Simply the second week into August, and OTT platforms are churning out content material at excessive pace, with the Indian facet receiving three main TV collection releases. The standout needs to be Made in Heaven season 2, as Sobhita Dhulipala and Arjun Mathur return to plan and navigate a slew of huge fats Indian weddings, solely to uncover secrets and techniques and weird traditions plaguing the uber-rich households. It drops this Friday on Amazon Prime Video, competing with a TV collection adaptation of the Commando movie collection on Disney+ Hotstar. There’s additionally The Jengaburu Curse, a climate-thriller collection which makes an attempt to begin a dialog on how human greed and exploitation of pure assets may have deadly penalties.
Here is a compilation of the largest TV collection coming to streaming platforms this week:
Made in Heaven season 2
When: August 11
The place: Amazon Prime Video
In simply half a yr, our returning duo of Tara Khanna (Sobhita Dhulipala) and Karan Mehra (Arjun Mathur) have efficiently deliberate eight grand weddings, albeit they’re unable to show in an enormous revenue. Of their hunt for larger, richer fish to fry, they by no means anticipated issues to get difficult with the {couples}, who’re considerably at loggerheads with regards to discovering even floor the place age-old customs and trendy aspirations may meet. Whereas each wedding ceremony begins joyfully — nearly comedic — with the fiancés hiring others to jot down wedding ceremony vows, planning big baraats, and choosing an outlandish Mughal-themed marriage, the cracks beneath these smiles slowly begin to present.
Made in Heaven season 2 is basically targeted on the feminine perspective of those weddings, with abuse, distrust, and divorces serving because the core themes — a key section being the marriage knowledgeable Tara suing her ex-husband Adil (Jim Sarbh) to win the settlement she thinks she deserves. Co-creators Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti additionally confirmed that it leans into the LGBTQ+ side as nicely, increasing previous the closeted homosexual man Karan, and searching into {couples} who’re requested to not ‘flaunt’ their sexuality. The brand new chapter additionally stars Shashank Arora (Neeyat), Shivani Raghuvanshi, Radhika Apte (Sacred Video games), Kalki Koechlin (Gully Boy), and Nattasha Singh.
Commando
When: August 11
The place: Disney+ Hotstar
A TV collection increasing on the Commando collection of movies with out Vidyut Jamwal within the lead feels odd, which can be a sentiment lots of followers share. The streamer hasn’t divulged a lot info on this new collection other than calling it ‘action-packed’ and including debutant Prem Parrijaa because the main man, although the unique movies observe a reasonably simple plot the place the titular Commando partakes in numerous life-threatening missions with the aim of defending India from any assaults. Adah Sharma, who performed the Encounter Specialist Bhavna Reddy in these movies, reprises her position within the upcoming net collection.
Solely Murders within the Constructing Season 3
When: Now streaming
The place: Disney+ Hotstar
I am simply glad this one did not get delayed, as a result of I have been fairly excited to see Meryl Streep ship one other masterful efficiency, this time as a bumbling stage actress suspected of homicide. Solely Murders within the Constructing season 3 picks up the investigation of Ben Glenroy’s (Paul Rudd) on-stage demise, who had beforehand created quite a few enemies throughout the troupe, elevating the stakes for our true crime loving podcast group of Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Brief). To make issues worse, the main man’s demise has put a dent in Oliver’s Broadway play, inflicting them to resolve the thriller quick sufficient to allow them to get the present again on the street.
The brand new season brings an ensemble forged starting from Ashley Park (Emily in Paris) because the TikTok-obsessed Kimberly to Jesse Williams (Cabin within the Woods) as an invasive documentarian. There’s lots to unpack right here, from dance and musical performances, to a collapsing theatre, to Charles and Oliver fighting Gen-Z phrases. The primary two episodes are actually out there to stream, with the remaining eight dropping each Tuesday after the discharge.
Unusual Planet
When: Now streaming
The place: Apple TV+
Set in a whimsical pastel-coloured panorama of cotton sweet pink and purple, Unusual Planet follows a bunch of blue-tinted lanky beings who discover the absurdity of human life by a literal, deadpan sense of humour, equivalent to describing espresso as ‘jitter fluid’ or attempting to understand the idea behind trashing properties with confetti within the title of celebration. If the title feels acquainted, it is since you might need come throughout these mini-comics on Nathan W. Pyle’s Instagram deal with, providing a perspective take a look at human behaviour and the way it bizarre it would come off to aliens.
An animated collection may solely improve the expertise of comedian panels and Pyle appears to have picked the suitable companion to convey them — Dan Harmon, greatest recognized for co-creating the Rick and Morty collection. The primary three episodes of Unusual Planet are out now on Apple TV+, with new episodes dropping each Wednesday till September 27.
The Jengaburu Curse
When: Now streaming
The place: Sony Liv
When a London-based monetary analyst Priya Das (Faria Abdullah) is pressured to return to her hometown in Orissa, she realises that one thing is amiss concerning the small city of Jengaburu. An unlawful bauxite mining operation is inflicting unexplained deaths and radiation illness among the many residents, all of that are tied to turning the town right into a metropolis attraction and a darker worldwide conspiracy. The accountable events appear to have additionally worn out the Bondriya tribe from the map, to take advantage of assets from their dwelling and gasoline a secret nuclear operation 3,000 toes beneath the bottom.
Nila Madhab Panda — greatest recognized for Kadvi Hawa — helms The Jengaburu Curse, delving into how human greed for exploiting pure assets would result in their downfall. The seven-episode collection additionally stars Nassar (Ponniyin Selvan: I), Makarand Deshpande (The Fame Recreation), Sudev Nair (Monster), Deipak Sampat (Faadu: A Love Story), and Indraneel Bhattacharya. The primary episode is obtainable to look at free of charge on Sony Liv, whereas the remaining will be accessed as soon as you buy a subscription.
