This week will see the theatrical release of some high-profile and Oscar-nominated titles from Hollywood and foreign language cinema such as The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, and Flow, in addition to OTT releases of Tamil entertainers Vidaamuyarchi, Kudumbasthan and Telugu hit Sankranthiki Vasthunam, among others.
OTT RELEASES
Dabba Cartel
Streaming platform: Netflix
Date: Feb 28
Led by Shabana Azmi, Gajraj Rao, Jyotika, Nimisha Sajayan, and Shalini Pandey, the series circles intertwining lives involving men and women whose career choices lead to unforeseen complications and subsequent improvisations concerning a pharma investigation and a dabba delivery business becoming a front for drug peddling.
Vidaamuyarchi
Streaming platform: Netflix
Date: March 3
In the action movie inspired by the 1997 Hollywood thriller Breakdown, Ajith plays an affluent businessman in search of his missing wife. Making his mission complicated is a host of characters played by Arjun Sarja, Regena Cassandrra, Arav, Ramya Subramanian, and others.
Sankranthiki Vasthunam
Streaming platform: Zee5
Date: March 1
Anil Ravipudi's Telugu action-comedy starring Venkatesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary, and Aishwarya Rajesh combines a kidnapping plot and a relationship drama in which a former police officer is approached by his ex-girlfriend to find a missing businessman while dealing with his wife's doubts about his equation with the other woman.
Kudumbasthan
Streaming platform: Zee5
Date: Feb 28
K Manikandan stars in this lighthearted family comedy about a man juggling mutliple challenges involving his parents, his wife and other external characters that come into contact with him. Directed by Rajeshwar Kalisamy, the film has been praised by some critics for making its subject matter relatable.
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THEATRE RELEASES
The Brutalist
Date: Feb 28
Adrien Brody plays a Jewish architect tryingto rebuild his life after escaping to America following the traumatic after-effects of Nazi persecution of his community during the Second World War. His life changes drastically after his path crosses with a mysterious businessman.
Flow
Date: Feb 28
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film, Flow has also collected multiple accolades across the globe. In the home town of its multi-talented Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, the film attained the highest box office success. It has also been nominated in two categories for the upcoming Oscars.
Crazxy
Date: Feb 28
After Tumbbad, actor Sohum Shah turned producer again for what is touted as a quirky adventure filled with multiple twists and turns. In this Girish Kohli film, Shah plays a character described in the logline as a "good surgeon, bad father, and a questionable human being" having the worst day of his life.
A Complete Unknown
Date: Feb 28
Directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Logan), musician Bob Dylan's biopic tracks his life in the 1960s, when he achieved fame in the folk music space and the controversy that ensued when he used electric instruments. It has been nominated in eight categories at the Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
Superboys of Malegaon
Date: Feb 28
Penned by Varun Grover (Masaan, All India Rank), the film is based on real events that happened in the small town of Malegaon in Maharashtra. An amateur filmmaker named Nasir Shaikh, hailing from Malegaon, played by Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger, Guns & Gulaabs), is the subject of the film backed by Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby Films.
