Gullak to Dasvi: The 40 Biggest OTT Movies and Web Series in April 2022

April 2022 is stuffed with new movie and sequence releases on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Apple TV+, SonyLIV, Amazon Prime Video, Voot Select, Mubi, Zee5, and JioCinema. From India, we have now the third season of comedy-drama Gullak — identified for its middle-class musings — dropping April 7 on SonyLIV. On the identical day over on Netflix and JioCinema, Abhishek Bachchan’s uneducated Chief Minister research for board exams on the comedy film Dasvi. Per week in a while April 15 with Mai, Netflix offers us Sakshi Tanwar as a docile housewife who transforms right into a cruel killer as she seeks revenge for the demise of her daughter. You can catch Kunal Kemmu’s cop battling new threats in Abhay season 3 from April 8 on Zee5. And Shreyas Talpade turns right into a cricketer on Kaun Pravin Tambe?, out already on Disney+ Hotstar.

From worldwide waters, we await the return of a number of glorious exhibits (alongside promising new ones). Better Call Saul is anticipated to start its sixth and last season on April 19/20 on Netflix in India, as Bob Odenkirk completes his transformation into Saul Goodman. Russian Doll season 2 has extra time-related adventures for Natasha Lyonne, clicking in April 20 on Netflix. Elisabeth Moss hunts for a time-travelling serial killer in Shining Girls from April 29 on Apple TV+. On the identical day over on Amazon Prime Video, Rosa Salazar’s time-bending protagonist continues her adventures in Undone season 2. Bill Hader’s hitman returns for Barry season 3, beginning April 25 on Disney+ Hotstar. And a brand new semester begins in Elite season 5, April 8 on Netflix.

Mai, Dasvi, Ozark 4 Part 2, Better Call Saul 6, and More on Netflix in April

Ozark is about to wrap up with the second a part of its fourth season laundering in April 29 on Netflix. A British politician is accused of sexual assault and brought to court docket in Anatomy of a Scandal, submitting in April 15 on Netflix. On the identical day over on Apple TV+, Nicole Kidman leads an anthology sequence about ladies in Roar. Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Gillian Anderson play US First Ladies in The First Lady, out April 15 on Voot Select. Chiwetel Ejiofor’s alien crash lands on Earth in The Man Who Fell to Earth, beaming in April 24 on Voot Select. Gary Oldman leads a dysfunctional spy company in Slow Horses that premiered April 1 on Apple TV+. Josh Brolin’s rancher is pulled right into a sci-fi thriller in Outer Range, out April 15 on Prime Video.

If you will have been catching up on Oscar-winning motion pictures following the ceremony, you’ll be glad to know that Drive My Car is now out there on Mubi. There’s a whole lot of different motion pictures too in April 2022. We have a brand new Richard Linklater effort in Apollo 10 ½ that shot off April 1 on Netflix. Judd Apatow delivers his pandemic quarantine film with The Bubble, that additionally popped in April 1 on Netflix. Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton lead the thriller All the Old Knives, reducing in April 8 on Amazon Prime Video. On the identical day on Netflix, Game of Thrones creator D.B. Weiss offers us a highschool effort in Metal Lords. You would possibly wish to try the musical Better Nate Than Ever that is out already on Disney+ Hotstar.

That’s not all. You can discover the complete record of OTT premieres in April 2022 to your perusal on the very finish. And earlier than that, you’ll be able to learn extra about a few of these aforementioned motion pictures and internet sequence under. We haven’t got the time to speak about all of them intimately.

With that, here is our April 2022 streaming information to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Apple TV+, SonyLIV, Amazon Prime Video, Voot Select, Mubi, Zee5, and JioCinema.

Drive My Car

When: April 1
Where: Mubi

Less than every week after it received the 2022 Oscar for Best International Feature Film — including to its earlier wins: BAFTA, Golden Globe, and greatest screenplay at Cannes — Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s critically-acclaimed three-hour drama arrives in India.

In Drive My Car, a grieving theatre director (Hidetoshi Nishijima) types a bond together with his new chauffeur (Tōko Miura) whereas directing a multilingual manufacturing of Anton Chekhov’s famed Uncle Vanya within the Japanese metropolis of Hiroshima.

Based on Haruki Murakami’s quick story of the identical identify, although it is impressed by different tales that have been a part of Murakami’s 2014 assortment Men Without Women.

Masaki Okada performs a brash younger actor, Reika Kirishima performs Nishijima’s spouse, and there are roles for Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, and Satoko Abe.

Kaun Pravin Tambe?

When: April 1
Where: Disney+ Hotstar

For the second time in his profession — following 2005’s Iqbal from Nagesh Kukunoor — Shreyas Talpade performs a cricketer defying nice odds. Only this time, the story is just not fictional. Having by no means performed for his native Mumbai not to mention the nationwide staff, 41-year-old Pravin Tambe made historical past in 2013 after he was instantly drafted into the Indian Premier League, the largest event of its sort.

Ashish Vidyarthi, Anjali Patil, Chayya Kadam, and Arun Nalawade play Pravin’s coach, spouse, mom, and father respectively, with Parambrata Chatterjee as fictional sportswriter Rajat Sanyal who noticed Tambe in invitational tournaments. Jayprad Desai — who helmed each episode of Zee5’s Marathi-langauge sequence Hutatma — is the director on Kaun Pravin Tambe?.

Dasvi

When: April 7
Where: JioCinema, Netflix

Caught in a trainer recruitment rip-off and imprisoned beneath robust cop Jyoti Deswal (Yami Gautam), uneducated and proudful Chief Minister Ganga Ram Chaudhary (Abhishek Bachchan) vows to move Class tenth board exams — therefore the movie’s title, which is Hindi for tenth — and get his secondary faculty certificates. Meanwhile out on this planet, Ganga Ram’s scheming spouse Bimla Devi (Nimrat Kaur) who has been raised to the place of chief minister in his absence, has plans of her personal.

Manu Rishi Chadha, Chittaranjan Tripathi, Danish Husain, Arun Kushwaha, Dhanveer Singh, Abhimanyu Yadav, Shivankit Singh Parihar, and Sumit Roy are additionally a part of the Dasvi film forged. Tushar Jalota — beforehand an assistant or affiliate director on the likes of Barfi! and Padmaavat — makes his directorial debut on Dasvi. Ritesh Shah and Suresh Nair (Airlift), and producer Sandeep Leyzell are chargeable for the screenplay.

Watch the Trailer for Dasvi

Gullak Season 3

When: April 7
Where: SonyLIV

In the third season, the ups and downs of the Mishra household continues — whereas the elder son Anand (Vaibhav Raj Gupta) is now contributing because the second incomes member (and likewise pondering of how to spend mentioned cash), the top of the family Santosh (Jameel Khan) is suspended after he refuses to play inner politics and help the union.

Returning forged members on Gullak season 3 embody Geetanjali Kulkarni as the feminine lead Shanti Mishra, Harsh Mayar because the youthful son Aman Mishra, and Sunita Rajwar as Bittu Ki Mummy. Palash Vaswani and Durgesh Singh — who directed and wrote each season 2 episode, respectively — return of their capacities on season 3.

TVF founder Arunabh Kumar, who had stepped away from the corporate for 3 years owing to a number of sexual harassment allegations, is the producer on Gullak season 3. All episodes shall be out there collectively on the discharge date, April 7.

Anatomy of a Scandal

When: April 15
Where: Netflix

For his first Netflix (anthology) sequence, Emmy winner David E. Kelley — identified for Chicago Hope, Boston Legal, and Big Little Lies — delivers a mixture of courtroom drama and psychological thriller. In it, after a robust British politician is accused of violating sexual consent and delivered to trial, the privileged lifetime of the spouse unravels as scandalous secrets and techniques floor.

Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery, Rupert Friend, and Naomi Scott lead the forged of Anatomy of a Scandal. S.J. Clarkson (The Defenders, Succession) directs all six episodes — which shall be out there collectively on launch date, April 15. Kelley is co-creator right here with Melissa James Gibson (House of Cards), with the duo adapting the Netflix sequence from the Sarah Vaughan novel of the identical identify.

Mai

When: April 15
Where: Netflix

With her world turned the wrong way up following the sudden demise of her daughter Supriya Chaudhary (Wamiqa Gabbi), 47-year-old docile wife-and-mother Sheel Chaudhary (Sakshi Tanwar) digs for clear solutions. As her investigation pulls her right into a (metaphorical) parallel universe of white-collar crime and soiled politics, Sheel transforms from meek to cruel, diving deep right into a rabbit gap of violence. The Mai trailer means that violence comes somewhat too naturally to her.

Vivek Mushran, Anant Vidhaat, Raima Sen, Ankur Ratan, Prashant Narayan, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, and Seema Pahwa star alongside in Mai. Atul Mongia — beforehand appearing workshop and casting director on dozens of Bollywood motion pictures — is the creator and showrunner on Mai. Mongia and Anshai Lal (Phillauri) directed episodes, whereas Mongia additionally wrote Mai alongside Tamal Sen (Zee5’s Kaali), and Amita Vyas (The Fame Game).

All Mai episodes shall be launched directly April 15 on Netflix.

Watch the Trailer for Mai, Netflix’s Next Indian Series

Roar

When: April 15
Where: Apple TV+

Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, Issa Rae, Alison Brie, and Betty Gilpin lead the ensemble forged of this darkly-comedic episodic anthology sequence that comes from Netflix’s GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch.

Per Apple, Roar will characteristic “a unique blend of magical realism, familiar domestic and professional scenarios, and futuristic worlds”, because it gives “an insightful, poignant, and sometimes hilarious portrait of what it means to be a woman today.”

Based on Cecelia Ahern’s 2019 e book of quick tales. Unlike most different Apple TV+ sequence that air new episodes weekly, Roar shall be out there for binge viewing, with all eight episodes launched directly on April 15.

Better Call Saul Season 6

When: April 19/20
Where: Netflix

Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) is again, for the ultimate time. Now nearer than ever to his Breaking Bad persona Saul Goodman, the sixth and last season of Better Call Saul — cut up into two elements, simply as the ultimate season of Breaking Bad was — will make clear the large questions.

What occurred to fellow lawyer and Jimmy’s spouse Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn)? How does the Juárez Cartel lieutenant Nacho (Michael Mando) survive what’s coming after the botched assassination try of Salamanca household’s appearing head Lalo (Tony Dalton)? And is there a future for Cinnabon retailer supervisor Gene Takavic (Odenkirk)?

The Breaking Bad spin-off goes out with its greatest season but — 13 episodes, three greater than traditional. (That additionally means Better Call Saul will finish with 63 episodes, yet one more than Breaking Bad’s depend.)

Better Call Saul season 6 begins April 18 on AMC within the US, and April 19 on Netflix within the UK, Ireland, and different worldwide markets. Given the India launch dates of earlier Better Call Saul seasons, I’d count on the sixth and last season to start both April 19 or April 20 on Netflix right here.

The sixth and last season begins with a two-episode premiere, adopted by one episode every week till May 23. Then following a month-and-a-half lengthy break, Better Call Saul season 6 resumes July 11 (within the US) and can conclude August 15.

Russian Doll Season 2

When: April 20
Where: Netflix

It’s been three years since we have been handled to Natasha Lyonne’s caustic birthday lady endlessly reliving her thirty sixth birthday after dying time and again — however on this planet of Russian Doll, it has been 4 years. And although Nadia Vulvokov (Lyonne) and Alan Zaveri (Charlie Barnett) might need escaped the time loop, it appears Russian Doll season 2 has a worse destiny in thoughts for them.

After they uncover a time portal in Manhattan, Nadia and Alan see it as a approach to expertise their lives in an increasing intergenerational dimension. But quickly, they realise it is much more than what they imagined — and start on the lookout for a method out. As you’ll be able to inform, Russian Doll is again to dive deeper into existential worries by way of its sci-fi time-compressed lens.

Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) is new to Russian Doll season 2. Lyonne (additionally showrunner), Leslye Headland, and Jamie Babbit return as administrators on Russian Doll season 2. All episodes of Russian Doll season 2 will launch directly on April 20, as is customary for Netflix originals.

Barry Season 3

When: April 25
Where: Disney+ Hotstar

Just like Russian Doll, hitman turned novice actor Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) returns after a full three years away. It’s going to choose up from an enormous cliffhanger — on the finish of season 2, Barry’s outdated household buddy Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) instructed Barry’s mentor and appearing coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) that Barry killed his detective girlfriend Janice Moss.

Additionally, Barry should additionally try and heal his relationship with aspiring actress Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg), whereas reluctant Chechen mafia chief NoHo Hank (Anthony Carrigan) figures out the way to transfer ahead after Barry (unknowingly) killed his successor for him. Sarah Burns joins as new detective Mae Dunn, whose job is to remain alive given one detective dies each season on Barry.

Barry season 3 begins April 24 on HBO and HBO Max within the US, and is anticipated to premiere April 25 on Disney+ Hotstar given previous seasons did so a day after. New episodes weekly, like at all times.

Shining Girls

When: April 29
Where: Apple TV+

After surviving a brutal assault, a Chicago information reporter (Elisabeth Moss) groups up with a veteran reporter (Narcos’ Wagner Moura) to research a serial killer (Jamie Bell) who they consider is linked to a number of ladies’s murders over a long time. She discovers that he is been watching her ever since she was a baby. Wait, can he journey by way of time?

Phillipa Soo and Amy Brenneman additionally star. Silka Luisa (Strange Angel) tailored Shining Girls based mostly on Lauren Beukes’s 2013 novel of the identical identify. Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad), Daina Reid (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Moss herself make up the all-woman directing staff.

The eight-episode Shining Girls begins with three episodes on April 29, adopted by one episode every week thereafter each Friday.

April 2022 OTT releases — full record of flicks and internet sequence