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Hot on OTT: Coming up this week (Sep 19 - Sep 25)
The show is set in Kota, which is an educational hub for IIT, medical students across the country. The show follows the life of 16-year-old youngster Vaibhav who moves to Kota from Itarsi. It beautifully depicts the life and struggles of students in the city, and their efforts to get into premium institutes. In the second season, Vaibhav's story will continue as he decides to go to Maheshwari Classes.
Spotify launches exclusive 'Money Heist' destination with Netflix
The immersive musical experience is to celebrate the final season of 'Money Heist'. Available to all Spotify users on mobile in India, listeners can enjoy exclusive video content from the cast themselves, the official playlist featuring the show's soundtracks, and the Part 5 Volume 1 trailer.
'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' sequel lands in Netflix
Netflix has picked up global rights to the latest installment of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' from Legendary Pictures, reports hollywoodreporter.com. David Blue Garcia directed the horror movie, which was shot last year in Bulgaria, and is produced by filmmaker Fede Alvarez and Rodolfo Sayagues through their Bad Hombre banner, as well as Kim Henkel, Ian Henkel, and Pat Cassidy of Exurbia Films, and Legendary Pictures.
Hot on OTT: Coming up this week (August 29 - September 4)
Helmet (film on ZEE5, Sept 3), Cast: Aparshakti Khurana, Pranutan Bahl, Abhishek Banerjee, Direction: Satramm Ramani, A quirky comedy from the heartland of India, it touches upon the topic of condoms that is considered embarrassing for most people in India and will showcase the same in a hilariously entertaining manner.
Hot on OTT: Coming up this week (August 22 - August 28)
The Empire is based on the novel series 'Empire of the Moghul' by Alex Rutherford. The series focuses on the rise and fall of the Mughal empire through generations from Babur to Aurangzeb. The story starts in Farghana where a young prince Babur is the heir to the king. Ousted at a young age he begins his campaign for the conquest of north India.
Starstruck: The real game changers of OTT
Pankaj Tripathi, who can be tagged as the uncrowned king of the digital space, garnered a big fan following after his portrayal as the deadly gangster Kaleen bhaiyya from 'Mirzapur', power hungry godman Guruji from 'Sacred Games' and the endearing friend in his latest release 'Mimi'. Pankaj, who grabbed eyeballs ever since he shone on the web crime thrillers, says he is not trying to be a "game changer".
Pankaj Tripathi on being called uncrowned 'king' of OTT
He has often been called the "king" of the digital space. The 44-year-old actor credits the audience for all the love they have showered on him. "I am humbled and it feels really good to be so loved. I'm thankful to all the viewers who decide whom to make the 'King' and the 'Queen' from among us actors - we actors call such viewers the intelligent and thinking audience - and I'm very thankful to them," Pankaj said.
OTT experiments with politically correct content
India is a land of politics and Indians lap up political news everytime -- seeing that as an added advantage, content makers over the last few months have come out with successful and talked about stories such as "Tandav", "City Of Dreams" and "Madam Chief Minister", "Maharani" to name a few.
Radhika Apte, Vikrant Massey to star in thriller 'Forensic'
Radhika said: "There is a particular way to navigate thriller movies and with Forensic, it hits all the right notes. I am looking forward to starting this project and work with a talented costar like Vikrant and our director Vishal who has such a clear and interesting vision for this film." The first look of the suspense crime thriller, which is directed by Vishal Furia, was revealed on Tuesday.
Namit Das on 'A Suitable Boy': Book will always be alive, so will the show
"A Suitable Boy is one of those projects which is not limited to only one time frame. I think it's going to be remembered for a very long time. It's based on Vikram Seth's novel and whoever has read it will want to watch the series. The book will always be alive and hence the show will always be alive. Anything that Mira Nair makes, survives the test of time," Namit Das added.
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