Seven months of the year 2023 have passed. In these seven months, the third screen i.e. OTT platforms have released ‘Trial by Fire’, ‘Saas Bahu Flamingo’, ‘Asur 2’, ‘Farzi’, ‘Rocket Boys 2’, ‘Scoop’, ‘Jubilee’, ‘Class’, Engaging web series like ‘The Night Manager’ has garnered a lot of accolades from the critics to the audience. There are only four months left for the end of the year, but there is a lineup in many special OTT platforms. This special article by Urmila Kori investigates the same.
Raj & DK’s ‘Gulab And Guns’ to be full of romance, crime and adventure
‘Family Man’ and ‘Farji’ web series fame Raj and DK are one of the most popular names in the OTT space. Every star from South to Bollywood wants to be cast in his web series. On August 18, the pair’s new web series ‘Gulab and Guns’ will stream on Netflix. The genre of romance is mixed with crime and adventure in this web series based on the 90’s backdrop. Rajkumar Rao, Adarsh Gaurav, Gulshan Devaiah will be seen in important roles in this series. Rajkumar Rao’s look will be quite different in this series. He will be seen in long hair. Significantly, Raj and DK have been connecting South and Bollywood stars together in their web series. South star Dulquer Salmaan will also play an important role in his new series.
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‘Scam 2003 – The Telgi Story’ to expose yet another scam
‘Scam’ directed by Hansal Mehta was the most successful web series of the year 2020. This web series, which has won many awards, made actor Prateek Gandhi a star overnight. This web series of director Hansal Mehta will stream on Sony Liv on September 2 with its second season. This time the story will be of Abdul Karim Telgi, the mastermind of the 2003 stamp scam, who had scammed Rs 20,000 crore in 18 states. Gagan Dev Riar will be the face of this series. Like Prateek Gandhi, Gagan is also a theater actor. The story of this series is taken from the book ‘Reporter’s Diary’ written by Sanjay Singh, who is credited with exposing the story of the scam at that time.
Rohit Shetty’s first cop universe web series ‘Indian Police Force’
Producer-director Rohit Shetty, who created Cop Universe with his films like ‘Singham’, ‘Simmba’ and ‘Suryavanshi’ on the big screen, is now going to bring this world on the OTT platform through the web series ‘Indian Police Force’. The Siddharth Malhotra, Shilpa Shetty starrer series will stream on Amazon Prime Video on Diwali. Rohit Shetty had informed that the post production work of the series is currently pending, on which he will start work soon. Rohit Shetty also told that this web series of his will also be for the whole family like his films, which children will also be able to watch together. This will be Rohit Shetty’s first web series.
‘Mirzapur 3’ will create havoc at the end of the year
Viewers have been waiting for ‘Mirzapur 3’, one of the popular web series of OTT platform, for a long time. Eventually this web series will knock on Amazon Prime Video this year. If the people associated with this series are to be believed, then this series will be streamed at the end of the year. In the last season, Guddu Bhaiya was seen taking revenge for his brother’s death from Munna Bhaiya and Kaleen Bhaiya (Pankaj Tripathi). This time the story of revenge will be of Kaleen Bhaiya. Munna Bhaiya’s (Divendu) wife (Isha Talwar) will also play an important role in this. Significantly, this time the main focus of the story will be on Mirzapur as well as Bihar. The character of Dadda Tyagi (Lilliput) and his son (Vijay Verma) will also leave a special mark in the series this time. Currently, the post production work of this series is going on in full swing.
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‘Made in Heaven 2’ is a dash of modern love and culture
The ‘Made in Heaven’ series, released on Amazon Prime Video in the year 2019, was not only liked by the audience, but was also nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award. The end of the first season took place, the audience is eagerly waiting for the second season. In the first season of Made in Heaven, Tara (Sobhita Dhulipala) came to know about her husband Aadil’s (Jim Sarbh) affair with her best friend Faiza (Kalki Koechlin). His life came to an important turning point. Now the audience is eager to see how his life will progress. Will Faiza and Aadil pursue their love or will Faiza give priority to her loyalty to Tara over her own desires? What turn will this complicated story of relationships take? It will be known in the second season. Recently the poster of the second season was released on the social media account. The actress of this series, Kalki Koechlin wrote that the new season will be more grand and interesting than the previous one. The show is produced by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar.