What to watch on OTT: The Girl with the Needle, The Night Agent, Hisaab Barabar and more

Oscar-nominated The Girl with the Needle — directed by Magnus von Horn and co-written by Line Langebek Knudsen and von Horn — is streaming from January 24. The movie, which had its satellite premiere nether the contention conception during the Cannes Film Festival 2024, follows a young mill idiosyncratic Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), who is struggling to past successful post-WWI Copenhagen. When she ends up unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, the charismatic Dagmar (Trine Dyrholm) takes her successful arsenic a wet-nurse astatine an underground adoption bureau which finds foster homes for unwanted children. A heavy transportation forms betwixt them, until a shocking find abruptly shatters Karoline’s world.
Inspired by a existent story, The Girl With The Needle is simply a haunting and profound look astatine 1 woman’s hunt for emotion and morality.

I Want To Talk
Prime Video

This communicative of a resilient begetter told with wry humour showcases 1 of Abhishek Bachchan’s career-best performances. Directed by filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, I Want To Talk follows the transformative travel of Arjun Sen, a chatty and shrewd Bengali antheral surviving the quintessential ‘American Dream’. Arjun’s beingness is upended erstwhile helium learns helium has lone 100 days to live. This forces him to re-evaluate his priorities and reassess what genuinely matters successful his life. His travel becomes a quest to reconnect with his estranged seven-year-old girl and to marque each remaining infinitesimal count. The film’s formed besides features Ahilya Bamroo, Jayant Kriplani, Johnny Lever, Pearle Dey, and Kristin Goddard successful pivotal roles.

The Night Agent S2
Netflix

The caller episodes of this fashionable series, based connected the caller by Matthew Quirk, prime up aft the high-octane events of Season 1. After Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) managed to prevention the president, helium earned the accidental to go a Night Agent. Working successful the secretive enactment Night Action successful Season 2 volition propulsion Peter into a satellite wherever information is everyplace and spot is successful abbreviated supply. The just-released trailer offers a glimpse of each the thrills up arsenic Peter finds himself afloat immersed successful the mysterious satellite of Night Action, a top-secret enactment rife with deadly threats. As Peter says successful the trailer, the dangers up see everything from a imaginable mole successful Night Action to experimental weapons successful the incorrect hands — and helium can’t spot anyone successful these dire caller circumstances.

The Killer’s Game
Prime Video

Based connected the 1997 caller by the aforesaid sanction written by Jay Bonansinga, The Killer’s Game follows seasoned assassin Joe Flood, who is diagnosed with a life-threatening unwellness and authorises a termination connected himself to debar the symptom that is destined to follow. After ordering the kill, helium finds retired that helium was misdiagnosed and indispensable past fend disconnected the service of erstwhile colleagues trying to termination him. Directed by J.J. Perry and written by Rand Ravich, Bonansinga and James Coyne. The enactment drama film’s formed features Sofia Boutella, David Bautista, Lucy Cork and Pom Klementieff successful pb roles. The movie is streaming with dubs successful Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

Hisaab Barabar
ZEE5

Directed by Ashwni Dhir, the movie promises to unravel a gripping communicative of fiscal fraud, corruption, and the relentless pursuit of justice. In Hisaab Barabar, R Madhavan essays the character of Radhe Mohan Sharma, a railway summons checker who uncovers a tiny discrepancy successful his slope account. What begins arsenic a elemental fiscal mistake rapidly unravels into a unsafe travel filled with fraud, deceit, and corruption. As Radhe delves deeper, helium finds himself entangled successful a high-stakes conflict with Micky Mehta (played by Neil Nitin Mukesh), a suave yet ruthless banker with important influence. As Radhe’s quest for justness intensifies, the movie poses a profound question: tin 1 mean antheral instrumentality connected systemic corruption? And volition his perseverance and resilience beryllium capable to unafraid his victory?

Thiru Manickam
ZEE5

Directed by Nandha Periyasamy, this Tamil-language movie explores the travel of a antheral who, successful spite of facing stiff absorption for doing good, shows however humanity yet wins. The movie revolves astir Manickam (Samuthirakani), a good-hearted antheral who runs a lottery store astatine the Kumily autobus stand, to enactment his household and his wife, Sumathi (Ananya), who prepares nutrient for section workers. The emotionally charged movie exults honesty and righteousness arsenic bonzer quality qualities. The formed besides features Bharathiraja, Nassar, Thambi Ramaiah, Karunakaran and Ilavarasu successful supporting roles.

Barroz
Disney+Hotstar

The Malayalam-language phantasy movie — based connected ‘Barroz: Guardian of D’Gama’s Treasure’, a caller by Jijo Punnoose — marks Mohanlal’s directorial debut. For 400 years, Barroz (Mohanlal), a loyal servant, has guarded da Gama’s treasure. Bound by a centuries-old magic, Barroz awaits the accomplishment of a existent descendant worthy of claiming it. The ambitious feature, which explores the maritime past of Portugal, Spain, Africa, and India, however, received mixed effect erstwhile released successful theatres. The film’s formed besides features Maya Rao West, Cesar Lorente Raton, Ignacio Mateos, Kallirroi Tziafeta, Nerea Camacho and Tuhin Menon.