The Tamil movie industry has been on a slow phase recently, but that doesn’t seem to affect the OTT space as more and more new Tamil movies on OTT have been released. The industry hit of the Malayalam industry, Manjummel Boys is releasing in Tamil this week, and movies such as Bhimaa, Idi Minnal Kadhal, Tillu Square, The Family Star and more have already been released. In this article, we list out all the OTT release this week Tamil and for April and May of 2024.
Tamil OTT Release This Week (Movies and Shows)
Let’s look at all the latest OTT release this week Tamil. There are two movies confirmed for this week release, let’s check them out.
| Movie | OTT Platform | OTT Release Date | Genre | Director | Music |
| Manjummel Boys (Tamil) | Disney+ Hotstar | 5th May 2024 | Survival Thriller | Chidambaram | Sushin Shyam |
Manjummel Boys (Tamil)
Manjummel Boys is a survival thriller movie about a group of friends on a vacation trip to Kodaikanal. The movie features an ensemble cast of Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Ganapathi, Lal Jr, Deepak Parambol, and more. The group of friends reach Kodaikanal and decide to go to the Guna caves, but one person from the group falls into a deep hole in the caves. The movie follows the efforts made to rescue him. The Tamil version of Manjummel Boys premieres in Disney+ Hotstar on May 3rd, 2024.
Genre – Survival Thriller
IMDb rating – 8.6
Where to watch – Disney+ Hotstar
Cast – Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Lal Jr
Manjummel Boys OTT Release Date – 5th May 2024
New Tamil Movies on OTT (March & April 2024)
Now let’s look at the new Tamil movies on OTT that have been released in the month of April and the first week of May 2024.
| Movie | OTT Platform | OTT Release Date | Genre | Director | Music |
| Bhimaa (Tamil) | Disney+ Hotstar | April 25, 2024 | Fantasy Action Drama | A Harsha | Ravi Basrur |
| Idi Minnal Kadhal | Aha | April 26, 2024 | Drama | Balaji Madhavan | Sam C S |
| Tillu Square (Tamil) | Netflix | April 26, 2024 | Romantic Comedy Drama | Mallik Ram | Ram Miriyala, Sricharan Pakala, Achu Rajamani |
| The Family Star | Amazon Prime Video | April 26, 2024 | Romantic Drama | Parasuram | Gopi Sundar |
| Siren | Disney+ Hotstar | April 19th, 2024 | Action Thriller | Anthony Bhagyaraj | G V Prakash Kumar |
| Yaavarum Vallavare | Aha | April 19th, 2024 | Thriller | Rajendra Chakravarthi | N R Raghunanthan |
| Pon Ondru Kanden | JioCinema | April 14th, 2024 | Romantic Comedy | V Priya | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Bairi | Prime Video | April 13th, 2024 | Action Drama | John Glady | Arun Raj |
| Premalu (Tamil) | Disney+ Hotstar | April 12th, 2024 | Romantic Comedy | Girish A D | Vishnu Vijay |
| Rebel | Prime Video | April 5th, 2024 | Political Action Drama | Nikesh R S | G V Prakash Kumar |
| Mission: Chapter 1 | Aha | April 5th, 2024 | Action Thriller | A L Vijay | G V Prakash Kumar |
Bhimaa (Tamil)
Bhimaa is a fantasy action drama with Gopichand starring in double roles of Bhimaa and Ramaa. Sub-Inspector Bhimaa was transferred to a gang-ridden place. Bhimaa gets in trouble for following a case and gets killed, that’s when his twin brother enters Bhimaa’s body and avenges his death. The Tamil version of Bhimaa is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from April 25th, 2024.
Genre – Fantasy Action Drama
IMDb rating – 6.5
Where to watch – Disney+ Hotstar
Cast – Gopichand, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Malvika Sharma
Bhimaa OTT Release Date – 25th April 2024
Idi Minnal Kadhal
Idi Minnal Kadhal is a drama movie with Ciby Bhuvanachandran playing Haran and Bhavya Trikha playing Janani in lead roles. Haran gets involved in the death of an innocent pedestrian. His girlfriend Janani persuades him to not confess the crime to the police and hide it, as it might interfere with Haran’s plans of going abroad. Idi Minnal Kadhal drops on Aha on April 26th, 2024.
Genre – Drama
IMDb rating – 9.5
Where to watch – Aha
Cast – Ciby Bhuvanachandran, Bhavya Trikha, Jay Aditya
Idi Minnal Kadhal OTT Release Date – 26th April 2024
Tillu Square (Tamil)
Tillu Square is a romantic comedy-drama with Sidhu Jonnalagadda as Tillu and Anupama Parameshwaran as Lilly Joseph in the lead roles. Tillu and Lilly meet each other in a one-night stand and their lives get entangled with each other from then. Tillu Square lands on Netflix on April 26th, 2024.
Genre – Romantic Comedy Drama
IMDb rating – 7.3
Where to watch – Netflix
Cast – Siddhu Jonnalagadda, Anupama Parameshwaran
Tillu Square OTT Release Date – 26th April 2024
The Family Star (Tamil)
The Family Star is a romantic family drama movie starring Vijay Devarakonda and Mrunal Thakur in lead roles. Govardhan, played by Vijay Devarakonda is a middle-class young man, who is an architect working for a small company. He meets Indu, played by Mrunal Thakur, who rents a part of her house to Govardhan. The Tamil version of The Family Star arrives on Amazon Prime Video on April 26, 2024.
Genre – Romantic Drama
IMDb rating – 5.6
Where to watch – Amazon Prime Video
Cast – Vijay Devarakonda, Mrunal Thakur, Victoria Grace
The Family Star OTT Release Date – 26th April 2024
Siren
Siren is an action thriller movie featuring Jayam Raji playing Thilagan in the lead role and features Keerthy Suresh as Inspector K Nandhini and Anupama Parameshwaran as Jennifer. Thilagan is an ambulance driver who was falsely accused of killing his wife and his friend and got a life sentence for the crimes he didn’t do. He finally gets parole after 14 years for 14 days and goes on an adventure to avenge the death of his wife and his friend. The movie will release on Disney+ Hotstar on April 19th. This is the Tamil OTT release this week you need to watch out for.
Genre – Action Thriller
IMDb rating – 7.3
Where to watch – Disney+ Hotstar
Cast – Jayam Ravi, Keerthy Suresh, Anupama Parameshwaran
Siren Release Date – 19th April 2024
Yaavarum Vallavare
Yaavarum Vallavare is a thriller drama movie with Samuthirakani playing Krishnan in the lead role. The movie follows Krishnan and it happens over the course of 12 hours – from 6 pm to 6 am. The movie premieres on April 19th on Aha.
Genre – Thriller
IMDb rating – N/A
Where to watch – Aha
Cast – Samuthirakani, Yogi Babu
Yaavarum Vallavare Release Date – 19th April 2024
Pon Ondru Kanden
Pon Ondru Kanden is a romantic comedy film with Ashok Selvan playing Siva, Aiswarya Lekshmi playing Sundari, and Vasanth Ravi playing Sai in lead roles. The movie depicts a love triangle between Siva, Sai and Sandy (aka Sundari). Siva and Sai meet again at their school reunion and relives their mutual rivalry. They end up liking the same girl Sandy. The movie was released directly on OTT on JioCinema along with TV premiere on Colors Tamil. This is one of the best new OTT release movies Tamil you need to watch!
Genre – Romantic Comedy
IMDb rating – 6.9
Where to watch – JioCinema
Cast – Ashok Selvan, Vasanth Ravi, Aiswarya Lekshmi
Pon Ondru Kanden Release Date – 14th April 2024
Byri
Byri is an action drama movie with Syed Majeed as Rajalingam and Meghana Ellen as Sharon in lead roles. The movie depicts pigeon racing happening around Nagercoil. Byri was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 13, 2024. You should definitely watch this new OTT Tamil movie.
Genre – Action Drama
IMDb rating – 8.2
Where to watch – Amazon Prime Video
Cast – Syed Majeed, Meghana Ellen
Bairi Release Date – 13th April 2024
Premalu (Tamil)
Premalu is a romantic comedy movie with Naslen playing Sachin and Mamitha Baiju playing Reenu in lead role. Sachin and Reenu reach Hyderabad in different circumstances and both of them meet each other at a wedding ceremony where Sachin falls for Reenu in a love at first sight moment. The Tamil version of Premalu is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. Even though a dubbed movie, it is one of the best new Tamil movies in OTT.
Genre – Romantic Comedy
IMDb rating – 8.0
Where to watch – Disney+ Hotstar
Cast – Naslen, Mamitha Baiju
Premalu (Tamil) Release Date – 12th April 2024
Rebel
Rebel features GV Prakash Kumar as Kathiresan and Mamitha Baiju as Sara in lead roles and it is a period political action drama film. Kathiresan is a young man from Munnar area in Kerala who moves to Palakkad to pursue college education. He and his friends are persecuted for being the linguistic minority in the college by the ruling political party. Rebel was released on OTT on Amazon Prime Video on April 5th.
Genre – Political Action Drama
IMDb rating – 4.8
Where to watch – Amazon Prime Video
Cast – GV Prakash Kumar, Mamitha Baiju
Rebel Release Date – 5th April 2024
Mission: Chapter 1
Mission: Chapter 1 is an action thriller movie with Arun Vijay playing Guns and Nimisha Sajayan playing Nancy and Amy Jackson playing Sandra in the lead roles. Guna, a retired IPS officer travels to the UK for surgery for his daughter. Guna gets in trouble and gets imprisoned, where he meets Sandra, who is his jailer. Mission: Chapter 1 is streaming on Aha from April 5.
Genre – Action Thriller
IMDb rating – 6.0
Where to watch – Aha
Cast – Arun Vijay, Nimisha Sajayan, Amy Jackson
Mission: Chapter 1 Release Date – 5th April 2024
