Friday South Indian OTT Releases: Lingam, Baahubali: The Torchbearer, Muthassi, And More

This Friday, the South Indian OTT lineup is genuinely varied. There's a sports tragedy, a road trip, folk horror, a relationship drama, a whodunit and a documentary series revisiting one of Indian cinema's biggest moments. From Tamil, Telugu to Malayalam, here's a quick breakdown of what's dropping and whether it's worth your time. Just have a look at the Friday South Indian OTT releases now, including Lingam, Baahubali: The Torchbearer, Muthassi, and more on streaming portals like JioHotstar, Netflix, and ZEE5.

Friday South Indian OTT Releases

Lingam (JioHotstar) - Tamil

Lingam isn't a gangster film in the traditional sense. Director Lakshmi Saravanakumar, backed by Vilangu producer Prasanth Pandiyaraj, frames it more as a sports tragedy. Kathir, familiar to audiences from Suzhal: The Vortex, plays a kabaddi champion whose shot at a government sports-quota job collapses after a false accusation. What follows is less about crime and more about what a person does when the system closes every door. Divya Bharathi stars alongside him.

Baahubali: The Torchbearer (Netflix) - Telugu

This is a proper retrospective docuseries on SS Rajamouli's Baahubali duology, built around archival footage and long-form interviews with Prabhas and Rana Daggubati. It covers the financial risk of betting everything on a multi-part pan-Indian epic before that was a proven model, and how the films changed the way Indian cinema thinks about scale and distribution.

Mammatiyaan Stars (ZEE5) - Tamil

Director Savir Sudhakar isn't making a cricket film here, not really. It's a road trip about a group of village friends who travel to Chennai to watch their idol's final match, only to discover their tickets are fake. Starring Vaibhav Murugesan and Lavanya Anbazhagan, the film uses that premise to get at something more specific: the kind of fanaticism around sports in rural India and what it means to people who have very little else to rally around.

Muthassi (ZEE5) - Malayalam

Set in the borderlands between Kerala and Karnataka, Muthassi works in the folk-horror space but keeps its focus on atmosphere rather than jump scares. Director Nandulal M.S. builds the film around a family watching their young son fall under what appears to be an ancestral curse. Veteran actress KPAC Leela stars alongside Amith Chakalakkal, and their presence gives the film a theatrical weight that the genre doesn't always get.

Breakfast (Prime Video) - Tamil

Director AR Gandhi Krishna structures this one around a couple in a counselling session who are made to hear the story of another couple falling apart. Raanav and Rosmin play the leads. It's a chamber drama built almost entirely on dialogue, using one relationship to pull apart another. If you're patient with conversation-heavy films, this one has an interesting premise.

Moondram Kan (Sun NXT) - Tamil

A factory murder, four suspects, four versions of events. Director Sago Ganesan divides the story between a mechanic, an assistant manager, a new recruit and the factory owner, with Kalaiyarasan, Vidharth, Santhosh Prathap and Teju Ashwini playing the four. The film uses the shifting timelines to push at questions of class and workplace hierarchy rather than just playing it as a straightforward procedural.