Right from Rakshabandhan on the 11th of this month a series of other events including the usual weekend and Independence Day a day later is lined up ahead in the coming week making a long weekend.
The month of August has seen some finest pieces of work up on the streaming platforms pan India and abroad as well. This is that great time of the month to binge on the content based on your choice with a set of more stacked ahead in the coming days.
Here’s our list of suggestions to keep up your schedule packed this long weekend with some of the finest releases up on the OTT platforms a help to keep your FOMO aside:
Crash Course - Amazon Prime Video:
Featuring veteran actor Annu Kapoor a story based on students and their challenges in the competitive world to aim for the best. Besides, it adds a theme of friendship, relationships, and societal pressure otherwise. It is streaming now on the platform since the 5th of this month a must-watch for Millennials.
Darlings – Netflix:
Alia Bhatt’s debut production movie bashing the patriarchal mindset where a married woman returns all that she faced from her husband in the form of domestic violence and abuses him to make him test his own medicine that she bored for years. Streaming now, released on 5th this month.
Indian Matchmaking Season 2 - Netflix:
After the grand success of the first season, Netflix is back with its popular reality show for the second season. Featuring Seema Taparia going ahead in her business for finding matches for men and women. Stream on August 10th.
Never Have I Ever Season 3 - Netflix:
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Story of Devi, her love of life, and their brewing romance. The 3rd season will showcase complexities in their relationship, peer pressure, and love angle. It will hit the platform on August 12.
Day Shift – Netflix:
Jamie Foxx stars in the action thriller as a hardworking blue-collar father who is committed to serving her daughter a good life. Showcasing the life of a common man who is not so common in real and is involved in earning through hunting and killing vampires being a member of the nexus of vampire hunters. Releasing August 12th on Netflix.
I am Groot – Disney Plus Hotstar:
The cuteness of Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy returns. Story of the Baby Groot with Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper on board. A Marvel animated production showcases mainly the interaction between Groot and various alien species in the short fun-filled episodes. Up for release on August 10th.
The Southern release:
‘The Warrior’ with Satya in lead as a cop will be streaming from the 11th of this month on the Disney Hotstar. Other major releases that can make up your list includes, ‘Window Seat’ on Zee5 on the same date as The Warrior. ‘Gargi’ story of a girl along with an advocate working all she can for the release of her father, streaming from August 12th on Sony Liv.
It is that time of the month when the host of other movies are also hitting the theatres with Aamir’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha and Akshay’s starrer ‘Rakshabandhan’ in the talks as the lead.