Mother’s Day Watchlist⁠— English Vinglish, Workin’ Moms, Otherhood and other movies that celebrate mothers

• It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, but most of us are confined to our homes, practising social distancing to battle the Coronavirus pandemic.
  
• But, small things — like watching her favourite movie together can help.
  
• This week, Business Insider brings you the stories that celebrate moms.

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, but most of us are confined to our homes, practising social distancing to battle the Coronavirus pandemic. That means no movie date with moms, no parties and fancy dinner. But, small things can help — like watching her favourite movie together.

This week, Business Insider brings you the stories that celebrate moms.

Here are a few movies and series on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney+ Hotstar.

English Vinglish


IMDb rating: 7.8/10
Director: Gauri Shinde
Cast: Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Adil Hussain

English Vinglish is an Indian comedy-drama film released in 2012 and is now available on Netflix. The story revolves around a small entrepreneur and mother named Shashi. She makes snacks. And then one fine day, Shashi decides to learn English and joins a course to refrain her husband and daughter from mocking her lack of English skills. And in the process, she ends up gaining self-respect.

Workin’ Moms


IMDb rating: 7.4/10
Director: Catherine Reitman
Cast: Catherine Reitman,Dani Kind,Juno Rinaldi

Workin' Moms is a Canadian show available on Netflix. The show narrates the story of four friends and working mothers who are to return to work in Toronto while managing their kids, bosses, love and everyday life. The story goes around how they deal with the challenges of being working mothers

Nil Battey Sannata


IMDb rating: 8.4/10
Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Sanjay Suri, Pankaj Tripathi, Ratna Pathak

Nil Battey Sannata, which is a slang for ‘Good For Nothing’, was a movie released in 2015. Apeksha is a class 10 student who hates studying. More because of her family’s financial status as she understands that she won’t be able to gp for higher studies. Her mother pushes her to study maths but Apeksha believes that she will end up being a maid like her mother. And then, her mother decides to study in her class.

The movie was also released internationally as The New Classmate and i now available on ZEE5.

Otherhood


IMDb rating: 6/10
Director: Cindy Chupack
Cast: Patricia Arquette,Angela Bassett,Felicity Huffman

Otherhood is an American comedy film available on Netflix. The film, based on the novel ‘Whatever Makes You Happy’ is a story of three best friends who drive to New York city to surprise their adult sons when they forget Mother’s Day.

Mom


IMDb rating: 7.3/10
Director: Ravi Udyawar
Cast: Sridevi,Akshaye Khanna,Sajal Ali

Available on Netflix and ZEE5, Mom narrates the story of a biology teacher Devki, who hires a private detective to take revenge for her stepdaughter’s sexual assault. She pledges to destroy the four rapists who were acquitted by the court.

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