As we step into 2025, the excitement in the South Indian film industry is palpable, with a lineup of most anticipated South Indian movies that promises to captivate audiences across the globe. This year is set to be a cinematic feast, featuring a blend of action-packed thrillers, heartwarming dramas, and historical narratives that reflect the rich tapestry of storytelling inherent in South Indian cinema. From star-studded casts to visionary directors, the films slated for release are not just anticipated; they are poised to redefine entertainment.
Among the most awaited titles is Game Changer, starring Ram Charan and directed by the renowned Shankar Shanmugam. This action thriller is expected to kick off the year with a bang, showcasing Charan in an exhilarating new avatar that has already generated significant buzz. Other notable mentions include Goodachari 2, a sequel to the hit spy thriller, and Bison, a sports drama featuring Dhruv Vikram, both of which are set to draw audiences into their gripping narratives.
With such a diverse array of films on the horizon, 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for South Indian cinema. Fans are eagerly marking their calendars for theatrical releases that promise not only entertainment but also a chance to experience stories that resonate deeply with cultural themes and contemporary issues. As we dive into this exciting year, let’s explore the most anticipated South Indian movies that are sure to leave a lasting impact on audiences and critics alike.
List of Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of 2025:
Here are the most awaited South Indian movies of 2025 with complete details (director, cast, release date, trailer, poster).
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of January 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | January 2, 2025 | Malayalam | Akhil Paul, Anas Khan | Tovino Thomas, Trisha Krishnan, Vinay Rai, Mandira Bedi |
| Game Changer | 10 January 2025 | Telugu | S. Shankar | Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Samuthirakani, Anjali, S. J. Suryah, Sunil, Srikanth |
| Daaku Maharaaj | 12 January 2025 | Telugu | Bobby Kolli | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bobby Deol, Shraddha Srinath, Pragya Jaiswal, Urvashi Rautela, Chandini Chowdary |
| Madha Gaja Raja | 12 January 2025 | Tamil | Sundar C. | Vishal, Santhanam,Anjali, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar |
| Sankranthiki Vasthunam | 14 January 2025 | Telugu | Anil Ravipudi | Venkatesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Aishwarya Rajesh, Upendra Limaye, Rajendra Prasad |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of February 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidaamuyarchi | 6 February 2025 | Tamil | Magizh Thirumeni | Ajith Kumar, Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Arav |
| Thandel | 7 February 2025 | Telugu | Chandoo Mondeti | Naga Chaitanya, Sai Pallavi |
| Bazooka | February 14, 2024 | Malayalam | Deeno Dennis | Mammootty, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sidharth Bharathan, Divya Pillai |
| Daveed | February 14, 2024 | Malayalam | Govind Vishnu | Antony Varghese, Lijomol Jose, Vijayaraghavan, Aju Varghese |
| Laila | 14 February 2025 | Telugu | Ram Narayan | Vishwak Sen, Akansha Sharma |
| Ramam Raghavam | 14 February 2025 | Telugu | Dhanraj Koranani | Samuthirakani, Dhanraj, SatyaSunil, Srinivas Reddy |
| Aghathiyaa | 28 February 2025 | Tamil | Pa. Vijay | Jiiva, Arjun Sarja, Raashii Khanna, Edward Sonnenblick |
| Sabdham | 28 February 2025 | Tamil | Arivazhagan | Aadhi Pinisetty, Lakshmi Menon, Simran, Laila |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of March 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | March 27, 2024 | Tamil | Kamal Prakash | G. V. Prakash Kumar, Divyabharathi, Chetan, Azhagam Perumal |
| Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 | March 27, 2024 | Tamil | S. U. Arun Kumar | Vikram, Dushara Vijayan, S. J. Suryah, Suraj Venjaramoodu |
| L2: Empuraan | March 27, 2024 | Malayalam | Prithviraj Sukumaran | Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran, Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas |
| Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 | March 28, 2025 | Telugu | Krish Jagarlamudi, A. M. Jyothi Krishna | Pawan Kalyan, Bobby Deol, Nidhhi Agerwal, Nora Fatehi, Vikramjeet Virk |
| Robinhood | March 28, 2025 | Telugu | Venky Kudumula | Nithiin, Sreeleela, Vennela Kishore |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of April 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups | April 10, 2025 | Kannada | Geethu Mohandas | Yash, Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Tara Sutaria, Huma Qureshi |
| The Raja Saab | April 10, 2025 | Telugu | Maruthi | Prabhas, Nidhi Agerwal, Riddhi Kumar, Malavika Mohanan, Yogi Babu |
| Idly Kadai | 10 April 2025 | Tamil | Dhanush | Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Shalini Pandey |
| Good Bad Ugly | 10 April 2025 | Tamil | Adhik Ravichandran | Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Sunil, Prasanna |
| Ghaati | 18 April 2025 | Telugu | Krish Jagarlamudi | Anushka Shetty |
| Mirai | 18 April 2025 | Telugu | Karthik Gattamneni | Teja Sajja, Manoj Manchu, Ritika Nayak |
| Kannappa | 25 April 2025 | Telugu | Mukesh Kumar Singh | Vishnu Manchu, Mohan Babu, R. Sarathkumar, Arpit Ranka, Kaushal Manda, Rahul Madhav, Devaraj, Mukesh Rishi, Brahmanandam, Raghu Babu, Preity Mukhundhan, Madhoo, Mohanlal, Prabhas, Akshay Kumar, Kajal Aggarwal |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of May 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIT: The Third Case | 1 May 2025 | Telugu | Sailesh Kolanu | Nani, Srinidhi Shetty, Vijay Sethupathi, Surya Srinivas, Adil Pala, Adivi Sesh, Vishwak Sen |
| Retro | 1 May 2025 | Tamil | Karthik Subbaraj | Suriya, Pooja Hegde, Jayaram, Joju George |
| Mass Jathara | 9 May 2025 | Telugu | Bhanu Bhogavarapu | Ravi Teja, Sreeleela |
| Kingdom | 30 May 2025 | Telugu | Gowtam Tinnanuri | Vijay Deverakonda |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of June 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thug Life | 5 June 2025 | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Joju George |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of July 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of August 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 15 August 2024 | Kannada | Arjun Janya | Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra, Raj B. Shetty, Jisshu Sengupta, Kaustubha Mani |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of September 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhanda 2 | 25 September 2025 | Telugu | Boyapati Srinu | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Pragya Jaiswal |
| SYG – Sambarala Yeti Gattu | 25 September 2025 | Telugu | Rohith KP | Sai Durgha Tej, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Jagapathi Babu |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of October 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kantara: Chapter 1 | October 2, 2025 | Kannada | Rishab Shetty | Rishab Shetty, Jisshu Sengupta |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of November 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of December 2025:
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA |
Most Anticipated South Indian Movies of 2025:
Here is a list of the upcoming South Indian movies of 2025 (most awaited South Indian movies of 2025), with release dates yet to be announced.
| Title | Release Date | Primary Language | Director | Starring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolie | 2025 | Tamil | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir |
| Jana Nayagan | 2025 | Tamil | H. Vinoth | Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol |
| OG (They Call Him OG) | 2025 | Telugu | Sujeeth | Pawan Kalyan, Emraan Hashmi, Priyanka Mohan, Arjun Das, Prakash Raj, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Sriya Reddy |
| NTR 31 | 2025 | Telugu | Prashanth Neel | Jr. NTR |
| Kubera | 2025 | Tamil | Sekhar Kammula | Dhanush, Nagarjuna, Rashmika Mandanna, Jim Sarbh |
| Indian 3 | 2025 | Tamil | S. Shankar | Kamal Haasan, Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh |
| Sardar 2 | 2025 | Tamil | P. S. Mithran | Karthi, S. J. Suryah, Malavika Mohanan, Ashika Ranganath |
| Robinhood | 2025 | Telugu | Venky Kudumula | Nithiin, Sreeleela, Vennela Kishore, Rajendra Prasad |
| Ustaad Bhagat Singh | 2025 | Telugu | Harish Shankar | Pawan Kalyan, Sreeleela, Ashutosh Rana, Nawab Shah, B. S. Avinash, Gautami and Chammak Chandra |
| Dhruva Natchathiram | 2025 | Tamil | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Vikram, Ritu Varma, Simran, R. Parthiban |
| Richard Anthony | 2025 | Kannada | Rakshit Shetty | Rishab Shetty, Kishore Kumar G., Rakshit Shetty |
| Ace | 2025 | Tamil | Aarumuga Kumar | Vijay Sethupathi, Rukmini Vasanth, Yogi Babu, Divya Pillai |
| Suriya 45 | 2025 | Tamil | RJ Balaji | Suriya, Trisha Krishnan, Indrans, Swasika |
| Vaa Vaathiyaar | 2025 | Tamil | Nalan Kumarasamy | Karthi, Krithi Shetty, Sathyaraj, Anandaraj |
| TrainTrain | 2025 | Tamil | Mysskin | Vijay Sethupathi, Narain, Vinay Rai, Bhavana |
| SK25 | 2025 | Tamil | Sudha Kongara | Sivakarthikeyan, Jayam Ravi, Atharvaa, Sreeleela |
| Genie | 2025 | Tamil | Bhuvanesh Arjunan | Jayam Ravi, Krithi Shetty, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Wamiqa Gabbi |
| Dacoit: A Love Story | 2025 | Telugu | Shaneil Deo | Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur |
| Chiyaan 63 | 2025 | Tamil | Madonne Ashwin | Vikram |
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- Most Anticipated Telugu Movies of 2025
- Most Anticipated Tamil Movies of 2025
- Most Anticipated Kannada Movies of 2025
- Most Anticipated Malayalam Movies of 2025
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