(L) Leader; (R) Kara 
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Kara, Leader, and more: South Cinema's top OTT releases this week

From Kara to Leader, here's a list of South Indian content streaming across OTT platforms this week

Jayabhuvaneshwari B

Dhanush's Kara, Legend Saravanan's Leader and a few more long-form series are some of the many titles premiering on OTT this week. Here's a list:

Jetlee: JioHotstar (Telugu, May 25)

Satya from Jetlee

In SwingFisher 6EB1CH, a passenger plane carrying fugitive millionaire Prajapathi is followed as it descends into pandemonium due to a collision between covert operatives and mercenaries in midair. Special agent Shivani Roy struggles for command during the mission's disintegration, while an enigmatic protagonist awakens in the aircraft's lavatory with no memory and a lethal secret. Cast: Sathya, Rhea Singh. Director: Ritesh Rana.

Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hrudayahariyaya Pranayakadha: Prime Video (Malayalam, May 26)

Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hridayahaariyaaya Pranayakatha

A man performs a play in three distinct eras in an attempt to win Sumalatha over, but her father disapproves. Cast: Rajesh Madhavan, Chitra nair. Director: Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval.

Brothers and Sisters: JioHotstar (Tamil, May 27)

Stills from the trailer of Brothers and Sisters

Shanmuga Sundaram and his loving family are united by love and unsaid truths, and their lives revolve on rituals until unseen fissures start to show. Cast: Bose Venkat, Nikhila Shankar, Luthuf, Shravnitha. Director: Chidambaram Manivannan.

Roommates: ZEE5 (Kannada, May 27)

Roommates poster

Four bachelors in Bengaluru balance friendship and survival under a demanding landlord, but their relationships are put to the ultimate test when a small altercation on the cricket ground turns into an ego war. Cast: Aashith, Aahan, Jerome Lobo, Sachith Kumar Pawar. Director: Darshan Shinde.

Kara: Netflix (Tamil, May 28)

A still from Kara featuring Mamitha Baiju and Dhanush

In the midst of the fierce conflict between Iraq and the United States, Kara takes place in Ramanathapuram in 1991. Karasaami is made to face aspects of his history that he had decided to put behind him over the course of 16 days. He encounters unforeseen repercussions and life-changing events while working to defend and assist those who rely on him. Cast: Dhanush, Mamitha Baiju, Suraj Venjaramoodu. Director: Vignesh Raja.

Spa: Manorama Max (Malayalam, May 28)

Spa poster

Through the interwoven, slice-of-life tales of several therapists and their clients, it examines sexual frustration, societal hypocrisy, and the complexity of human desire. Cast: Shruthy Menon, Vineeth Thattil David. Director: Abrid Shine.

Leader: Prime Video (Tamil, May 29)

Legend Saravanan in Leader

An regular man becomes entangled in a battle between the police and the underworld. He must manage this perilous circumstance while defending himself and those close to him as tensions grow. The narrative develops into a compelling tale of bravery, resiliency, and survival in the face of growing dangers. Cast: Legend Saravanan, Shaam. Director: RS Durai Senthilkumar.

Cousins and Kalyanams: JioHotstar (Malayalam, May 29)

Cousins and Kalyanams poster

A 26-year story about six Keralan cousins whose relationships and lives are centred around seven marriages. Cast: Manaswini K Ram, Siddharth Babu, Pattathil Nanditha Menon.

Faces: Sun NXT (Malayalam, May 29)

Hannah Reji Koshy (L) and Kalesh Ramanand (R) in the second look poster of Faces

It centers on Nithya, who experiences trauma and memory loss following a gas explosion in her home. She suffers from a strange and upsetting condition where she views everyone she encounters as her missing live-in partner, Michael, while battling amnesia and PTSD. She sets off on a bizarre quest to discover what actually happened to him as she tries to distinguish truth from illusion. Cast: Hannah Reji Koshy, Kalesh Ramanand. Director: Neelesh E K.

Sukhamano Sukhamann: Prime Video (Malayalam, May 29)

Mathew Thomas (L) and Devika Sanjay (R) in Sukhamano Sukhamann

It centers on Theo, a young man who has experienced trauma in the past and is incredibly lonely. His life changes when he starts talking to spirits and creates a reassuring, delusional family from the dead, while being shunned by his neighbours as a "mental" misfit. Cast: Mathew Thomas, Devika Sanjay. Director: Arunlal Ramachandran.

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