Fresh OTT release: Movies and web-series to be premiered this week (Aug 16 to Aug 22)

While the last week of August was filled with patriotism, with Independence Day falling on August 15 and war films like ‘Shershaah’ and ‘Bhuj: The Pride Of India’ releasing the same week, this week OTTs are up with movies and web-series in all different genres.

Here’s a list of films, shows and series to stream this week on various OTT platforms:

Anette (Aug 18) – Amazon Prime

Anette is a musical drama directed by Leos Carax, that follows a simple theme – Love hurts. Its a story of a stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife’s earnest relationship, that changes after the birth of their first child. The film deals with misunderstood masculinity, that leads to self destruction.  

Nine Perfect Strangers (Aug 18) – Amazon Prime 

Now who could resist a movie that has Nicole Kidman in it ! This series is based on the The New York Times bestselling book from Australian author Liane Moriarty.

Dairy Of A Future President Season 2 (Aug 18) – Amazon Prime 

IIana Pena directed film is about a young American girl from Cuban origin who will become the President of the United States one day.

Netrikkan (Aug 18) – Disney+Hotstar 

An ex-police officer is on a chase to catch a psychotic serial killer who brutally murders women only. This Tamil film is a remake of a Korean crime drama.

Comedy Premium League (August 20) – Netflix 

The show will bring together India’s funniest artists on one stage for a battle to be fought with jokes and comedy, where only one will be crowned as the comedy king.

Sweet Girl (August 20) – Netflix 

The movie follows Ray Cooper (Jason Momoa) as a perfect husband and father, whose life turns upside down after his wife died after suffering from cancer because of the politics involved in the pharmaceutical industry.