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OTT releases this Friday, 30 October: Obsession, SI Yugandhar, Akka, Rudravanam PS, Dead-End Job and more
Friday, 30 October brings the horror film Obsession to JioHotstar, the Telugu crime film SI Yugandhar and Avaraachan & Sons to Netflix, the series Akka with Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte, ZEE5's Rudravanam PS, the Korean Dead-End Job and How to Ruin Diwali.
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Friday, 30 October brings one of the busiest OTT lineups of the festival season, with a horror film on JioHotstar, a crime thriller and two Malayalam-led family films on Netflix, a gangster series with two well-known actors, a Telugu investigation series on ZEE5 and a Korean mystery. The lists below are based on the schedules published by entertainment sites, which do not always agree on dates, so it is worth checking each platform before you plan a weekend around a title.
The main releases on 30 October
| Title | Platform | Language | Genre and cast | The story in one line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsession: The Original Uncut Version | JioHotstar, 7 pm | English, Hindi | Supernatural horror; Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette; directed by Curry Barker | A lonely music store employee uses a supernatural wish object to win his childhood friend's love, with terrifying results |
| SI Yugandhar | Netflix | Telugu, with dubs planned in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi | Crime, action; Aadi Saikumar, Meghalekha, Rakendumouli Vennelakanti; directed by Raghavendra Katari | An upright police officer's inquiry into a mysterious case uncovers disturbing secrets |
| Avaraachan & Sons | Netflix | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi | Family comedy-drama; Biju Menon, Sreenath Bhasi, Vinay Forrt, Grace Antony; directed by Thamby | A widowed, irresponsible father is forced out of his hometown and finds self-discovery |
| Meethe Mein Kya Hai | Netflix | Hindi | Family drama; Ritwik Bhowmik, Rohini Hattangadi, Ayesha Raza Mishra; written and directed by Radhika Bansal | A young widower's Diwali reunion is upended when his sister announces a surprise marriage |
| Akka | Netflix | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu | Period crime drama; Keerthy Suresh, Radhika Apte, Tanvi Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar; written and directed by Dharmaraj Shetty; produced by YRF | In a fictional kingdom ruled by powerful women, an outsider challenges their control |
| Rudravanam PS | ZEE5, seven episodes | Telugu, with English and Hindi subtitles | Crime thriller; Naresh Agastya, Banerjee, Shiva Alapati; directed by Sasidhar Munnangi | A sub-inspector investigating a headless corpse uncovers corruption and buried secrets in a village |
| Dead-End Job | Netflix, eight episodes | Korean, with dubs in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi | Mystery, horror; Lee Jae-wook, Go Min-si | A debt-ridden man takes high-paying jobs at a convenience store that hides supernatural danger |
| How to Ruin Diwali | Netflix, three episodes | English, Hindi | Romantic comedy; Rosemary Zimu, Kyle Clark | A perfectionist accidentally exposes a family secret while meeting her fiance's Indian family before Diwali |
Other titles on the list
Several more releases are listed for the same day. On Netflix these include the film Sigma, which is available in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, Don't Trouble the Trouble, Collision Course, The Birthday Gift, the series A Couple of Lies and the Arabic series Obsess. Prime Video has Apocalypse Z: New World, the Tamil film Dark Heaven is listed on Prime Video and Aha Tamil, and JioHotstar also lists the Tamil romance series Love Always. Paramount+ has Dexter: Resurrection Season 2, and the horror titles Big Baby and Hunting Matthew Nichols are listed on Shudder, the latter on 31 October.
Earlier in the week
If you have not caught up, several releases arrived earlier this week. Netflix added The One About Matthew Perry on 27 October, the series Dhindora Season 1, a Bhuvan Bam comedy about a middle-class man who wins a lottery, on 28 October, and the Vijay Sethupathi film Baththa on 29 October, which is about a 1980s North Chennai gangster whose life changes after he meets a young boy. Prime Video added the film Drive: The Pretenders on 28 October.
For a family evening, the Diwali-themed titles, Meethe Mein Kya Hai and How to Ruin Diwali, are the obvious pick, and Avaraachan & Sons is a comedy about a father and his sons. For those who like suspense, Rudravanam PS, SI Yugandhar and Dead-End Job are the crime and mystery options, and Obsession is the choice for horror fans. Akka is the largest star-driven release of the day, with Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte in a gangster drama set in a kingdom ruled by women.
The release schedules come from entertainment sites, and they differ on some titles and dates. One list shows an unusually high rating for Baththa, which should be treated with care, and several language dubs are described as planned, so audio options should be confirmed on the platform. Platforms can also change a release at short notice.
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