Latest OTT Releases in India (May 2026)Reviews
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Review: 'Chippa': The small film they forgot to promote
Sunny plays Chippa, a streetsmart 10-year-old in Kolkata, who stays and works on the pavements with his samosa-seller grand-aunt (Mala Mukherjee).
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Review: 'The Last Days Of American Crime': Gore and bore
The idiom of French action filmmaker Olivier Megaton has normally been about stylish ultra-violence underlined by streetsmart swagger, which probably bears influence of his past in graffiti art.
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Review: 'Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai' works for its cast
Anurag Kashyap's new directorial is quite unlike anything he has attempted before. The trademark grim filmmaking is missing, and the filmmaker has opted for the lighter idiom of satire this time.
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Review: 'Chintu Ka Birthday': Small film, big surprise
Chintu is six and it is his birthday. There are balloons and festoons all around in the house. Daddy has promised cake, though ‘daadi' would love it if he had kheer. His best friends will be there, too. Chintu understands today is his day. He is the special one.
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Review: "Space Force": Satire struggles to lift off
"Space Force" stretches itself to 10 episodes, which is an awful lot of runtime for a story that just wants to put some American "boots on the moon".
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Review: 'Ponmagal Vandhal' is mediocre melodrama
The film tries making a strong comment against rape and the sexual abuse of the girl child, which renders a noble intent to the effort.
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Review: 'Betaal': Where are the scares?
The problem with "Betaal" is it tries being too many things. It tries to be a morality tale about modernday urbanisation and greed, as well as a slice of ancient lore serving up every stereotype that has ever defined ‘desi' mumbo jumbo.
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Review: 'Homecoming' 2: Bring Julia Roberts back next season
"Homecoming" hits that hurdle in its second season. It is sleek and still has a quota of suspense, but it is more of the same.
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Review: 'Ghoomketu': The joke's on Bollywood
"Ghoomketu" becomes one of the first Hindi films to go straight to OTT. Which should have made it an ‘event release' of sorts, except one is aware that this is technically not a new film.
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Review: 'The Wrong Missy': Sporadic, silly laughs
It is one of those films you do not mind as it plays out before your eyes, but you have forgotten soon as it is over. "The Wrong Missy" is billed as a rom-com -- not particularly funny, certainly not romantic -- and it does not take you long to decide it is the sort of ‘entertainer' they used to release on the big screen in the nineties.
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Review: 'Paatal Lok': Hellish high
"Paatal Lok" takes its time to draw you into the darkness that defines its essence. Over the first two episodes, we are essentially introduced to characters and the locales where they exist, even as slowburn after-impact quietly builds.
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Review: 'Illegal' needed sharper storytelling
"Illegal" expectedly highlights morality and immorality, right and wrong, but does not dwell upon these things overtly -- which is a good thing.
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Review: 'Into The Night' is a non-stop, cheesy caper
A fatal wave that strikes with sun rays is rapidly spreading across the world, and the infected die almost immediately. Staying away from daylight is the only way to survive.
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Review: 'Hollywood': Bland and Beautiful
The narrative plods forward accounting stories of three young men who get a break at Ernie's station. Jack Castello (David Corenswet) bags a film deal as actor.
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Review: 'Upload': Quirky sci-fi with a twist of satire
"Upload" is a quirky show that takes its time to build up. Despite being conceptually different it may not grip you right away, but if you hang around, the overall deal at the end of 10 episodes is imaginative, intelligent.
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Review: Mrs Serial Killer: Utterly messed-up
"Mrs Serial Killer" aims to be a psycho thriller, and Kunder probably thought of making it because the only film of worth he's ever made so far was "Kriti", a short film that belonged to that genre and garnered much applaud.
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Review: Dangerous Lies reloads '90s B-grade suspense
It's silly suspense drama really, and at less than 100 minutes it's the sort of pulp fiction you would indulgently sit through. "Dangerous Lies" makes no pretence of being anything but a B-movie. Only, it goes about effectively with its business of being cliched.
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Review: 'Never Have I Ever': High School Chronicle
The remarkable Mindy Kaling has co-created a new dramedy, which naturally draws your interest. What you get here isn't pathbreaking stuff, but Kaling's latest effort is spiffy enough in impact to keep you hooked over 10 episodes.
