Top 10 OTT Movies: ‘Bloody Daddy’ enhanced the status of Jio Cinema, movie number one in the first half
The flood of Hindi films and web series that came on OTT since the Corona transition period is still intact. Every week their new consignments keep coming and there are only a few of them, which the audience is eager to see. Among the Hindi films released during the last six months, one film that most of the audience was curious about was ‘Bloody Daddy’. Shahid Kapoor had already made his OTT debut with the web series ‘Farzi’, but the effect of director Ali Abbas Zafar’s name being associated with this film was that it not only included Jio Cinema’s films in the top 10 race but also made it the number one OTT release of the last half year.
According to a Mumbai-based agency that conducts research on the basis of online tracking and sample number of viewers, the film ‘Bloody Daddy’, released in the last half year, was watched by 16.8 million i.e. about one crore 68 lakh people on Jio Cinema. From this point of view, if this film was released in theatres, it would have easily earned about Rs 350 crores even on the basis of an average ticket of Rs 200 to 225. And, this amount would have been more than the domestic box office of its director Ali Abbas Zafar’s previous theatrical release ‘Bharat’.
Manoj Bajpayee’s film ‘Gulmohar’, released on Disney Plus Hot Star, was very close to Ali Abbas Zafar’s film ‘Bloody Daddy’. The film has been watched with great enthusiasm by the audience. Manoj Bajpayee remains the same superstar of OTT these days. His another film ‘Sirf Ek Banda Kafi Hai’ is also included in this top 10 list. While the second number film ‘Gulmohar’ has got 16.3 million i.e. one crore 63 lakh views, Manoj’s film ‘Sirf Ek Banda Kafi Hai’ released on G5 in the top 10 films of the first half of the year 2023 is at number six in this list with 9.9 million i.e. 99 lakh views.
The audience was also very curious about Sara Ali Khan’s film ‘Gaslight’, which was released on Disney Plus Hotstar. Its good trailer inspired the audience to watch this film and whatever the film audience felt later, but it got 12.5 million i.e. 1.25 crore views and got the third place in this list. Producer Kangana Ranaut’s Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer ‘Tiku Weds Sheru’ at the fourth position. It got 11.1 million i.e. one crore 11 lakh views and in the top 10 OTT movies list of the first half of the year 2023, the film ‘Mission Majnu’ was at the fifth place with 10.8 million i.e. one crore eight lakh views.
The remaining five films in the top 10 list include ‘Sirf Ek Banda Kafi Hai’ at the sixth position, ‘Lust Stories 2’ at the seventh, ‘I Love You’ at the eighth, ‘U Turn’ at the ninth. Sanya Malhotra starrer ‘Kathal A Jackfruit Mystery’ has got a place at the last position.
