Sister Midnight out on OTT in India: Here's where you can finally stream Radhika Apte's black comedy film
Sister Midnight, the acclaimed black comedy film starring Radhika Apte, is now streaming on Prime Video in India, moving from VOD to standard subscription access.
Last Updated: 05.21 PM, Dec 12, 2025
Starting today, December 12, 2025, Amazon Prime Video (subscribers of OTTplay Premium will also be able to watch the film with a top-up) in India now offers the critically acclaimed black comedy-horror film Sister Midnight for direct streaming. This signifies the end of the film's tenure as a premium VOD rental, which began on August 8, 2025.
Post festival success
Since its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the film has received considerable international attention; this development makes it available to a greater part of Prime Video's subscription base. After its initial limited theatrical release in India on May 30, 2025, the genre-bending film is predicted to see an uptick in viewership with the shift.
The story of Sister Midnight revolves around Uma, played by Radhika Apte, a bride who is transported from a tiny hamlet to a crowded Mumbai chawl as a result of an arranged marriage. As she struggles to find happiness in her marriage to the shy Gopal (Ashok Pathak), she goes through a strange and sinister metamorphosis. As Uma embraces a wild and unpredictable alter ego, the narrative combines black comedy, feminist critique, and surreal horror aspects.
Critical acclaim
The daring approach and distinctive tone of the picture have earned it high praise from critics. Critics have lauded its capacity to weaponise discomfort and satirise cultural expectations during matrimony, contributing to its extraordinarily high positive rating on aggregator sites. Critics have praised the film's eye-catching cinematography, which depicts working-class Mumbai in stylised, claustrophobic lighting using vivid hues and noirish shadows.
Apte as Uma has been hailed as the film's standout performance. Critics have lauded her physicality and her ability to portray seething anger and solitude with very little language. Part of what makes this film a "feral feminist fable" is how Apte shows a woman who refuses to conform to traditional notions of feminine submission.
Landmark status
The British, Swedish, and Indian production received a nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer at the 78th BAFTA Awards. Critical acclaim has established Sister Midnight as a landmark in modern independent Hindi-language cinema.
Fans eager for the highly anticipated film's regular streaming release may be pleased to know that Sister Midnight is now available on Prime Video (subscribers of OTTplay Premium will also be able to watch the film with a top-up).
Sister Midnight FAQs:
Q: Who is the director of the film Sister Midnight?
A: Sister Midnight is written and directed by Karan Kandhari. The film marks his feature-length directorial debut, which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Q: Who stars in the lead role in Sister Midnight?
A: The film stars Radhika Apte as the protagonist, Uma, a newly married woman struggling with her new life in Mumbai. The cast also includes Ashok Pathak as her husband, Gopal, and Chhaya Kadam as her neighbour, Sheetal.
Q: What is Sister Midnight about?
A: Sister Midnight is described as a black comedy-horror and a "feral feminist fable." It follows Uma, a rebellious small-town woman who arrives in Mumbai after an arranged marriage and finds herself completely unsuited to domestic life in a cramped chawl. As her frustration and isolation grow, her character undergoes a strange and increasingly feral transformation, leading to dark and absurd events that critics often interpret as a symbolic rejection of patriarchal expectations.