Malayalam and Tamil cinema have offered some interesting choices on OTT this week. If you’re still confused about what to watch, here are some top picks to check out.
4 Malayalam and Tamil movies to watch on OTT this week
1. bucket
- Mould: Shane Nigam, Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Preeti Asrani, Alphonse Puthren, Selvaraghavan, Shiva Hariharan, Jackson Johnson, Akshay Radhakrishnan, Poornima Indrajith
- Director: Unni Shivalingam
- Style: sports action drama
- Runtime: 2 hours 34 minutes
- Language: Malayalam/Tamil
- Where to watch: amazon prime video
- Streaming Date: 9 January 2026
Balti is a sports action film starring Shane Nigam in the lead role. The story revolves around four friends from a village on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, whose lives revolve around Kabaddi.
However, when the group meets local goons and moneylenders, they are forced to fight for their lives, using their sporting skills on the streets as their only means of protection.
The Malayalam-Tamil film also marks Sai Abhyankar’s debut as a music director in Malayalam cinema.
2. Angammal
- Mould: Geetha Kailasam, Saran Shakthi, Thendral Raghunathan, Bharani, Yasmine, Mullaiyarasi, Vinod
- Director: -Vipin Radhakrishnan
- Style: Drama
- Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Language: tamil
- Where to watch: sunnxt
- Streaming Date: 9 January 2026
Angammal is the story of a courageous and independent widow who makes a living by delivering milk on her moped. She lives life on her own terms, she even refuses to wear a blouse with her saree, a habit rooted in comfort and personal expression.
When her younger son, Pavalam, a doctor, returns home with his urbane and wealthy girlfriend, Jasmine, she insists that Angammal wear blouses to look more sophisticated.
As Angammal refuses, tensions rise, the film explores themes of class differences and the clash between traditional rural life and modern aspirations.
3. Akhand 2: Thandavam (Dub)
- Mould: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Samyuktha, Aadhi Pinisetty, Harshali Malhotra, Viji Chandrasekhar, Kabir Duhan Singh, Saswata Chatterjee, Achyut Kumar, Sangay Tsheltrim, Poorna
- Director: Boyapati Srinu
- Style: fantasy action thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Language: Malayalam and Tamil dubbed
- Where to watch: Netflix
- Streaming Date: 9 January 2026
Akhand 2: Thandavam involves a rivalry in which a neighboring country is plotting to destroy India by attacking what it considers to be the spiritual backbone of the country. The rival nation is planning a massive bio-warfare campaign in the Mahakumbh Mela, which will throw the country into complete crisis.
As the DRDO is working on creating an antidote to the impending threat, the responsibility accidentally falls into the hands of Murali Krishna’s daughter Janani, a 16-year-old genius girl with an IQ of 266.
When Janani successfully develops a vaccine against a biowarfare attack, she becomes a prime target of the enemy country. Sensing her life is in danger, her uncle and aghora, Akhand Rudra Sikandar, comes back once again to protect her, as they had promised in the first instalment.
How Akhand uses his divine power and supernatural powers as a one-man army to counter the threat against himself and the nation forms the rest of the story.
4. mask
- Mould: Kavin, Andrea Jeremiah, Ruhani Sharma, Charlie, Achyut Kumar, Archana Chandoke, George Marine, Aadukalam Narine, Subramaniam Siva, Kalluri Vinoth.
- Director: Vikarnan Ashoka
- Style: Neo-noir action thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Language: tamil
- Where to watch: ZEE5
- Streaming Date: 9 January 2026
The Mask tells the story of Velu, a crooked and moneyed private detective and scam artist. His life takes a turn when he gets entangled with Bhoomi, the head of a philanthropic NGO, who secretly runs a crime empire.
When masked robbers steal Rs 440 crore of black money belonging to a politician, Bhoomi blackmails a reluctant Velu into getting the stolen cash back. This forces the morally ambiguous pair to navigate a web of deception, blackmail, and crime while wearing their own metaphorical masks, as everyone’s true intentions remain hidden.
These are some of the latest movies to watch on OTT this week, with many options available in other languages as well.
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