HYDERABAD — As the weekend approaches, major streaming platforms are rolling out a fresh slate of high-profile films and binge-worthy web series. Heading this week’s digital arrivals are YRF’s high-octane spy thriller Alpha, starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, alongside Bobby Deol’s gritty prison drama Bandar.

Subscribers across Netflix, ZEE5, SonyLIV, and JioHotstar can also tune into regional romantic comedies, intense international crime series, and acclaimed biographical dramas. Here is your comprehensive guide to what is streaming this weekend.

Alpha

  • Release Date: August 28

  • Streaming Platform: Netflix

  • Cast: Alia Bhatt, Sharvari, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Dia Mirza, Hrithik Roshan

Adding a high-stakes chapter to the popular YRF Spy Universe, Alpha centers on Sita (Alia Bhatt), a young woman endowed with superhuman abilities following an experimental super-soldier treatment administered to her late mother. Abducted in infancy by Fateh (Bobby Deol), a rogue commander running an illegal military project, Sita is raised in isolation as a brainwashed operative.

Upon unearthing the truth regarding her stolen identity, Sita turns against her captor. Joining forces with her biological father—R&AW Chief Vikrant Kaul (Anil Kapoor)—and her long-lost twin sister Durga (Sharvari), she fights to dismantle Fateh’s clandestine syndicate and claim her freedom.

Bandar

  • Release Date: August 28

  • Streaming Platform: ZEE5

  • Cast: Bobby Deol, Sanya Malhotra, Sapna Pabbi, Saba Azad, Indrajith Sukumaran, Raj B. Shetty

In Bandar, Bobby Deol delivers a tense performance as Samar Mehra, a fading television star whose career and personal life collapse after his ex-partner, Gayatri (Sapna Pabbi), levels sexual assault allegations against him. Arrested under heavy media scrutiny, Samar is thrust into a harsh penal system while awaiting trial.

As public sentiment overwhelmingly turns against him, his sister Suhani (Sanya Malhotra) and legal team mount a grueling battle for bail outside, forcing Samar to navigate overcrowding, corruption, and social isolation behind bars.

Anbe Diana

  • Release Date: August 28

  • Streaming Platform: SonyLIV

  • Cast: Pari Elavazhagan, Ramya Ranganathan, Chetan Kadambi, Roja Selvamani, Parithabangal Gopi

This Tamil romantic comedy follows Chirumamilla Sita Krishna (CSK), a conservative athletics coach residing in Chennai who falls for Magic Diana D’Souza, a vibrant Anglo-Indian IT professional.

Their nascent romance faces immediate friction from deep-seated cultural differences and internal family politics—most notably driven by Krishna’s tradition-bound mother, Sarala. Arranged to marry a cousin, Krishna is initially crippled by familial expectations before eventually confronting his anxieties to take a stand for his relationship.

Graveyard (Season 3)

  • Release Date: August 28

  • Streaming Platform: Netflix

  • Cast: Birce Akalay, Olgun Toker, Şehsuvar Aktaş, Hakan Meriçliler, Sezgin Uzunbekiroğlu, Cem Sürgit

The acclaimed Turkish crime narrative returns for its third season (Mezarlık). The plot picks up as the disbanded Special Crimes Unit is reluctantly reactivated following a series of ominous packages delivered to women across the city.

Led by Inspector Önem Özülkü, the investigative unit must push past bureaucratic obstacles and systemic apathy to track down a perpetrator targeting women, taking on personal risks as the killer targets the unit directly.

Part-Timers

  • Release Date: August 28

  • Streaming Platform: JioHotstar

  • Cast: Thanuja Puttaswamy, Gnaneswari Kandregula, Rajesh Khanna, Prasad Rao

Centering on modern youth dynamics, this Telugu drama focuses on two young women from vastly different backgrounds—Sindhu, who is eager to break away from traditional family constraints, and Teju, who secretly works as a ride-share driver to maintain financial autonomy.

Despite initial personality clashes, the two roommates establish a strong partnership as they combine efforts to establish their own all-women cab startup.

Michael

  • Release Date: August 29

  • Streaming Platform: JioHotstar

  • Cast: Jaafar Jackson, Juliano Valdi, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, Michael offers a biographical look into the life and career of the 'King of Pop,' tracing his journey from child stardom in the Jackson 5 to global solo dominance.

Featuring Jaafar Jackson in the title role, the film explores the creative drive behind iconic albums such as Thriller and Bad, alongside the personal complications and intense pressure Jackson faced under his father Joseph’s strict management.