{"id":295110,"date":"2026-09-27T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295110\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:22:08","slug":"bethlehem-kudumba-unit-ott-release-bethlehem-kudumba-unit-highest-grossing-malayalam-film-of-all-time-gets-ott-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295110\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Kudumba Unit ott release | \u2018Bethlehem Kudumba Unit\u2019, highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time, gets OTT release date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following its theatrical run, the Malayalam romantic<br \/>\ncomedy-drama Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, starring Nivin Pauly and Mamitha<br \/>\nBaiju, is officially heading for an OTT release. <\/p>\n<p>Directed by Girish AD, the film went on to become the<br \/>\nhighest-grossing Malayalam film of all time, surpassing major blockbusters like<br \/>\nLokah Chapter 1 Chandra, Thudarum, and L2 Empuraan.<\/p>\n<p>The record-breaking film will make its digital premiere on<br \/>\nthe OTT platform JioHotstar on October 2. Announcing the date, the official X<br \/>\naccount of JioHotstar Malayalam posted the caption, \u201cThe entertainer everyone&#8217;s<br \/>\nbeen waiting for! Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, streaming from October 2 on<br \/>\nJioHotstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Bhavana Studios, and backed by Dileesh Pothan,<br \/>\nFahadh Faasil, and Syam Pushkaran, the project was written by Girish AD<br \/>\nalongside Kiran Josey. <\/p>\n<p>Blending romance, family emotions, and nostalgia, the<br \/>\nnarrative centers on Ashley (Mamitha Baiju), who moves with her family from<br \/>\nMundakayam to a new neighborhood in Karukutty. There, she finds herself drawn<br \/>\nto Justin (Nivin Pauly), an older neighbor about 12 to 13 years her senior,<br \/>\nsetting off a storyline that explores love, familial bonds, old memories, and<br \/>\nthe chance to start over.<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem Kudumba Unit was released on August 21 this<br \/>\nyear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following its theatrical run, the Malayalam romantic comedy-drama Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, starring Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju, is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,116378,154,116758,3058,3059],"class_list":["post-295110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-kudumba-unit-ott-release","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-jiohotstar","tag-mamitha-baiju","tag-nivin-pauly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}