New Movies And OTT Shows Released On August 25 To Watch This Weekend
From Ayushmann Khurrana's Dream Girl 2 to Raj B Shetty's Toby, here's what you can watch.
In the last week of August 2023, a bunch of new movies and web series have released in cinemas and OTT platforms. Let's take a look:
1. Dream Girl 2
This Ayushmann Khurrana starter movie has opened up to positive reviews from public as well as the critics.
Here's the official synopsis of the movie:
"Karam, a small-town boy from Mathura, is struggling every day to pay his father's debt, who has borrowed money from nearly everyone on the planet. On the other hand, he is deeply in love with Pari, whose father has kept the conditions to marry her. To make ends meet, Karam dons as Pooja, which creates wild chaos and a comedy of errors."
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana as Karam, Ananya Panday as Pari, Annu Kapoor as Jagjeet Singh, Paresh Rawal as Abu Saleem, Vijay Raaz as Sona Bhai, Rajpal Yadav as Shoukiya, Asrani Saab as Yusuf Ali Salim Khan, Manoj Joshi as Jaipal Srivastav, Abhishek Banerjee as Shahrukh, Seema Pahwa as Jumani, Manjot Singh as Smiley Dhillon, Ranjan Raj as Tiger Pandey
Release Date: August 25
Life ki sabse dangerous performance dene jaa raha hoon, pyaar zaroor dena! ð¥°ð#DreamGirl2Trailer Out Now ðhttps://t.co/jdorstoMM0#25AugustHogaMast#DreamGirl2 in cinemas on 25th August.@writerraj @ananyapandayy @EktaaRKapoor @balajimotionpic @Pooja_DreamGirl
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) August 1, 2023
2. Toby
Toby, an estranged man deemed to be beast vows to break free from the evil world and transform himself for Jenny.
Cast: Raj B Shetty, Chaithra J Achar, Samyuktha Horanadu, Gopalkrishna Deshpande and Raj Deepak Shetty
Release Date: August 25
3. Akelli
Cast: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Tsahi Halevi, Amir Boutrous & Nishant Dahiya
Release Date: August 25
Read the review of this Nushrratt Bharuccha starter here
New Movies And OTT Shows To Watch This Weekend
Here's the list of other shows and movies you can watch this weekend:
1. Bajao
2. Killer Book Club
3. RDX: Robert Dony Xavier
4. Gaandeevadhari Arjuna
5. Kings Of Kotna (Released on August 24)
6. Aakhri Sach
'OMG 2' Box Office Collection
Akshay Kumar starrer OMG2 which released during Independence Day has displayed "strong legs" in week 2 at the box office.
According to movie critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the movie collected Rs 2.80 crore on Thursday taking its overall domestic box collection to Rs 126.42 crore.
"A substantial chunk of its biz has come from multiplexes of major centres… A creditable total, considering it faced the onslaught of a Typhoon called Gadar2…," he said in a post on X.
#OMG2 displays STRONG LEGS in Week 2⦠A substantial chunk of its biz has come from multiplexes of major centres⦠A creditable total, considering it faced the onslaught of a #Typhoon called #Gadar2⦠[Week 2] Fri 6.03 cr, Sat 10.53 cr, Sun 12.06 cr, Mon 3.70 cr, Tue 3.25 cr, Wed⦠pic.twitter.com/YSrLlZ70cQ
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 25, 2023
'Gadar 2' Box Office Collection
On the other hand, Sunny Deol's 'Gadar 2' continues to break records at the box office. The movie has collected close to Rs 420 at the domestic box office.
ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER⦠#Gadar2 WREAKS HAVOC in Week 2⦠Mass pockets on ð¥ð¥ð¥, continue to set NEW BENCHMARKS⦠Will continue to dominate the heartland in Week 3 as well⦠[Week 2] Fri 20.50 cr, Sat 31.07 cr, Sun 38.90 cr, Mon 13.50 cr, Tue 12.10 cr, Wed 10 cr, Thu 8.40 cr.⦠pic.twitter.com/3DUHj2GIvz
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 25, 2023