Telugu cinema has lined up many interesting titles to watch on OTT this week. If you are wondering what to choose from the many options available, here are the complete details you need to look at.
4 Telugu OTT releases to watch this week
1. Akhand 2: Thandavam
- 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
- Where to watch: Netflix
- Streaming Date: 9 January 2026
Akhand 2: Thandavam begins with 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 attack during the Maha Kumbh Mela, which will throw the country into complete crisis.
As DRDO is working to create an antidote to the imminent threat, the responsibility falls into the hands of Murali Krishna’s 16-year-old daughter Janani, a genius with an IQ of 266.
When Janani successfully develops a vaccine against the threat of biowarfare, she becomes a prime target of the enemy nation. Sensing her life is in danger, her uncle and Aghora, Akhand Rudra Sikandar, comes back once again to protect her, as they promised in the first installment, Akhand (2021).
How Aghor uses his divine power and supernatural powers as a one-man army to counter the threat against Janani and the nation forms the rest of the narrative.
2. Jigris
- Mould: Krishna Burugula, Ram Nitin, Mani Vaka, Dheeraj Athreya, Mast Ali, Muralidhar Gaur
- Director: Harish Reddy Uppula
- Style: big comedy
- Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Where to watch: sunnxt
- Streaming Date: 6 January 2026
Jigris is the story of four childhood best friends, Karthik, Praveen, Vinay and Prashant. When Prashant is diagnosed with cancer and expresses his desire to go on a last trip to Goa with his friends, the relationship between the four is tested.
As they begin a journey together in a Maruti 800, the group faces many mishaps and as they slowly realize the depth of their friendship, they deal with the challenges in humorous ways.
3. Silent Screams: The Lost Girls of Telangana
- Narrator: Shruti Haasan
- Director: Arvind Menon
- Style: True-crime documentary
- Runtime: tba
- Where to watch: sunnxt
- Streaming Date: 8 January 2026
Silent Screams: The Lost Girls of Telangana is a true-crime documentary narrated by Shruti Haasan. It examines real-life events and cases from Telangana, focusing on crimes against women, their systemic oppression and investigation of several missing persons cases.
With crimes against women as its central theme, the documentary is backed by extensive research on these disturbing cases.
4. Constable Kanakam Season 2
- Mould: Varsha Bollamma, Rajeev Kanakala, Megha Lekha, Srinivas Avasarala, Ramana Bhargava, Kancharapalem Kishore, Jwala Koti, Rakendu Mouli, Prem Sagar, Suchitra Anandan.
- Director: Prashant Kumar Dimmala
- Style: mystery crime thriller
- Runtime: tba
- Where to watch: etvwin
- Streaming Date: 8 January 2026
Following the events of Season 1, PC Dimmala returns as Kanaka Mahalakshmi, also known as Kanakam, with Varsha Bollamma reprising her role. After Chandrika disappears into the forest, the police begin a search for the missing woman, entangling the officers in a complex web of deception and mystery.
With many unresolved threads from the previous installment, the series continues the investigation, raising the question whether the authorities will be successful in finding Chandrika.
The above titles are among the latest Telugu releases to stream on OTT this week. There are many other options available for viewers to explore.
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