Indian Web Series and Film Releasing in May 2020 on Prime, Hotstar, Voot Select and Netflix

After all the Bollywood films indefinite postponement due to pandemic now moviegoers are walking towards digital platforms for the latest web series and web films. Digital platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar+Disney, Voot, Zee 5, etc… are releasing their original content frequently. This is the best time for all OTT platforms to get their subscribers. After superb web-series released in March & April now, the audience is waiting for May releases. Here are a few interesting web-series and films releasing in May 2020 and below is the list:

Mrs. Serial Killer (Web Film)

Release Date: 1st May 2020

Streaming Partner: Netflix

Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Jacqueline Fernandez, Mohit Raina & Zayn Marie

Director: Shirish Kunder

This crime thriller film is releasing on the first day of May i.e. 1st May 2020. The story revolves around a housewife Sona Mukerjee played by Jacqueline Fernandez. She just wants to prove her husband,Dr. Mrityunjoy Mukerjee (Manoj Bajpayee), innocent. Dr Mukerjee is suspect of few serial murders in the city and got busted by police. Now Sona has kidnapped a girl and behave like that serial killer so that police can set her husband free.

Mrs. Serial Killer (Netflix) Movie Review: Poor experimental direction and Jacqueline’s awful act made this average story even hell.

Illegal: Justice Out of Order (Web Series)

Release Date: 12th May 2020

Streaming Partner: Voot Select

Stars: Neha Sharma, Piyush Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, and Kubbra Sait

Director: Vikram Bhatt & Sahir Raza

Illegal: Justice Out of Order is an upcoming legal drama web series will be streaming on Voot Select. The series is an unorthodox legal drama revolves around the law & order and raise many questions on mercenaries lawyers. Illegal trailer is going to out on 4th May while the series will be premiered on 12th May.

Paatal Lok (Web Series)

Release Date: 15th May 2020

Episodes: 9

Streaming Partner: Amazon Prime

Stars: Gul Panag, Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Abhishek Banerjee, and Swastika Mukherjee

Director: Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy

Paatal Lok web series to release on 15th May 2020 on Amazon Prime, produced by Anushka Sharma.

‘Paatal Lok’ is produced by Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Sharma under their banner Clean Slate Films. After an intriguing teaser, ‘Paatal Lok’ is the much-awaited Indian web series in this May. The series is based on Sudip Sharma’s book with the same name ‘Paatal Lok’. Let’s wait for 15th May to face the ‘Paatal Lok’ on Amazon Prime.

We’ll update the list as any other web series or film gets announced. Keep checking the space for a complete list.

Ghoomketu (Web Film)

Release Date: 22nd May 2020

Streaming Partner: Zee 5 Premium

Stars:Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Anurag Kashyap

Director:Pushpendra Nath Misra

Ghoomketu is much-delayed film earlier slated to release in 2018 but after too many postponements the film finally gets its release on Zee 5 Premium. Ghoomketu is a story of Pandit Rajewshwar Nath aka Ghoomketu (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a struggling inexperienced writer, who wants to try his luck in the film industry. The novice writer moves to Mumbai by taking just 30 days for trying his luck. The film also starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha and many other Bollywood faces in a cameo appearance.

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— TheLastReview (@TheLastReview3) May 9, 2020

Betaal (Web Series)

Release Date: 24th May 2020

Episodes:

Streaming Partner: Netflix

Stars: Vineet Kumar Singh, Aahana Kumra, and Jitendra

Director: Patrick Graham and Nikhil Mahajan

Betaal is the second Netflix Originals series by Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. Betaal is a zombie horror thriller web series set in the era of British colonial. ‘Betaal’ will be premiered on Netfilx on 24th May.