Launched in February 2015, Hotstar is one of India’s most popular Over The Top (OTT) platforms. Hotstar has 300 million monthly active users in India. It has also been home to the Indian Premier League since 2015. Hotstar also gives access to serials from Star’s Indian-language services, HBO Originals, HOOQ, National Geographic. In March 2019, it launched a new premium original content brand, Hotstar Specials. Hotstar Specials feature an extensive variety of Indian stories across genres and formats. The first series of Hotstar Specials Roar of The Lions was released on 20 March 2019.
Hotstar Specials like Criminal Justice, Hostages and The Office India have gained a lot of popularity and gave us some funny and relatable meme templates. Here’s a list of Hotstar Specials which gave us some crackling desi memes.
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice is an adaptation of a popular BBC series by the same name. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia, Hostages stars Jackie Shroff, Vikrant Massey, Pankaj Tripathi, Anupriya Goenka and Mita Vashisht in pivotal roles. The story evolves around Aditya (Vikrant Massey) and how his one night on the road as a cab driver turned first into a nightmare when he woke up to find his partner in a one-night stand murdered. Pankaj Tripathi played the role of a corrupt and money-minded lawyer Madhav Mishra and Jackie Shroff played the role of Mustafa, Aditya’s fellow cell mate in the crime-thriller series.
“Dukaan jama raha tha aap log aake berozgaar kar die”
STAR : Pankaj Tripathi
“Tu kya Ambani ka baccha hai ?”
STAR : Pankaj Tripathi
“Zaroorat aapki nai, zaroot meri hai”
STAR : Pankaj Tripathi
Kya hua kab hua ye sab mujhe yaad nahi
Mayanagari-City of Dreams
Mayanagari -City of Dreams is a political drama, that deals with dynasty politics, set in Mumbai. Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, the mystrey crime thriller stars Atul Kulkarni, Priya Bapat, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Eijaz Khan and Siddharth Chandekar.
STAR : Siddharth Chandekar
“Aapne mujhe bhikhari ki tarah treat kiya”
STAR : Sachin Pilgaonkar
“Aur ab gayab ho jayega tu”
STAR : Atul Kulkarni
“Yah ek aisa gun hai jo prakriti ne sirf mardon ko diya hai”
STAR : Atul Kulkarni
Hostages
Hostages is based on the Israeli series of the same name. Four masked men break into the surgeon Dr Mira Anand’s home, taking she and her family hostage. They Pushed Dr Anand into a do-or-die situation, they will release her family if she agrees to kill her patient CM Khushwant Lal Handa. Hostages stars Tisca Chopra, Ronit Roy, Parvin Dabas, Aashim Gulati and Mohan Kapoor in the leading roles.
“Let me handle it”
STAR : Ronit Roy
The Office India
The Office India dropped on the online streaming platform on 28 June 2019. The Indian version of The Office is the tenth official remake of the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant-created British series that aired on BBC. Created by Rajesh Devraj and directed by Rohan Sippy and Debbie Rao the sitcorn stars Mukul Chadda, Gopal Dutt, Sayandeep Sengupta, Samridhi Dewan, Gauahar Khan.