Mother's Day Special: Watch these films where the maternal bond turns surreal: Posham Pa, Sweet River, and more...

Explore the disturbing side of maternal bonds with OTTplay Premium, where a curated collection of films fearlessly highlight the unsettling side of motherhood. These gripping stories delve beyond convention and complex psychological landscapes that define the relationships between mothers and their children. Prepare to confront the darker aspects of vulnerabilities, obsessions, and even forbidding situations while celebrating the very special Mother's Day this May 11, 2025.

Celebrate this Mother's Day in an unlikely way by watching films like Posham Pa, Sweet River, and more on OTTplay Premium that highlight the dark side of motherhood  

Mother's Day special films on OTTplay Premium:

Mother's Instinct

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chestain, Joshi Charles, Caroline Lagerfelt, Keeley Miller, Anders Danielson Lie

The seemingly perfect lives of two mother's are shattered, who are also best friends and neighbours of each other–Alice and Celine–when a devastating accident strikes, unleashing a toxic mixture of guilt, suspicion, and paranoia that slowly erodes the foundation of their friendship.

Bhoothakaalam

Cast: Athira Patel, Revathi, Valsala Menon, Gulu Joseph, Saiju Kurup, Manju Pathrose, Shane Nigam

When suddenly a family member passes away, a mother and her son find themselves entangled in a creepy web of inexplicable occurrences that alter their perception of reality, pushing them into a dark circle of uncertainty and self-doubt, as they struggle to distinguish between the rational and the unknown. Their grip on sanity hangs in the balance.

Sweet River

Cast: Charlotte Stent, Martin Sacks, Lisa Kay, Jack Ellis, Jeremy Waters, Rob Carlton, Christmas Haywood

Desparate mother Hana's quest to find her young son's body brings her to the calm and creepy town of Billing, where her relentless search of truth unravels a complex and shocking web of secrets and lies, threatening to shatter the town's peaceful facade and expose the dark underbelly that lies beneath.

Mother

Cast: Lee Bo-young, Son Suk-ku, Heo Yool, Ko Sung-hee, Ko Bo-gyeol, Lee Jae-yoon, Lee Hye-young, Kim Young-jae

This South Korean drama series tells the story Zeynep, a photographer and substitute teacher, who becomes desparately concerned about one of her students' disturbing behavior, and upon discovering the shocking truth about the child's abusive family, she takes a drastic step of kidnapping the child in a desperate bid to protect her from further harm.

Posham Pa

Cast: Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta, Ragini Khanna, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Nitanshi Goel, Randheer Rai

The film is based on real-life story of serial killers Anjana, and her two daughters, Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde, who kidnapped more than forty children and murdered around twelve children in 1996. Posham Pa follows Prajakta Deshpande, a woman struggling with addiction and mental instability, engages in a pattern of manipulation, luring men into her trap, robbing them, and ultimately taking their lives.

Without Sin

Cast: Vicky McClure, Johnny Harris, Kieran Burton, Dorothy Aerikinson, Calleum Fuller, Andrea Lowe

This English series is about a mother, who's consumed by grief over her daughter's tragic loss. She embarks on a relentless quest for truth, driven to uncover the circumstances surrounding her child's murder. As she digs deeper, she unwittingly forms a connection with the very person responsible for the crime.