Here's a llist of mini-series that you can binge watch this weekend.
If you are the one who’s trying to find time to watch good content but are juggling between never ending deadlines and endless commitments, then the various OTT platforms including Disney+ Hotstar Premium, Netlfix, Voot Select among others are here for your rescue with a list of titles that you can finish in less than a day.
So, whether you relish the edge of the seat thriller, 'Chernobyl', delve into the spine chilling 'The Outsider' or sit back and enjoy the compelling story in 'The Gone Game', here’s a list that you can enjoy even between the hustle. So, take a break to watch this list of mini-series for the much needed respite.
1. Feud: Bette and Joan
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Available on Disney+Hotstar Premium, Feud: Bette and Joan is about how screen legends Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, sast aside by Hollywood, battle ageism, sexism and each other when they sign up to make, 'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?'.
2. The Passion
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Streaming on Disney+Hotstar, The Passion is about Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday that causes a stir among the Jews. The Romans have to deal with a small rebellion and the High Priest wants to be rid of Jesus.
3. The Gone Game
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Punctuated with moments of deception, suspicion, and unexpected twists, the show provides an edge of the seat experience and take the viewers on a thrilling ride.
Set in a global pandemic, with a nation in lockdown, the story starts amidst a mysterious disappearance. Sahil Gujral is gone. Did he fall prey to the virus? Or is something more sinister at play? 2020 has changed the world forever, but for the Gujral family, the nightmare has just begun.
Backed with a power-packed cast including Sanjay Kapoor, Arjun Mathur, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Rukhsar Rehman, Lubna Salim, Indraneil Sengupta, Dibyendu Bhattacharya and produced by Bodhi Tree Multimedia, The Gone Game streams on Voot Select.
4. Chernobyl
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An early-morning explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant sends workers scrambling to assess the damage. You can watch this epic thriller on Disney+Hostar Plant, where plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control the disaster.
5. Panchayat
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Produced by The Viral Fever, the series on Amazon Prime documents the life of engineering graduate who, due to lack of better job opportunities, joins as a Panchayat secretary in a remote village Phulera of Uttar Pradesh. The show is backed by great performances by Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, and Biswapati Sarkar.
6. Big Little Lies
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Available to binge-watch on Disney+Hotstar Premium, it is a stroy about a suspicious death at an elementary school fundraiser which draws attention to the friction between three mothers and their families.
7. Masaba Masaba
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Helmed by Sonam Nair and produced by Ashvini Yardi's Viniyard Films, this Netflix original Masaba Masaba is based on the life of fashion designer Masaba Gupta.
In the show, Masaba and her mother, veteran actress Neena Gupta, play their fictionalised versions. The show takes one inside the truth behind the picture-perfect smiles, while exploring her divorce, her bond with her mother, fickle nature of showbiz and the after-effects of blind items.
8. Mildred Pierce
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Streaming on Diney+Hotstar Premium, an epic story of a proud single mother, struggling to earn her daughter's love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles.
