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September sees the return of some big-ticket series and a few new interesting films that promise to keep you hooked

7 promising OTT releases this month

September sees the return of some big-ticket series and a few new interesting films that promise to keep you hooked

September is turning out to be an engaging month for OTT viewers, with some old favourites coming back and a few new releases packing a punch.

Friday Night PlanA directorial debut, this coming-of-age comedy-drama is written and directed by Vatsal Neelakantan and  produced under the banner of Excel Entertainment.The film revolves around the complex relationship between two siblings played by Amrith Jayan, who plays the younger sibling, and Babil Khan plays the elder, nerdier one. Juhi Chawla plays their mother.Streaming platform: Netflix

Friday Night Plan

A directorial debut, this coming-of-age comedy-drama is written and directed by Vatsal Neelakantan and  produced under the banner of Excel Entertainment.

The film revolves around the complex relationship between two siblings played by Amrith Jayan, who plays the younger sibling, and Babil Khan plays the elder, nerdier one. Juhi Chawla plays their mother.

Streaming platform: Netflix

Sex Education (Season four)This coming-of-age comedy-drama series is returning for a fourth season—two years since its last season aired in 2021. It revolves around the complex emotions of its characters—a set of high-schoolers exploring their sexualities and gender identities against the backdrop of an ever-evolving socio-cultural landscape.Starring Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Gillian Anderson and Mimi Keene among others, the series is slated to wrap up with this final iteration.Streaming platform: Netflix

Sex Education (Season four)

This coming-of-age comedy-drama series is returning for a fourth season—two years since its last season aired in 2021. It revolves around the complex emotions of its characters—a set of high-schoolers exploring their sexualities and gender identities against the backdrop of an ever-evolving socio-cultural landscape.

Starring Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Gillian Anderson and Mimi Keene among others, the series is slated to wrap up with this final iteration.

Streaming platform: Netflix

The Morning Show (Season three)The much-awaited season three of this big-ticket Apple TV+ original, The Morning Show starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston, Billy Crudup, Greta Lee (and Steve Carrell in season one) follows the lives of network television stars who navigate the murky waters of news, politics, and corporates who silently shape their lives and those of the viewers.Said to be loosely inspired by Brian Stelter's 2013 book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV, the show has Anniston and Witherspoon as its executive producers, with its second season having aired in 2021.Streaming platform: Apple TV+

The Morning Show (Season three)

The much-awaited season three of this big-ticket Apple TV+ original, The Morning Show starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston, Billy Crudup, Greta Lee (and Steve Carrell in season one) follows the lives of network television stars who navigate the murky waters of news, politics, and corporates who silently shape their lives and those of the viewers.

Said to be loosely inspired by Brian Stelter's 2013 book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV, the show has Anniston and Witherspoon as its executive producers, with its second season having aired in 2021.

Streaming platform: Apple TV+

Scam 2003After Scam 1992, director Hansal Mehta is back with yet another thriller based on true events, with this one involving convicted counterfeiter Abdul Karim Telgi. In 2003, he was involved in headline-grabbing stamp paper counterfeiting scandal, which amounted to rupees 30,000 crores.The first installment of the show released in 2020 charted the rise and fall of Indian stockbroker Harsha Mehta in Mumbai of the ’90s, where his involvement in an Indian securities scam earned him the bad rap of being a market manipulator.Streaming platform: SonyLIV

Scam 2003

After Scam 1992, director Hansal Mehta is back with yet another thriller based on true events, with this one involving convicted counterfeiter Abdul Karim Telgi. In 2003, he was involved in headline-grabbing stamp paper counterfeiting scandal, which amounted to rupees 30,000 crores.

The first installment of the show released in 2020 charted the rise and fall of Indian stockbroker Harsha Mehta in Mumbai of the ’90s, where his involvement in an Indian securities scam earned him the bad rap of being a market manipulator.

Streaming platform: SonyLIV

The Wheel of Time (Season two) Based on the best-selling Robert Jordan fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski, Gran Turismo), an unsuspecting farm boy, learns that he is The Dragon Reborn—a dangerous figure from history destined to rescue the world, or destroy it. Desperate to protect him from the Dark One, an army of powerful sorceresses must battle his overwhelming powers to rein them in.Starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, and Marcus Rutherford, the show returns for its second season—after the first released in 2021—with the Last Battle approaching. It ushers in new and old threats that promise to change the course of history in this fantastical universe.Streaming platform: Amazon Prime Video

The Wheel of Time (Season two)

Based on the best-selling Robert Jordan fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski, Gran Turismo), an unsuspecting farm boy, learns that he is The Dragon Reborn—a dangerous figure from history destined to rescue the world, or destroy it. Desperate to protect him from the Dark One, an army of powerful sorceresses must battle his overwhelming powers to rein them in.

Starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, and Marcus Rutherford, the show returns for its second season—after the first released in 2021—with the Last Battle approaching. It ushers in new and old threats that promise to change the course of history in this fantastical universe.

Streaming platform: Amazon Prime Video

HaddiSet against the backdrop of NCR, Gurugram and Noida, the film follows the life of the titular character Haddi, a transperson—portrayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui—from Allahabad to Delhi, who joins a gang of other transpersons and crossdressers, and crawls to the top of the criminal food chain to avenge his family, who was wronged by an influential gangster-turned-politician played by Anurag Kashyap. Co-written by debutant Akshat Ajay Sharma and Adamya Bhalla, Haddi is a gritty revenge drama that sheds light on the intricate nexus of the criminal underbelly operating across India’s capital.Streaming platform: Zee5

Haddi

Set against the backdrop of NCR, Gurugram and Noida, the film follows the life of the titular character Haddi, a transperson—portrayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui—from Allahabad to Delhi, who joins a gang of other transpersons and crossdressers, and crawls to the top of the criminal food chain to avenge his family, who was wronged by an influential gangster-turned-politician played by Anurag Kashyap.

Co-written by debutant Akshat Ajay Sharma and Adamya Bhalla, Haddi is a gritty revenge drama that sheds light on the intricate nexus of the criminal underbelly operating across India’s capital.

Streaming platform: Zee5

 Jaane JaanThe upcoming Hindi thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh is inspired by the best-selling novel The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, who is also a co-writer for the film, along with Raj Vasant.Starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vijay Varma, and Lin Laishram in lead roles, the story is based in the quaint hills of Kalimpong, where a woman is accused of the murder of her husband—an incident that stirs the small, sleepy town, uncovering several uncomfortable secrets.Streaming platform: Netflix

Jaane Jaan

The upcoming Hindi thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh is inspired by the best-selling novel TheDevotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, who is also a co-writer for the film, along with Raj Vasant.

Starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vijay Varma, and Lin Laishram in lead roles, the story is based in the quaint hills of Kalimpong, where a woman is accused of the murder of her husband—an incident that stirs the small, sleepy town, uncovering several uncomfortable secrets.

Streaming platform: Netflix

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Arshia Dhar profile imageArshia Dhar
Arshia Dhar is a writer-editor whose work lies at the intersection of art, culture, politics, gender and environment. She currently heads the print magazine at The Hollywood Reporter India, and has worked at The Established, Architectural Digest, Firstpost, Outlook and NDTV in the past.

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