Omerta is now streaming on Zee5.
With multiple movies premiering this weekend, viewers will be spoilt for choice. Leading the pack is Sushant Singh Rajput’s Dil Bechara. Other films which are set to give competition are Danish Sait starrer French Biriyani and two films having their digital release – Omerta (2017) and Moothon (2019).
Dil Bechara releases digitally on Disney+ Hotstar on July 24. It marks Sushant Singh Rajput’s last screen appearance. From paying a musical tribute to sharing behind-the-scenes photos and videos, its makers have left fans emotional and excited ahead of its release. Dil Bechara also stars Swastika Mukherjee, Jaaved Jaaferi, Milind Gunaji and Sahil Vaid. It is based on the book The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, which was earlier adapted into a Hollywood movie, starring Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley.
French Biriyani, on the other hand, has released on Amazon Prime Video. Produced by Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, the film stars Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf, Disha Madan, Rangayana Raghu and others. This is Danish’s second feature film to be inspired by one of the many personas he assumed during prank calls from his time as an RJ. The third film releasing this week (ZEE5) is Hansal Mehta directorial Omerta. The biographical drama stars Rajkummar Rao in the role of terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Geetu Mohandas’ Moothon, starring Nivin Pauly, Sobhita Dhulipala, Shashank Arora, Sanjana Dipu, Melissa Raju Thomas and Roshan Mathew, is now available on ZEE5.
Here are all the films, web series and TV shows you can stream on Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, ALTBalaji, SonyLIV, ZEE5, Apple TV+ and Voot among more.
Relive your childhood and follow the adventures of ultra-rich Scrooge McDuck, and his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie in the classic series.
Tired of stiff and prissy British royalty? Well, let’s take a look at Vikings, the ruthless raiders and warriors who dared to see what lay beyond at the cost of their lives. Many famous Vikings like Harald Bluetooth (after him the Bluetooth technology is named, no kidding) and our own Ragnar Lothbrok, the hero of Vikings, went on to become great kings. Vikings explores the rise of Ragnar to the top – and his inevitable fall -- as well has the story of his sons.
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology web television based on the original 1959 television series created by Rod Serling. Comedian-turned-filmmaker Jordan Peele serves as the narrator
James Bobin directorial Dora and the Lost City of Gold was a live action adaptation of Nickelodeon's television series Dora the Explorer. It starred Isabela Moner in the lead role as the titular explorer. The film was acclaimed by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 84 per cent. The critical consensus read, "Led by a winning performance from Isabela Moner, Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a family-friendly adventure that retains its source material's youthful spirit."
Steven Spielberg's adaptation of HG Wells' novel of the same name, War of the Worlds sees an invasion by the Martians. Tom Cruise stars as a longshoreman who witnesses the invasion directly. Scores of people are disintegrated by the Martian war machines called Tripods that emerge from beneath the earth. War of the Worlds is a non-stop thriller that never lets up.
The animated series follows a mad but brilliant scientist Rick Sanchez and his naive, impressionable grandson Morty Smith's adventures across faraway galaxies, planets, parallel worlds, different realities and so on. Rick and Morty boasts some of the most intelligent writing in the medium currently, with jokes that are easy to miss if the attention wavers even a little. And before you have managed to wrap your head around it, the show has already moved ahead.
Forrest Gump boasts of one of Tom Hanks’ finest performances yet. And it is so much better than that draggy book which had some truly awful narration. It is amazing how someone could transform that heap of garbage to such a lovely film.
The Plot Against America belongs to the genre of alternative-historywhere fascists took control of USA in the 1940s. The show stars Winona Ryder in the lead role.
Christopher Nolan’s last film before he became a global household name with Batman Begins, The Prestige stars two of the best ‘star’ actors Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. It is about two competing late 19th century London whose rivalry ends in the greatest trick of them all.
Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name is about two US Marshals played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo arriving on an island that houses a facility for criminally insane to investigate a disappearance of an inmate. The film is noted for its thwack of an ending that changes the way the viewer looks at the whole story, but it is otherwise a well-made film as well with stunning cinematography, performances, background score, writing and, of course, direction.
Adapted from Donna Tartt's Pulitzer-winning novel, The Goldfinch is about a young man Theodore Decker (Ansel Elgort) whose mother died in a museum bombing when he was 13 years old. The event changed his life and he became grief and guilt-ridden. He has only one tangible piece of hope in his life -- a painting of a goldfinch.
A relentlessly paced film in which a deaf and dumb author living in a remote spot has to fight a psychopathic killer. The lead actress (Kate Siegel) does a superb job in portraying the agony of a woman who has to survive alone without her two senses. She cannot hear him coming and she cannot scream for help. The director Mike Flanagan fully utilises the intriguing premise.
Equal parts swashbuckling piracy adventure and fantasy, Pirates of the Caribbean, or at least the first two films, is wholesome entertainment for the whole family.
Despite its mixed critical reviews, The Mummy (1999) is simply one of the best adventure movies ever made. Brendan Fraser's Rick O'Connell is an American adventurer who accidentally awakens a cursed high priest Imhotep from the era of Seti I, a pharaoh that ruled Egypt around 3300 years ago. The special effects handled by Industrial Light & Magic still hold up superbly.
Helmed by Drew Goddard and co-written by him and Joss Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods is a subversive horror film that takes the hackneyed remote forest cabin premise of so many horror films and turns it on its head. The result is a smartly written and acted movie. Chris Hemsworth plays the role of Curt Vaughan, who is one of the college students who go on a vacation to that forest cabin.
This Martin Scorsese directorial is about the rise and fall of mobster Henry Hill (a real figure) and stars Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta. The film is easily one of the best Scorsese film -- it is that good -- if not the best.
A poll from a couple of years ago deemed Harrison Ford's fictional archaeology professor the most popular movie character, beating out Batman and his own Han Solo. It is easy to see why. Indiana Jones lives the life many dream of. There is nothing remotely dull in his life, it appears, as he fights the Nazis, cult leaders and all manner of scum of society... and comes out of the fray alive and still pining for more adventure.
In Ad Astra, Brad Pitt plays Roy McBride, an astronaut who chooses the profession to be like his father. The last space mission that his father went on had a lot of secrets, and there is a possibility of him either being dead or alive. It’s now Roy’s job to get to the truth. Directed by James Gray, the film also stars Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland.
There is nothing like watching an atmospheric horror show. Supernatural is not one however, but is does have plenty of scares coupled with excellent characters (you could not ask for more developed characters than Winchester brothers) which makes it a solid TV show even if it is a sort of guilty pleasure.
A dazzlingly beautiful and bloody Neil Gaiman adaptation, American Gods has Bryan Fuller's distinctive touches that help make gore look beautiful. It is not just all visual, however, as American Gods nicely elaborates upon the eternal war between tradition and modernity without straying too far from its solid source material. Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.
In this Sam Hargrave directorial, Chris Hemsworth’s character Tyler Rake, a mercenary, is recruited by another mercenary Nik Khan (Golshifteh Farahani) to rescue the son (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) of an imprisoned crime lord (Pankaj Tripathi). Randeep Hooda, Priyanshu Painyuli and David Harbour also star.
While the plot and characters are thin, Extraction is all the same a gripping piece of entertainment.
If only the zombies in The Walking Dead knew they would not lose their wits if they had a ready supply of human brains. At least that is the premise if this show, which is equal parts horrifying and funny (uproariously so). If you liked zombie comedies like Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, you can't go wrong with this one.
Based on the 1993 novel of the same name by John le Carré, this miniseries has two of the best actors on television: Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. It is a espionage drama and is engaging throughout its run.
Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney play the roles of school superintendent Dr Frank A Tassone and district official Pamela Gluckin, respectively. The two are accused of embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars from district funds. Their job is to bury the accusation and keep it from going public.
While the sunny Los Angeles is not as compelling a setting for horror as the dank streets of Victorian London, The City of Angels, Showtime horror series Penny Dreadful's spinoff, is surprisingly good, with a nice amalgam of contemporary social issues and the supernatural.
An Amazon Original, Lore is based on a podcast of the same name. Every episode of the show tells the origins of a horror story and although it is more of a documentary than drama, it is a slickly produced show that is engaging enough for a binge. You might want to check out the podcast as well. It is sublime.
Starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi, Dil Bechara is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. This is the last film of Sushant and watching his performance in the film has overwhelmed his fans. Dil Bechara has been directed by Mukesh Chhabra.
Hansal Mehta directorial Omerta, starring Rajkummar Rao in the lead role, is streaming on ZEE5.
Pragya Jaiswal said Dil Bechara is beautiful and heartwarming. The actor added that she couldn't stop her tears till much after the movie ended. Pragya also heaped praise on Sanjana Sanghi and Mukesh Chhabra.
Dabboo Ratnani wrote on Twitter, "Never felt so Emotional watching a film! Heart Warming & Beautiful Performance by #SushantSinghRajput. Manny Convinces Us To #LiveLoveLaugh #DilBechara - A Perfect Tribute! Glowing star Keep Shining from Up Above, The World Needs Your Light! Seri?"
In her review of Dil Bechara, The Indian Express film critic Shubhra Gupta wrote, "A life-threatening disease plus sparkling young lives plus romance is a ready-made recipe for winsome smiles plus tugging-at-the-heart-strings plus tears. But the film is beset by choppiness, and that colours the characters of the Rajinikanth-loving, very filmi Manny and the sweet Kizie, who adores an obscure singer, him more than her."
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Karanvir Bohra tweeted, "My buddy #SushanthSinghRajput you will be missed so so so much, I can't imagine how sad your family must be after seeing #DilBechara. You were the life of this film and the irony is you aren't in this life anymore."
Within hours of its release, Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi starrer Dil Bechara gets IMDb rating of 10.
Teejay Sidhu mentioned on Twitter, "How endearing you are on screen #SushantSinghRajput.. you always were.. Watching #DilBechara.. thinking of you.. missing you.. Sending you love and light, friend.."
Manveer Gurjar took to Twitter and wrote, "Once a Hero always a Hero #SushantSinghRajpoot full of emotions #DilBechara very nicely portrayed @CastingChhabra bhai... Best wishes.."
Shriya Pilgaonkar posted on Twitter, "Could only think of Sushant’s family & loved ones as I watched #DilBechara. Some of those scenes & conversations were difficult to watch. Felt too close to reality. Hope u feel all the love Sushant. It’s like you’ve become a million stars and entered all our hearts. @CastingChhabra, Can’t imagine how difficult it must be for you to watch the film given the reality of the situation but these are ever lasting memories @DisneyPlusHS @foxstarhindi"
Meiyang Chang shared on Twitter, "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to watch #DilBechara when the wound is still so fresh. But it had to be watched for Sushant & the magic he brought to the movies. So much feels contextual now, and I'm not an emotional man. But I couldn't stop my tears. Just breaks my heart. That he gave his craft his all is undoubted. Three scenes in particular will move you, even if you have no emotional connection with SSR. You'll see the brilliance, the spark, the honesty that's gone too soon. Let's just pray for him, ok? Let's remember his smile ? #DilBechara"
Indianexpress.com's Mimansa says, "Dil Bechara is the best possible tribute Bollywood could give to Sushant Singh Rajput. We knew about The Fault in Our Stars, but never thought it'll feel so real this time. SSR wins every frame with his smile, innocence and acting. The makers have kept the best of Sushant. Sanjana Sanghi looks polished and ready for a long innings in Bollywood. The film's supporting cast including Swastika Mukherjee, Saswata Chatterjee and Sahil Vaid win hearts too. Its music by AR Rahman plays an important role in helping the film grow on you. Much to the expectation, a true treat jerker and a perfect send-off to Sushant."
"And that is the beauty of life and cinema. You live on forever.....through ur work @itsSSR #SushantSinghRajput #seri @FoxStudiosIndia @DisneyPlusHS #DilBechara," costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar said via Twitter.
In UK, USA and Canada, Dil Bechara is streaming on Hotstar.
@A_S_H_O_K_1_7 posted, "Just started watching #DilBechara and.....GOOSEBUMPS. I just can't.... we miss you #SushantSinghRajput"
@Chandanblog wrote, "The song main tumhara just wins me again and again and you cry for this guy #DilBechara"
@coolshalzz shared, "One last time we see you doing what you loved the most, no one gives up when he has so much to look fwd to. We need closure, we need answers to the mystery.."
A Twitter user called Hunza wrote, "I don't know if my #DilBechara would be able to take it #Sushant. My heart is so heavy today. The pain is unbearable. You're in our hearts forever. I promise to keep watching all your movies time & time again. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful."
Swara Bhasker tweeted, "‘Dil Bechara' is out now! Watch it and spread love & positivity! Remember this is about Sushant! Not about people and their vendetta. Sending Love and wishes and may his soul find peace. #SushanthSinghRajput #DilBechara."
A Twitter user called Taruna Agrawal tweeted, "Dear Sushant, wish you were here today to watch the movie with us. Be happy wherever you are Red heart. #SushantSinghRajpoot #DilBechara."
Chetan Bhagat tweeted, "Let go of your emotions if you have to. It is important to grieve, for your own sake. Don’t deny your feelings. #DilBechara."
The wait is over! Sushant Singh Rajput's swan song Dil Bechara is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
The third film in the Jumanji franchise, Jumanji: The Next Level, is now available on Amazon Prime Video. The franchise is based on a sort of game (a board game in the original and a video-game in the followup) that has real-world consequences or it houses withing itself an alternate reality where the players do not play as their in-game characters, but become them. The Jake Kasdan directorial had Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser'Darius Blain, and Madison Iseman returning from the previous film. Awkwafina, Danny Glover and Danny DeVito joinined the franchise.
There are few good shows on pirates, and Black Sails sits pretty on the top. Although the first season was marred by more talking than action, Black Sails picks up from second, gets better in third, and goes out with a bang with its fourth and final season. The story is the prequel of Treasure Island, classic adventure book by Robert Louis Stevenson.
This one is among the weirder and eccentric shows. Frodo of Lord of the Rings movies, Elijah Wood, plays an everyman whose life is turned into a veritable whirlwind a flamboyantly British "holistic" detective; holistic because he believes everything in the universe to be interconnected. And indeed, he has a seemingly preternatural ability. The feel of the show is like from one of the more strange comic-books from the 80s came to life. The story is loosely based on the writings of the great Douglas Adams.
This Starz series tells us that love-stories do not simply just exist, they are often improbable. The central love-story in this show is between a 20th-century Englishwoman and an 18th-century Scottish man. Claire is transported back in time and meets a Scottish young man she falls in love with. She does have a husband in her time and she is faithful, but there is no way to get to him. Outlander streams on Netflix.
The animated series follows a mad but brilliant scientist Rick Sanchez and his naive, impressionable grandson Morty Smith's adventures across faraway galaxies, planets, parallel worlds, different realities and so on. Rick and Morty boasts some of the most intelligent writing in the medium currently, with jokes that are easy to miss if the attention wavers even a little. And before you have managed to wrap your head around it, the show has already moved ahead.
This surprisingly sweet film boasts of everything that makes a road trip movie great. Despite using the same old tropes (different personalities travelling together reluctantly), the cast (Paul Rudd — ’nuff said) does a great job of making a strong script and clever dialogues come alive.
At its core, Kingdom is a tale of the struggle for the throne, but the said struggle gets hampered by dead people getting resurrected because of a mysterious plant which also turns them into witless cannibals.
Based on Robert Galbraith's crime books, this series follows Afghan War vet and private investigator Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin as they solve mysteries. In case you are not aware, Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym of JK Rowling.