With the holiday season upon us and Christmas soon arriving, Disney+ Hotstar is set with everything holly-jolly and cozy this year-end. With many festive family flicks and a myriad of refreshing movies and shows, this month's big releases include Kartik Aaryan, Alaya F starrer, edge-of-the-seat thriller Freddy on December 2.
On the international front, December is also going to be extra special as 30 years after the release of beloved Beauty and The Beast, Disney+ Hotstar is coming up with a two-hour extravaganza combining the animated film and a live-action special titled Beauty and The Beast: A 30th Celebration. So, once you have done your holiday shopping with the best Black Friday sale, prepare for the ultimate holiday fun with a marathon of binge nights with Disney+ Hotstar.
Here’s a full list of titles in December:
Bollywood Movies and Shows:
Freddy (December 2)
Freddy is about the journey of Dr. Freddy Ginwala, a shy, lonely and socially awkward person who loves playing with his miniature planes and the only friend he has is his pet turtle ‘Hardy ’. Filled with unusual twists, turns and chaos of emotions, Freddy will keep the audiences at the edge of their seats.
Moving In With Malaika (December 5 onwards)
Relationships, Glamour and more. This Bollywood’s iconic diva has seen it all. Capturing hearts with her stellar dance moves and charisma - Malaika Arora makes her much awaited digital debut with Disney+ Hotstar. The show starts streaming 5th December onwards from Monday to Thursday.
Govinda Naam Mera (December 16)
The happy-go-lucky Govinda Waghmare finds himself caught between his bullying wife, an unhappy mother & a girlfriend who wants to marry him. It’s all fun and games until he discovers that he may end up losing his inheritance, the ancestral bungalow in which he lives. Govinda Mera Naam takes a dramatic turn when a change is committed. Hereon the film’s journey becomes a series of thrilling events. Each character in the movie has a dark side, and nothing is as it seems.
DISNEY TITLES
Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays (December 2)
Superstar a cappella group Pentatonix is struggling to find inspiration for their annual holiday album, and the clock is ticking. To make matters worse, their well-intentioned but misguided manager mistakenly locks them in a magic mailroom. But with the help of some Disney magic, we’re soon on a whirlwind tour around the world, discovering holiday traditions and inspiration from Pentatonix fans all around the globe: from Japan to Grenada, Iceland to Ghana and Mexico. The journey leads the group to realize that wherever we find ourselves, the holidays offer the perfect opportunity to discover how much we have in common and that it really is a small world, after all!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (December 2)
The first book in Jeff Kinney’s worldwide bestselling series comes to Disney+ in the all-new animated adventure “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first. To make matters worse, Greg’s lovable best friend Rowley seems to coast through life and succeed at everything without even trying! As details of his hilarious – and often disastrous – attempts to fit in fill the pages of his journal, Greg learns to appreciate true friends and the satisfaction that comes from standing up for what is right. Directed by Swinton Scott (“Futurama”) and written and produced by Jeff Kinney, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” features the voices of Brady Noon (“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”) as Greg Heffley, Ethan William Childress (“mixed-ish”) as Rowley Jefferson, and Chris Diamantopoulos (“Silicon Valley”) as Frank Heffley.
Weekend Family Christmas Special (December 9)
It’s the first time Emma, Fred and the girls are celebrating Christmas together and Fred is cooking up a feast! But in Emma’s family, they don’t celebrate the same way: every year, she and her parents put on a show to raise money for charity. Fred is moved, even though he has no intention of celebrating Christmas any other way. Seeing that Emma is homesick, he gets her a ticket to Canada. Emma has a better idea: he and the girls could join her! But the exes wholeheartedly disagree, and so just Fred and Emma decide to go. Clara, Vic and Romy refuse to give up spending Christmas together and fool Fred into thinking he’s lost his passport. Suddenly some surprise visitors arrive on the doorstep!
National Treasure: Edge of History (December 14)
Jess Valenzuela’s life is turned upside down when an enigmatic stranger gives her a clue to a centuries-old treasure that might be connected to her long-dead father. Jess has a knack for solving puzzles, and her skills are put to the test as she and her friends follow a series of clues hidden in American artifacts and landmarks. But can Jess outsmart a black-market antiquities dealer in a race to find history’s greatest lost treasure and unbury the truth about her family’s past?
OTHER TITLES
Amsterdam (December 7)
“Amsterdam,” the latest film from acclaimed writer/director David O. Russell, is a fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves historical fact with fiction for a timely, cinematic experience. This original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history.
Connect (Season 1, Korean) (December 7)
Dongsoo leads a solitary life, spending his time uploading music to the internet. His ordinary life is upended when he is kidnapped by an organ hunter, who takes out one of his eyes. Soon, Dongsoo is sharing the vision of someone who got his eye. Through the connected vision, he learns that the taker is a notorious serial killer, and pursues the murderer to get his eye back.
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (December 9)
In “Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again,” Nick Daley is following in his father’s footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun goes down. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes, it is up to Nick to save the museum once and for all.
Big Bet (Season 1, Korean) (December 21)
Cha Moosik flees to the Philippines due to a crackdown by the National Tax Service. Penniless after gambling, he meets Min Seokjun, who helps him make a comeback, and wins over powerful political and business circles. Meanwhile, the Korean government sends Oh Seunghoon to take over local cases.
Beauty and The Beast: A 30th Celebration (December 30)
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with new musical performances, sets and costumes inspired by the classic story.
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