'What to Watch' for the week ending May 12

For some time now, Met Gala has emerged as a singular stop for the best and worst in the world of fashion when the sartorial extravaganza is on display in its full glory. It’s generally held in the first week of May. But is that it? Just can’t be and one needs to dig deeper to fathom out the latest offerings from streamers to know what is being dished out to keep us entertained.

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Let’s start this week in a bit of fashion. Often considered one of the most talked-about events in the fashion world, Met Gala, happened on May 2. Its held on the first Monday of May and was aired live on Vogue’s YouTube channel. So, tune in to this one of the most popular channels to find out all about fashion ranging from intricate to outlandish.

Zee5

Satyajit Ray’s famous detective Feluda is back. Right from Soumitra Chatterjee to Abir Chatterjee many have essayed this character so far. This time, it is Parambrata Chatterjee’s turn to play the same in ‘Shabash Feluda’. His assistant, Topse’s role will be essayed by Rwitobroto Mukherjee. The series, to be released on May 5 on Zee5, has been directed by Arindam Sil.

Another series releasing the same day is ‘Fireflies: Parth aur Jugnu’. In the series directed by Hemant Gaba’, we have Parth, who forms an unlikely friendship with Jugnu, a magical boy who lives in a haunted forest.

Set 15 years after Anarkali’s death, prince Salim is now thirsty for revenge which forms the backdrop for second season of ‘Taj’. It premiers on May 12.

Prime Video

Highly-awaited ‘Dahaad’ with which talented Sonakshi Sinha debuts on OTT will see the light of the day on May 12. The first season will see Sonakshi playing a cop, Anjali Bhaati.

Next Friday will also see Ben Affleck’s ‘Air’ being dropped on the streamer. Based on true events regarding the origin of Air Jordan, the film will be available be in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.

Disney+Hotstar

Streaming from May 12 is ‘Soppana Sundari’, which deals with a middle-class family winning a car in a lucky draw.

But before that we have Dimple Kapadia playing Savitri, the matriarch of a drug cartel. Co-starring Naseeruddin Shah, ‘Saas, Bahu and Flamingo’, will be released on May 5.

Netflix

Netflix has released ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’, a prequel to the popular series ‘Bridgerton’.

Directed by Aishwarya  R. Dhanush, ‘Three’ will stream from Friday, May 5. It stars Shruthi Hassan and Dhanush and is the story of a young widow in search of answers after her husband’s unnatural death.

On May 12, Jennifer Lopez’s ‘The Mother’ will arrive on Netflix. In the movie, Jennifer is playing the character of a deadly assassin who is forced to stay away from her daughter in order to protect her.

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MetGala

Zee5

Shabash Feluda

‘Fireflies: Parth aur Jugnu’

Taj Season 2

Prime Video

Dahaad

Air

Disney+ Hotstar

Saas, Bahu and Flamingo’

Soppana Sundari

Netflix

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Three

Meter

The Mother

Yogi

Rowdy Fellow

Thammudu

Royal Teen

The Order of Things

Till the end of the Moon