OTT Releases: Raayan, Kandahar Hijack, & More (Aug 23–30)

The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

Focuses on the three best friends who are referred to as “The Supremes” and who have been together for decades while enduring marriage, having kids, happiness, and bad times.

August 23 , 2024
Disney+ Hotstar
Director: Tina Mabry
Stars: Aunjanue, Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, and Uzo Aduba.

Follow Kar Lo Yaar

People take notice of an infamous girl’s eccentric attire. While trying to support her chaotic family, she joins a talent agency in an attempt to change her image. Will she be able to attend?

August 23, 2024
Amazon Prime Video
Director: Sandeep Kukreja
Stars: Urfi Javed, UruusaAsfi Javed

Incoming

At their first-ever high school party, four freshmen negotiate the perils of puberty.

August 23 , 2024
Netflix
Directors: Dave Chernin, John Chernin
Stars: Mason Thames, Ramon Reed, and Raphael Alejandro

Raayan

Raayan, a simpleton, is forced into the dreadful world of crime and manipulation as a result of a string of tragic occurrences.

August 23 , 2024
Amazon Prime Video
Directors: Dhanush
Stars: Dhanush, Aparna Balamurali, and Devadarshini Chetan

Untold: Sign Stealer

For the first time in this sports documentary, Connor Stalions confronts the claims behind the Michigan football sign-stealing controversy.

August 27 , 2024
Netflix
Director: Micah Brown
Star: Connor Stalions

Untamed Royals

Follows a group of affluent, well-off young people who take use of their high social standing to get away with crimes; yet, their opulent lifestyles conceal a sinister reality where the most defenseless individuals pay the price for their misdeeds.

August 28 , 2024
Netflix
Director: Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz
Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Ximena Lamadrid, and Juan Pablo Fuentes Acevedo

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack

On Friday, December 24, 1999, Indian Airlines Flight 814, also known as IC 814, was hijacked and flown to multiple locations before landing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The aircraft was an Airbus A300 operated by Indian Airlines that was en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India.

August 29 , 2024
Netflix
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Stars: Vijay Varma, Patralekhaa, Naseeruddin Shah, and Manoj Pahwa

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Set millennia before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” this epic drama follows a group of characters, both known and unknown, as they deal with the long-awaited return of evil to Middle-earth.

August 29 , 2024
Amazon Prime Video
Creators: Patrick McKay, John D. Payne
Stars: Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, and Charlie Vickers

Chastity High

As a mystery social media account starts disclosing shocking information, the consequences of forbidden love are revealed. As they revolt against the institution and its oppressive norms, students battle to expose one another.

August 29 , 2024
Netflix
Stars: Ai Mikami, Ryubi Miyase, and Rintaro Mizusawa

Represent: Season 2

A leader of a youth center from the Paris outskirts enters the presidential race. Is France really prepared for a Black president, though?

August 29 , 2024
Netflix
Creators: François Uzan, Jean-Pascal Zadi
Stars: Jean-Pascal Zadi, Eric Judor, and Benoît Poelvoorde

Kaos

A Greek legend told in a contemporary manner.

August 29 , 2024
Netflix
Creator: Charlie Covell
Stars: Aurora Perrineau, Debi Mazar, and Fady Elsayed

The Deliverance

A family in Indiana finds themselves and their town convinced that the house is a portal to hell after seeing odd, demonic phenomena.

August 30 , 2024
Netflix
Director: Lee Daniels
Stars: Andra Day, Glenn Close, and Anthony B. Jenkins

Murshid

The exiled former criminal Murshid Pathan is forced to return to the surface as his friend-turned-enemy Farid pushes him to pick up guns once more.

August 30, 2024
Zee5
Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Tanuj Virwani, and Vedika Bhandari