Updated August 3, 2026: India's OTT calendar this week stretches from Malayalam crime and Telugu action to global fantasy, survival thrillers, comedy and returning favourites. Netflix carries the largest share, while JioHotstar, Prime Video, ZEE5 and Apple TV widen the choice across the week.
New OTT releases this week
1. Uyir (JioHotstar, August 4)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: August 4
Why watch: Uyir pairs a rookie Sub-Inspector's unresolved childhood trauma with a multi-state investigation into an unidentified woman's death, creating a personal crime mystery with darker secrets underneath.
2. Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy (Netflix, August 5)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 5
Why watch: Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy traces fried chicken's cultural journey across Britain and America while examining industrial farming, mass consumption and the racial baggage surrounding the dish. Read the full Big Chicken Netflix release guide.
3. One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two (Netflix, August 5)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 5
Why watch: One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two returns to Macondo after the armistice, where political danger, the railroad and the banana company push the Buendía family closer to collapse. Read the full Part Two release guide.
4. Sterling Point (Prime Video, August 5)
Platform: Prime Video
Release date: August 5
Why watch: Sterling Point sends a teenage heir and her twin brother to a secluded Canadian island, where another young woman's presence opens unsettling questions about their estranged grandfather and family.
5. Ted Lasso Season 4 (Apple TV, August 5)
Platform: Apple TV
Release date: August 5
Why watch: Ted Lasso Season 4 shifts the coaching challenge, asking Ted to create a women's side competing in the second tier rather than return to Richmond's men's squad. Read our Ted Lasso Season 4 release guide for the complete weekly schedule.
6. My Life with the Walter Boys season 3 (Netflix, August 6)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 6
Why watch: My Life with the Walter Boys season 3 deals with the fallout of an overheard declaration of love as Jackie, Alex and Cole pursue diverging paths through community work, rodeo and racing. Read the full Season 3 Netflix release guide.
7. The Shards (JioHotstar, August 6)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: August 6
Why watch: The Shards places a fictionalised teenage Ellis in an elite Los Angeles school, where a mysterious new student may be connected to a serial killer targeting the city's teens. Read our The Shards review for the spoiler-light watch-or-skip verdict.
8. Beast Race (Prime Video, August 7)
Platform: Prime Video
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Beast Race turns a traditional Brazilian street lottery into a deadly contest across a ruined Rio de Janeiro, with masked runners risking loved ones while a wealthy elite wagers on survival. Read our Beast Race OTT release guide and Beast Race cast guide for the full details.
9. Death Inc. Season 4 (Netflix, August 7)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Death Inc. Season 4 makes the funeral home's uncertain succession the engine for workplace comedy, as an ambitious interim director faces sabotage, flattery and worsening personal tensions. Read our Death Inc. Season 4 release guide and Season 3 recap before the final season arrives.
10. Lenin (ZEE5, August 7)
Platform: ZEE5
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Lenin follows an orphan raised in a wealthy village household who later returns to Sriramapuram, confronting a corrupt elite and seeking justice for old wrongs. For more, see our Lenin OTT release and watchability guide and Lenin cast and characters guide.
11. Main Vaapas Aaunga (Netflix, August 7)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Main Vaapas Aaunga frames Partition through an elderly man's memory of childhood romance, migration and a love left behind, shared across generations with his grandson. Read our OTT release and watchability guide, then meet the full cast and characters.
12. Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War (Netflix, August 7)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War dramatises the Golden Arrows Squadron's role during the Kargil War, centring fighter pilots operating in punishing mountain conditions. Read our full review, then explore the Netflix guide and cast and character guide.
13. Our Sticky Love (Netflix, August 7)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Our Sticky Love mixes a prosecutor's memory loss with a crime syndicate investigation and an invented romance, as a former gang member tries to protect his first love. Read the full Netflix release guide and meet the characters in our Our Sticky Love cast guide.
14. Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats (Netflix, August 7)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats follows feral British cats through friendship, rivalry and everyday absurdity, led by an opinionated feline whose confidence greatly exceeds his courage and intelligence. Read the Alley Cats review for our verdict, or see the Netflix release guide for the full details.
15. The Last House (Netflix, August 7)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: August 7
Why watch: The Last House traps a family of four inside their own home without explanation, turning dwindling resources and an unseen force into a prolonged test of survival and sanity.
16. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (JioHotstar, August 7)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: August 7
Why watch: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie sends Mario and his companions into space after Princess Rosalina is kidnapped and her cosmic powers are harnessed for a destructive weapon.
17. Tumbadchi Manjula (ZEE5, August 7)
Platform: ZEE5
Release date: August 7
Why watch: Tumbadchi Manjula turns a young man's fake possession into village-wide panic, letting one harmless lie unleash a mix of superstition, horror and comic chaos.
18. Hustle season 5 (JioHotstar, August 8)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: August 8
Why watch: Hustle season 5 brings aspiring rappers from across India into battles, elimination rounds and live performances, with former contestants now helping judge the competition.
19. The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls (Prime Video, August 9)
Platform: Prime Video
Release date: August 9
Why watch: The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls swaps biblical costumes for survival gear, combining demanding American terrain and physical challenges with conversations about faith.
Best bets this week
Uyir is the strongest India-facing crime pick, The Last House offers a compact survival nightmare, and One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two provides the week's largest-scale literary drama.
Final takeaway
This is a broad streaming week rather than a single-genre rush. Start with the mystery, survival or literary picks that best match your mood, then use the lighter comedy and reality options as flexible follow-ups.
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