Aug 28, 2025

OTT releases this week: What’s New on Netflix, Prime Video, Zee5, SonyLIV and JioHotstar

Kriti Sonali

Pati – Season 2 (JioHotstar, Aug 26)

The gripping Polish crime drama continues as Aleksandra Adamska returns as the determined Pati, battling poverty, family turmoil, and a menacing drug dealer—all while clinging to her dream of culinary school.

Half CA Season 2 (ZEE5, Aug 27)

Ahsaas Channa and Gyanendra Tripathi reprise their roles in the high-pressure journey of CA aspirants. The series is directed by Pratish Mehta.

Kingdom (Netflix, Aug 27)

Vijay Deverakonda leads this Telugu spy thriller alongside Satyadev and Bhagyashri Borse. It is now streaming in multiple dubbed languages.

Thunderbolts: The New Avengers (JioHotstar, Aug 27)

Marvel gathers its antihero team featuring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus & others.

The Thursday Murder Club (Netflix, Aug 28)

It dive into a cozy, star-studded whodunit directed by Chris Columbus. Four sharp retirees—played by Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie—solve cold cases for fun until a real murder lands in their lap.

Day of Reckoning (JioHotstar, Aug 28)

Western action-thriller stars Sheriff John Dorsey (Zach Roerig) who joins forces with tough U.S. Marshal Butch Hayden (Billy Zane) to capture outlaw Emily Rusk (Cara Jade Myers).

Metro... In Dino (Netflix, Aug 29)

Anurag Basu’s urban musical romance star Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sen Sharma and more.

Songs of Paradise (Prime Video, Aug 29)

A poignant musical drama about Kashmiri legend Raj Begum, starring Saba Azad, Soni Razdan, Zain Khan Durrani & more.

Sambhava Vivaranam Nalarasangham aka Four and Half Gang (SonyLIV, Aug 29)

The Chronicles of the 4.5 Gang, is a dark comedy rooted in Trivandrum’s underbelly, directed by Krishand RK and headlined by Darshana Rajendran and Jagadish.

Love Untangled (Netflix Aug 29)

Gong Myung (Han Yoon-seok) and Shin Eun-soo (Park Se-ri)-starrer South Korean Netflix film is set in 1998 Busan.

Better Man (Lionsgate Play, Aug 29)

A bold biopic on Robbie Williams is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, and Alison Steadman, with Williams himself voicing a CGI chimp version of his character, capturing his rise, struggles, and comeback.

Atomic: One Hell of a Ride (JioHotstar, Aug 29)

Starring Alfie Allen, Shazad Latif, and Samira Wiley, this gripping thriller follows a smuggler caught in a deadly uranium trafficking chase across the Middle East.

Vice Is Broke (MUBI, Aug 29)

Directed by Eddie Huang, this documentary features candid interviews with insiders like Gavin McInnes and Shane Smith, offering both a nostalgic look at Vice Media’s rise and a cautionary tale about media excess.

Karate Kid: Legends (Netflix – Aug 30)

The film, starring Ben Wang, Jackie Chan, and Ralph Macchio, is the newest installment in the franchise and bridges the storylines of the original series and the 2010 reboot. New warrior Ben Wang joins the dojo.

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