Weekend OTTs: Ayushmann Khurrana’s ‘An Action Hero’ to ghost hunt with ‘Lockwood and Co’

Jan 27, 2023

By: BI India Bureau

An Action Hero-Netflix, January 27

Starring Ayushmann Khurunaa and directed by Anirudh Iyer, An Action Hero was released on December 2, last year. Based on a parody of action heroes in cinema, this movie also features stars like Jaideep Ahlawat of Patal Lok fame.

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18 Pages- Aha, January 27

If you liked the Hollywood movie ‘50 first dates’ starring Drew Barrymore, Telugu film 18 pages will also pique your interest. A woman who suffers from short-term memory loss, records her days in a diary, which lands in the hands of a man who wants to know about its writer.

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Saturday Night-Disney Plus Hotstar, January 27

Starring Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese and Saiju Kurup, Saturday Night revolves around the story of four cousins, out of which one gets hitched. What happens after? The movie was directed by Rosshan Andrrews and released in 2022.

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​Ayali-ZEE5, January 26

Will a teenage girl’s dreaming of being a doctor overturn social customs once she hits puberty? Ayali is an eight-episode Tamil original series directed by Muthukumar, talking about societal expectations from a female.

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​Raangi-Netflix, 29 January

Raangi is a Tamil action thriller directed by M Saravanan which was released on 30th December last year. Actor Trishna Krishnan plays the movie lead as a journalist from Chennai who gets in contact with a terrorist via a fake Facebook account.

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Shotgun Wedding: Amazon Prime Video, January 27

A wedding that is hijacked by criminals forms the basis of the movie ‘Shotgun Wedding’. The movie cast includes Jennifer Lopez, recent Academy award winner Jennifer Coleridge and Josh Duhamel.

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You People, Netflix- January 27

Starring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill, this movie will showcase family dynamics, clash of cultures based in Los Angeles.

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Lockwood and Co-Netflix, January 27

‘Lockwood and Co’ is London’s fictional ghost hunting agency who are tracking down paranormal activities through their psychic gifts and wit. The series is based on a book series released in 2013 by Jonathan Stroud that goes by the same name.

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