Bollywood / Tired Of Scrolling OTT? Watch These 8 Amazing Films On YouTube For Free

Bhubaneswar, Sep 21: Who said you need three different OTT subscriptions, a complicated password-sharing arrangement and a suspiciously long free trial to watch a good film? Manyatimes, YouTube quietly has the goods.

So, if you are looking for something better than endlessly scrolling through streaming menus, here are eight films worth hunting down on YouTube and ofcouse, for free!

Ankur
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Sadhu Meher
Director: Shyam Benegal


Shyam Benegal's debut feature follows Lakshmi, a village woman whose life becomes complicated when her young landlord Surya returns to take charge of the family estate. What begins as an intimate story gradually exposes the fault lines of caste, class, power and gender in rural India.
This movie takes the ground out of you when you think you can predict where the plot will go.

Manorama Six Feet Under
Cast: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Vinay Pathak
Director: Navdeep Singh


What happens when an aspiring detective with a taste for crime fiction gets an actual mystery dumped in his lap? Abhay Deol plays Satyaveer Randhawa, a suspended engineer who is hired by a politician's wife to investigate her husband. One suspicious assignment soon opens the door to a much bigger web of secrets and murder. This film can make you feel mistrust everyone.

Monsoon Wedding
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vijay Raaz, Vasundhara Das
Director: Mira Nair


A big Punjabi wedding, relatives flying in from everywhere, old secrets and enough family drama to power several WhatsApp groups. Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding follows the Verma family as they prepare for Aditi's arranged marriage in Delhi. Beneath all the music, colour and wedding chaos, however, several characters are dealing with secrets of their own. It's a must watch for people who love to observe in life.

Mandi
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Amrish Puri
Director: Shyam Benegal


A brothel sitting on prime real estate is suddenly declared a problem by politicians who have discovered the miraculous language of "morality". Shyam Benegal's Mandi turns that premise into a biting satire about politics, hypocrisy, power and survival. At its centre is Rukmini Bai, played by Shabana Azmi, surrounded by an extraordinary ensemble. If you love dark humour, this movie is for you.

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Monsoon Shootout
Cast: Vijay Varma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Neeraj Kabi
Director: Amit Kumar


A rookie Mumbai cop gets one split-second decision: shoot or don't shoot. That is where Monsoon Shootout gets seriously interesting. Vijay Varma plays Adi, who finds himself chasing a suspected criminal through the rain-soaked streets of Mumbai. The film then explores how a single choice can send a life down very different paths. With Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the mysterious Shiva, this is a tense, morally murky thriller where even a moment of hesitation can change everything.

Maqbool
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj


Take Shakespeare's Macbeth, move it from medieval Scotland to Mumbai's underworld and you get Maqbool. Irrfan Khan plays a trusted lieutenant to gangster Abbaji, while Tabu's Nimmi becomes the emotional force pulling him towards an increasingly dangerous ambition. With Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah as two wonderfully unpredictable policemen, Bhardwaj builds a world of crime, desire, loyalty and paranoia.

Kaun?
Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sushant Singh
Director: Ram Gopal Varma


One woman. One house. One stormy night. And then comes the doorbell. Urmila Matondkar plays a woman alone at home when a stranger, played by Manoj Bajpayee, arrives claiming he is looking for someone. Before she can make sense of him, another man appears claiming to be a police officer. Suddenly, nobody seems trustworthy. Ram Gopal Varma keeps the action almost entirely confined to one house, turning an ordinary night into a wonderfully claustrophobic guessing game.

Masaan
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Shweta Tripathi
Director: Neeraj Ghaywan


Set along the Ganges in Varanasi, Masaan brings together people from very different worlds, each carrying their own burden of loss, desire and guilt. Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi lead one of the film's intertwined stories, while Richa Chadha and Sanjay Mishra anchor another. Neeraj Ghaywan's debut is intimate without being small, moving between heartbreak and hope with remarkable ease.