TV Shows and Movies We've Loved on OTTs Lately

Hello, hello!

Hope you've been doing well! 

It has gotten cold in our corner of the world and I am loving these colder wintry days- perfect to sip on hot beverages and watch cozy thrillers or feel-good movies! 

So, here are some movies and TV series from various OTT platforms that we've enjoyed lately: 

Truth Be Told 

Adapted from Kathleen Barber's book Are You Sleeping (review here), Truth Be Told tells the story of a journalist turned podcaster- Poppy Parnell, who, 19 years ago, had played a peripheral yet key role in the sentencing of a 17 year old boy to life in prison for the brutal murder of an author. The reveal of some new evidence in the case makes her question her original stance on the case. So, now, Poppy decides to reinvestigate this case on her podcast in an effort to exonerate the accused. 

Starring the fabulous Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul, this Apple TV show is truly gripping! Would highly recommend! 

Big Sky 

Just one-episode old, Big Sky (available on Disney+ Hotstar) is a gripping show about a serial kidnapper/ possibly-human trafficker and a team of private detectives trying to save the two sisters that he has recently kidnapped. 

Set against the gorgeous backdrop of rural Montana, this show is full of twists and turns! 

Ludo 

Ludo is a hilarious (for the most part) and poignant look at the interconnected lives of 5 people in Bhopal. When Sattu Bhaiyya (brilliantly portrayed by Pankaj Tripathi) decides to kill a rich builder and steal his diamonds, he sets off a series of events, which pulls in a bunch of people, who'd have never run into each other now. 

Rajkumar Rao, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Abhishek Bachchan and relative new comers Rohit Saraf and Pearle Maaney were so insanely good! However, more than individual performances, it is the storytelling and the zany dialogues that make this such a fun ride! 

Ludo is streaming on Netflix. 

Tansener Tanpura Part 2 (Bengali)

Hoichoi's Tansener Tanpura Part 1 ended on a cliff-hanger and viewers were left wondering, who was trying to stop Alaap and Shruti from finding Tansen's tanpura. 

Part 2 takes off from that point onwards with the dynamic duo outsmarting an unknown villain and solving more riddles on the quest to find the famous tanpura. 

This is a great show for those of you, who enjoyed the Guptodhon series of movies. 

Next 

A malicious AI (Artificial Intelligence) entity (?)/ programme (?) has gone rogue and is smartly targeting and killing anyone, who seems to have caught on to its presence. 

On the trail to stop it is its original creator and an FBI officer. A very gripping and thought-provoking series about the age-old dilemma of creating something we are not equipped to control! 

Next is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.