Diwali 2022! Web series and movies to binge on OTT platforms this Deepawali weekend

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The festival of lights ‘Diwali' is here and we all are set to celebrate it with full of excitement and joy. Keeping the spirit of Diwali in mind for our binge lovers we have some recommendations of web series and movies which are worth a watch and surely it will keep you at the edge of your seat.

Rocketry - Voot

Based on the life of ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, the biographical drama marked R Madhavan's directorial debut. Released in multiple languages (Hindi, English, and Tamil), Rocketry: The Nambi Effect emerged as one of the highest-rated Hindi movies of 2022 on IMDb with a score of 8.9. The plot of the movie also concentrates on the false espionage charges placed upon the Indian scientist, which had rattled the entire nation.

Darlings - Netflix

Starring Alia Bhatt as a lead actress in the latest Netflix original film - Darlings in which the story revolves about a girl living in lower middle-class Muslim-dominated neighbourhood in Mumbai. Darlings has both laugh-out-loud comedy and suppressed giggles. Reen's control over the lengthier sequences, backed by Anil Mehta's sinuous camerawork and Nitin Baid's elegant editing, is strongest when Hamza drops the mask and lets the misogyny show.

Shabaash Mithu - Voot

Mithali Raj is a former Test and ODI captain of the women's national cricket team. She led India to the finals of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. The film based on her life chronicles the events of her life's journey in the world of women's cricket. It presents her struggles and euphoric rise in women's cricket.

Four More Shots Please! - Amazon Prime

Four More Shots Please! Season 3 brings back to the screens the lives of four flawsome women, Anjana (Kirti Kulhari), Damini (Sayani Gupta), Sidhi (Maanvi Gagroo) and Umang (Bani J). The new season will pick up the story from where the second season ended, bringing back the tales of four unapologetic, uninhibited, free-spirited women who live, love, blunder and discover what continues to make them tick through everlasting friendship, set against the cosmopolitan city of Mumbai. The series is directed by Joyeeta Patpatia and written by Devika Bhagat, with dialogues by Ishita Moitra.

The Vibe Hunters - Voot

Three Influencers - a rapper, a graffiti artist and a freestyle dancer go missing the same night. The common link being Vicky, a 19-year-old media student who happens to feature on the last social media posts of the three artists. As the plot thickens, what starts as a routine police inquiry takes a witty turn. The Vibe Hunters is a cultural and aesthetic sign of our times, soaked in suspense and shaded in dark humour.

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