone who comes between her and her human companion.
5) Liaison
Platform: Apple TV+
Streaming Date: Feb 24
This french crime drama revolves around two agents and former lovers who must work together to combat international cyberattacks threatening the UK while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship.
6) Outer Banks Season 3
Platform: Netflix
Streaming Date: Feb 23
The new season of Netflix’s popular show sees the Pogues washed ashore on a desert island that, for a brief moment, seems like an idyllic home. But things quickly go south for John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, JJ, and Cleo when they find themselves once again caught up in a race for the treasure, quite literally running for their lives.
7) Michael
Platform: Aha Tamil
Streaming Date: Feb 24
Language: Tamil
Michael is a neo-noir action thriller movie written and directed by Ranjit Jeyakod. It stars Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi, Divyansha Kaushik, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Varun Sandesh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Ayyappa P. Sharma. The plot revolves around a gang fighting over places. A youngster decides to gain control of the area. Can he complete his dream of ruling over the place?
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