New Movies and OTT Releases to Watch This Week (May 19, 2023)
The lineup of impressive movies this week is awaiting to induce amazement in the viewers. Beautiful and thrilling tales and the narration promise to leave us in surprise and wonder.
The movies Bichagadu 2, Fast X, Agent, and more, releasing in theaters this weekend and on OTT platforms, guarantee to supply your weekend with an abundance of laughter, satisfaction, and excitement.
Scroll down to update your watchlist with the latest releases.
Releasing On OTT May 19, 2023
NETFLIX :
1. Kathal: A Jack Fruit Mystery
Stars – Sanya Malhotra, Anant V Joshi, Rajpal Yadav.
Director – Yashowardhan Mishra
Duration – 1h 55m
Synopsis:
The movie promises to offer us roars of laughter with a mysterious and strange concept, revolves around jackfruits missing from a local politician’s garden at home. A young female cop was assigned to find out the mystery behind the missing jackfruits.
2. Selling Sunset (Season 6)
Stars – Chrischelle Stause, Heather Rae El Moussa, Davina Potratz
Director – Adam DiVello
Episodes – 11
Synopsis:
Season 6 of Selling Sunset shows us two new members joining the group. The Oppenheim group follows a creative and exciting approach to selling luxurious life to groups of wealthy customers.
3. Young, Famous, And African(Season 2)
Stars – Andile Ncube, Annie Macaulay Idibia, Nadia Nakai
Director – Peace Hyde, Martin Asare Amankwa
Synopsis:
The series revolves around the lavish lives of young and popular affluent African men and women. The new season is set to excite us with Bonang Matheba, and Fantana joining the group and displaying how they develop a bond with Khanyi Mbau, Diamond Platnumz, and others from season 1.
4. McGregor Forever
Stars – Conor McGregor
Director – Gotham Chopra
Episodes – 4
Synopsis:
The documentary-series shows the rise and fall of the most savage and dominant fighter of the UFC. Conor McGregor’s mind games, thrash talking, and feeling of being in a home inside the cage made him the baddest MMA champion of all time.
5. Working: What We Do All Day
Stars – Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Priya Swaminathan, Caroline Suh.
Director – Caroline Suh
Episodes – 4
Synopsis:
The documentary-series centered around the lives of Americans, takes us on an exploration to finding meaning in their work life. Experiences of the daily hustle and the hardship of the people unravel superhuman abilities. Former US President Obama strives to listen to people and connect with them on a deeper level.
SONY LIV:
1. Agent
Stars – Akhil Akkineni, Mammootty, Sakshi Vaidya
Director – Surender Reddy
Running Time – 2h 38min
Synopsis:
The latest Telugu-language film Agent centers around a spy with a mysterious history, embarks on a mission to hunt a terror group. The story and the scenes packed with action and thrill are sure to bring chills.
AHA:
1. Maruthi Nagar Police Station
Stars – Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Arav, Santhosh Prathap
Director – Dayal Padmanabhan
Synopsis:
Thabaal Karthi meets a man named Sattaikaran in his dreams. Sattaikaran, through speculation, says a man is going to die in no time. On the other side of the coin, a woman named Kunguma Thaen finds a groom to herself after a prolonged struggle in search. The groom is the one Sattaikaran predicted in Thabaal Karthi’s dream.
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO:
1. Modern Love Chennai
Stars – Ritu Varma, Kishore Kumar G, Ashok Selvan, Wamiqa Gabbi.
Director – Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Episodes – 6
Synopsis:
Modern Love Chennai is a sequel of the Indian adaptation of John Carney’s anthology – Modern Love Franchise. The series follows the tales of people of various age groups from diverse social backgrounds falling in and out of love.
Releasing In Theatres
1. Bichagadu 2
Stars – Ritu Vijay Anthony, Kavya Thapar
Director – Vijay Anthony
Running Time – 2h 28m
Synopsis:
Vijay Gurumoorthy is India’s 7th wealthiest person. People envying his rapid growth aim to bring him down to the ground. The movie takes us on a ride through poverty, a feud of rivalries, and a well-received brain transplant.
2. 8 A.M. Metro
Stars – Ritu Saiyami Kher
Director – Gulshan Devaiah
Running Time – 1h 56m
Synopsis:
Iravati and Pritam commute through the same metro station daily at 8 am. Both of them accidentally stumbled into each other’s space and involved themselves in conversation with one another till the destination. The series of further events led to an unlikely friendship between them.
3. Fast X
Stars – Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez, Rita Moreno
Director – Louis Leterrier
Running Time – 2h 21m
Synopsis:
Fast X is the journey toward the end of the road started 2 decades ago. The jaw-dropping action scenes centered on Dom Toretto and his family facing the most brutal monster ever, leave us in awe. Dante Reyes would commit to any sin to hurt and put Toretto and his crew in endless chaos.
4. Daredevil Musthafa
Stars – Poornachandra Mysore, Karthik Pattar, Aashith
Director – Shashank Soghal
Running Time – 2h 8m
Synopsis:
Daredevil Musthafa was based on a tale written by a litterateur Poornachandra Tejaswi. The story shows a teacher whose job is to discipline students at PU College, Abbachuru. The arrival of Abdul Musthafa into the college disrupts the atmosphere and creates a strange curiosity among the students.
Last Words
The modern-day movies from multiple genres are adding spice to our taste in content. Adopting stories from classic literature to real-life events and showing them on screens, the filmmaker’s passion to deliver such quality content deserves kudos and praise.
The mentioned movies on mystery, thriller, romcom, docuseries, and rustic adaption ‘Daredevil Musthafa’ and more are sure to offer meaning, entertainment, and everything in between.
