Here’s Your Binge Watch Guide for the Weekend: Killer Soup, Lift, Tiger 3 and More

With the biting cold winters lingering on our heads, binge-watching through the weekend in the warm comfort of your blanket, with a hot saucer of soup sounds like the perfect plan! To save you the hustle of scrolling through endless titles to stream, we have hand-picked a few OTT releases of the week for you.

If you are looking for that adrenaline rush, we would recommend Konkona Sen Sharma and Manoj Bajpayee’s Killer Soup. Another pick could be Comedian Kevin Hart’s money heist drama Lift, where he tries to steal millions of dollars up in the air in a commercial plane.

Reacher Season 2 has also released its 45-minute-long penultimate episode. However, if you are in the mood for some superhero drama, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Echo could be a good choice (spoiler alert: she has different superpowers from comic books).

Salman’s Tiger 3 and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, (both of which had a theatrical release), are also now available to stream on Amazon Prime. While at it don’t forget to check the extended version of Tom Cruise’s Dead Reckoning Part 1.

Happy binge-watching!

Killer Soup

When: Streaming

Where: Netflix

Abhishek Chaubey’s dark comedy thriller Killer Soup is a broiling pot of intense emotions, crimes, lies, cover-ups, poetic references, brilliant cinematography, and too many criss-crossing subplots!

Swathi (Konkona Sen Sharma) is a terrible cook and housewife to the chauvinistic Prabhakar Shetty (Manoj Bajpayee). When the latter learns about her illicit affair with his look-alike masseuse, things get heated up. One thing leads to another, and Swathi decides to disguise her lover as Prabhakar and present him in front of the world. As expected, many twists and turns follow.

Lift

When: Released Today

Where: Netflix

Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart returns to Netflix with this crime comedy. He is playing a heist crew lead who conspires to steal $500 million gold bullion being transported on a 777 passenger flight from London to Zurich. As he stages this mid-air crime, he is being suspected of identity theft by the authorities.

Break Point Season 2

When: Now Streaming

Where: Netflix

The second season of this sports docu-series comes with plenty of behind-the-scenes looks into the life of select tennis players. From dramatic injuries, candid moments, and on-field performances to some of the older players reminiscing their good old days, the show has it all.

Echo

When: Now Streaming

Where: Disney+ Hotstar

Marvel’s Cinematic Universe officially enters 2024 with its limited series Echo – although the series is quite different from the comic books (she even has different powers here).

After shooting Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) in Hawkeye, Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), returns to her hometown. Here a galley of Fisk’s men are waiting to make her and her family’s life a living hell.

Cheran’s Journey

When: Now Streaming

Where: Sony LIV

The five-time National Award winner Cheran makes his OTT debut with this nine-episode-long web series. Here we meet five characters competing for a lucrative well-paying job at an automobile company – all with different motives. As Cheran’s character assesses potential candidates, he tests them for their true capabilities.

Reacher Season 2

When: Now Streaming

Where: Amazon Prime

The seventh episode of Amazon Original Reacher Season 2 was released on January 12. It begins with Reacher trying to come up with a rescue plan and find a safe place to send Jane — the child witness for whose protection Detective Gitano sacrificed himself — and her mother, New Age executive Marlo Burns. Action sequences, hospital scenes, serious calls, and a lot of chasing follow. The final episode drops on January 19.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

When: Now Streaming

Where: Amazon Prime

Tom Cruise’s international spy character Ethan Hunt is back for yet another world-saving adventure along with his IMF team. This time they are fighting “the Entity”, a powerful rogue AI. The film serves as a sequel to Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and is the seventh instalment overall in the Mission: Impossible film franchise. A ten-minute long extended preview is also available to stream on Amazon Prime.

Tiger 3

When: Now Streaming

Where: Amazon Prime

Box-office hit Tiger 3 is now finally available to stream. In this third instalment of the spy franchise Tiger, a new threat emerges in the form of Aatish Rehman (Emraan Hashmi), the head of a terrorist military group who has a personal vendetta of his own against Tiger (Salman Khan). The protagonist must now embark on a dangerous mission to protect his family as well as the nation, whilst clearing his name.


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Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan, Shahid Kapoor-Led Farzi Lead IMDb’s Most Popular Indian Movies and Web Series Rankings

Halfway into the year, IMDb has revealed a list of the 10 most popular Indian movies and TV series — so far — both of which are led by the biggest stars in Bollywood. On the film side, we’ve got the Shah Rukh Khan-led espionage thriller Pathaan, which marked the actor’s return to mainstream filming after four years. Bear in mind, this list is created using page views on IMDb as a metric and is, therefore, not an indicator of its quality. IMDb does, of course, also maintain a crowd-sourced rating system which puts a score on the quality of films, but this can quite easily be gamed by audiences.

Raj and DK’s Farzi, which leads the pack among the most popular TV series of 2023 in India, is a good example of this. Earlier this week, its lead Shahid Kapoor tweeted out an infographic, where [Farzi(https://www.gadgets360.com/tags/farzi) ranked second among the ‘Top-rated TV Series of 2023′ (worldwide) — right below HBO’s The Last of Us — adding that such a high ranking indicates a demand for a second season. What he didn’t take into consideration is the number of voters, which Farzi significantly lacks. The show earned an 8.4-star rating from a mere 35,000 voters/ viewers, while The Last of Us emerged on top with a score of 8.8/10, collected from 434,000 voters. It can, therefore, be assumed that titles with more votes have more reliable ratings.

Still, it does make sense for Farzi to be ranked as the most popular show in India (based on page views as a metric), which followed a rags-to-riches story of a small-time con artist who learns to make counterfeit money. What follows next is a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase between him and a fiery, unorthodox task force officer Michael Vedanayagam (Vijay Sethupathi), as the story veers into bigger threats involving a local gangster and some greedy accomplices who are willing to bend over at the sight of money. Its creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. responded to Kapoor’s tweet, expressing their desire for a second chapter as well.

“It’s extremely heartening to learn that Pathaan is first on the list by IMDb. To see the amount of love that Pathaan has received is amazing, and whenever any work gets placed first, then the thing to do is to work twice as hard on the next one to thank everyone for this recognition,” Pathaan’s lead Khan said in a prepared statement. “Most importantly, I would like to thank the team of Pathaan and the audiences across the globe for making this happen!” The film was followed closely by Salman Khan’s Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and The Kerala Story, which was bound to get some attention due to the political sentiment surrounding it. What’s interesting is that there wasn’t much distinction in IMDb traffic, regardless of whether a film was released in theatres or digitally.

Streaming originals such as Bloody Daddy (JioCinema) and Netflix’s Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga and Mission Majnu managed to secure spots among the top 10. Not all of them are from Bollywood, however; two Tamil films Varisu and Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two complete the list in positions 9 and 10, respectively.

IMDb’s press release notes that Indian audiences gravitated toward crime drama series during the first half of the year, with the sub-genre taking up eight spots out of the total 10. Standouts include Rana Naidu, Asur 2: Rise of the Dark Side, and Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo. The exceptions are the period drama Taj: Divided by Blood and Rocket Boys, the latter of which saw two visionaries Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh) and Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh) competing to launch their projects during India’s formative years in the field of science.

Pathaan — streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan — streaming on Zee5

The Kerala Story

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar — streaming on Netflix

Mission Majnu — streaming on Netflix

Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga — streaming on Netflix

Bloody Daddy — streaming on JioCinema

Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai — streaming on Zee5

Varisu — streaming on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube (for free)

Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two — streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Farzi — streaming on Amazon Prime Video

The Night Manager — streaming on Disney+ Hotstar

Rana Naidu — streaming on Netflix

Jubilee — streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Asur: Welcome To Your Dark Side — streaming on JioCinema

Dahaad — streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo — streaming on Disney+ Hotstar

Taaza Khabar — streaming on Disney+ Hotstar

Taj: Divided By Blood — streaming on Zee5

Rocket Boys — streaming on Sony Liv


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MasterChef India Auditions Are Now Open for the Next Season, Register Through the Sony Liv App

MasterChef India, the biggest reality cooking show in the country, is returning with a brand-new season soon. Season 2 on Sony Liv (Season 8 overall) will see judges Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar reuniting to seek the next big home cook, who will get to showcase their talents in front of millions and win a cash prize. Interested folks can now register to audition for the show through the Sony Liv app — available on Android and iOS. The in-built form can be accessed from the home page itself by sliding along the featured programs, and is accessible in both English and Hindi. For now, it seems like this is the only way to access it since entering the query in the search bar didn’t yield any results.

“Whether you are a home cook or someone who simply loves experimenting in the kitchen, MasterChef India welcomes everyone with a passion for food. So, get ready to whip up something extraordinary and make your mark in the culinary world!”, the press release reads. Make sure you go through the ‘Terms & Conditions’ page which mentions that the Digital Auditions will be conducted from July 4 to July 22. There will be four main rounds to the audition process, with Level 1 simply demanding applicants to bring a pre-cooked dish, which upon completion would progress them further in the ranks, where they’ll be asked to be present at any specified location — Mumbai, Delhi, or Kolkata. By the fourth round, 50 participants will have been shortlisted to cook before an actual panel of experts or chefs. Participants get only one shot at auditioning, and will understandably be asked to hand in important documents for verification purposes.

Sony has also released a new MasterChef India filter on Instagram, which overlays a branded apron onto your photo. While the idea behind this appears to be purely promotional, both the press release and the promo trailer suggest that tagging @masterchefindiaofficial and @sonylivindia would help in ‘narrowing our search for the next MasterChef.’ Either way, it would be a great opportunity for any Indian home cook to learn from renowned chefs and receive valuable guidance — appearing on TV and winning is the cherry on top that most will hope for.

Earlier this year, MasterChef returned with its seventh season overall, but first season on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Liv, after the platform won the rights to produce the series. The reality competition series returned following a three-year hiatus, with a 61-episode run airing from January to March. A total of 16 contestants were picked for the main show, with Assam-based Nayanjyoti Saikia finally lifting the trophy. Renowned Indian chef Sanjeev Kapoor was responsible for the final challenge and judging of the dishes.

Currently, there is no premiere date for the next season of MasterChef India.


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Shark Tank India Season 2 Confirmed; to Feature Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta, Namita Thapar, Vineeta Singh, Amit Jain

Shark Tank India 2 is set to arrive in India after the conclusion of the first season of the business reality show. The series has been renewed for a second season and will feature last season’s Sharks: Anupam Mittal (Founder and CEO of Shaadi.com), Aman Gupta (Co-Founder and CMO of Boat), Namita Thapar (Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals), Vineeta Singh (Co-Founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetics), Peyush Bansal (Founder and CEO of Lenskart). 

For the second season of Shark Tank IndiaSony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV are set to introduce a new Shark, Amit Jain (CEO and Co-Founder of CarDekho, InsuranceDekho). A release date for the upcoming season is yet to be announced. 

Last year, Shark Tank India introduced new business concepts across a 35-episode season that aired on TV by Sony Entertainment Television on its channel SET India. The season started on December 20, 2021, ending on February 4. 

Before season 2 arrives, you can re-watch episodes from the first season on on SonyLIV, with a Premium subscription of the over-the-top (OTT) platform. Meanwhile, if you have the MX Player app installed, you should be able to watch Shark Tank India episodes for free, with advertisements on the app.

Shark Tank India 2 will be available to stream in India via Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV.


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  • Release Date 20 December 2021
  • Genre Reality
  • Duration 28h 47min
  • Cast

    Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, Ashneer Grover, Ghazal Alagh, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal, Vineeta Singh, Rannvijay Singh

  • Production

    Studio NEXT, Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Television Studios

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