Mumbai: Friday brings one of the busiest streaming days of the month, with a clutch of Hindi and regional titles arriving across the major platforms.
On Netflix, Manoj Bajpayee headlines Gajab Raat, a thriller directed by Ritesh Shah that unfolds over a single night. Bajpayee plays a corrupt police officer whose plan for a profitable night unravels after he finds a severely injured girl abandoned by a moving car in Delhi, pulling him into an international conspiracy. Divya Dutta, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Saqib Saleem and Akshay Oberoi are in the cast. The film was earlier titled Ghooskhor Pandat before a controversy over its name.
ZEE5 has Sumo Didi, a sports biopic on Hetal Dave, described as India's first and only professional female sumo wrestler. Directed by Jayant Rohatgi, it stars Shriyam Bhagnani in the lead and follows a young woman who faces body-shaming and family pressure but nurses a dream of representing India at the World Sumo Championship.
Prime Video offers Chaar Yaar, an eight-episode Hindi crime drama set in early-2000s Mumbai. It follows four middle-class friends who stumble into the city's underworld, drawing the attention of the police. Sai Tamhankar, Sikandar Kher, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Tailang and Chunky Panday are in the supporting cast.
Netflix also has Dorothy, a Tamil crime drama starring Keerthy Suresh and directed by Karthik Subbaraj, set in 1990s Madurai. The A-rated film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in cinemas on September 25.
Also arriving are the animated The Legend of Hanuman season 7 on JioHotstar and Lupin Part 4 on Netflix.