Bandra OTT Release Date: Dileep and Tamannaah’s Film Finally Streams on ZEE5 After 3 Years

Some films get to OTT in four weeks. Bandra took three years. Dileep and Tamannaah Bhatia’s big-budget Malayalam gangster romance came out in cinemas on 10 November 2023, then simply vanished from the digital conversation. No streaming date, no platform, nothing. If you have been searching “Bandra OTT” every few months, this is finally the update you wanted.

ZEE5 has confirmed the premiere and dropped a fresh trailer on the Zee Keralam YouTube channel. Here is everything you need before you hit play: release date, languages, cast, story and a few things the trailer quietly gives away.

Bandra OTT release date and platform

ZEE5 announced the date on its social media handles, and the new trailer ends with the same promise: November 13, 2026. ZEE5 releases usually go live around midnight IST, so night owls should be able to start it late on Thursday.

The multi-language release matters here. In 2023, Bandra was mostly a Kerala event. On ZEE5, viewers in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai can watch it in their own language for the first time, which is a big deal for a film named after a Mumbai suburb.

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What is Bandra about?

Bandra is a romantic gangster drama that moves between the glamour of Mumbai’s film world and the sun-baked forts of Rajasthan. Dileep plays a gangster with a soft corner, and Tamannaah Bhatia plays a Bollywood actress whose life gets tangled with his. The story is framed through a film being made about their relationship, so you get a love story, an underworld thriller and a little film-industry drama all at once.

The trailer leans hard on style: smoke-filled rooms, cigarettes, slow-motion walks, a heavy rain sequence and a mansion-sized dance number. If you like Malayalam cinema’s quieter realist streak, be warned. This one is unapologetically a masala entertainer.

Bandra cast: who plays whom

• Dileep leads the film. Bandra is his 147th movie, which is why it was shot under the working title D147.
• Tamannaah Bhatia plays the female lead. This was her Malayalam debut, after years of Telugu, Tamil and Hindi hits.
• Dino Morea brings the Bollywood menace, in a sharp suit and glasses in most of his trailer shots.
• Mamta Mohandas appears in a key supporting role.
• Kalabhavan Shajohn, a familiar face from Malayalam thrillers, is also part of the cast.

Why did Bandra take three years to reach OTT?

Neither the makers nor ZEE5 have publicly explained the delay. That is not unusual. Plenty of mid-size South Indian films in 2023 and 2024 sat on the shelf while rights deals were negotiated, and platforms tend to wait when a film’s theatrical run does not create much buzz. Bandra was reportedly made on a budget of more than ₹30 crore, a big spend for a Malayalam film at the time, which may have made its digital price harder to settle.

The good news: a late OTT release often gives a film a second life. Viewers who skipped it in cinemas get a lower-stakes chance to try it, and the dubbed versions open it up to people who never had a Malayalam show near them.

Bandra songs to know before you watch

Sam CS composed the album, and several singles were released ahead of the 2023 theatrical run, including Vaarmeghame, Otta Kolakombanaada and the Hindi-flavoured Mujhe Paale. The song sequences are where the film’s budget is most visible, so they are worth watching on a big TV rather than a phone.

Should you watch Bandra?

Watch it if you enjoy big-canvas gangster romances, Dileep in star mode, or simply want to see Tamannaah in her first Malayalam role. Skip it if you are expecting a tight, grounded thriller in the Joji or Nayattu mould. Think of it as a weekend popcorn film that finally made it home.

Frequently asked questions

Watch the official Bandra OTT trailer on YouTube.