If you are planning to stay in this weekend or intend to be a couch potato on September weekends, then here’s a look at an electrifying lineup of content on various OTT platforms, featuring a diverse range of genres including thriller, crime, action, and comedy drama. Brace yourselves for an enticing selection that caters to audiences of different tastes, encompassing a wide array of languages with some stellar cast.
Friday Night Plan
Directed by Vatsal Neelakantan, Friday Night Plan stars Babil Khan. Medha Rana, Juhi Chawla and Amrith Jayan and is produced by Excel Entertainment. The film is a tale of self-discovery, companionship, packed with a lot of fun and a ton of chaos. Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Kassim Jagmagia & Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment premiered on Netflix on September 1.
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story
Actor Gagan Dev Riar is set to essay the role of the convicted Indian counterfeiter, Abdul Karim Telgi in Scam 2003: The Telgi Story. The second season of the show tells the story of India’s biggest stamp paper scam plotted by Abdul Karim Telgi, helmed by Hansal Mehta and directed by Tushar Hiranandani, the series is based on one of India’s biggest scams by Abdul Karim Telgi, which shocked the nation with its unimaginable scale. Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with StudioNEXT, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story has dropped on Sony LIV.
The Freelancer
The riveting thriller series is based on the book A Ticket to Syria by Shirish Thorat. It is directed by Bhav Dhulia, produced by Friday Storytellers and Neeraj Pandey is the creator and show-runner. The book attempts to share the story about the insidious operations of the Islamic State, and how the terror group has perfected a cross-country operation that converts thousands to a depraved cause.
The Freelancer, helmed by Mohit Raina, also stars veteran actor Anupam Kher, along with Sushant Singh, Kashmira Pardeshi, John Kokken, Gauri Balaji and Navneet Malik, Manjiri Faddnis, Sarah Jane Dias amongst others. It is currently airing on Disney+ Hotstar.
Tahir’s House
Starring Mohammad Bakhsh, Mohammed AlFaza, al-Hashimi al-Faisal, Joud Sofyani, it is directed by Sultan al-Abdulmohsen. A family of amateur entrepreneurs must come together to convert their failing fish shop into a thriving business, but branching out isn’t easy. With their Jeddah fish store weeks away from bankruptcy, can the Tahir family sow the seeds of success, or just cause familial chaos? As they reinvent their business, and themselves, they learn the meaning of sacrifice, brotherhood, and family, with plenty of shenanigans along the way. The six-part series released is streaming on Netflix.
The Wheel of Time, Season 2
The American fantasy television series developed by Rafe Judkins is based on the novel series of the same name by Robert Jordan with Brandon Sanderson. Season Two of The Wheel of Time finds the show’s beloved characters facing down the deadly threat of the growing darkness, and gives a sneak peek at the introduction of fan favourite book characters such as Elayne Trakand, Aviendha, and Lady Suroth.
The series stars Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoe Robins, Madeleine Madden in pivotal roles, and premiered with the first three episodes in English, with dubs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada on Prime Video.