South Indian films have been discussing a lot in theaters for some time. In recent times, we saw some new releases in the south, which attracted the attention of the audience.
As we step in the next week, there is a list of new South Indian films which are making their way in theaters soon.
11 new South Indian films to watch in theaters this week
Topic |
Style |
Release date |
Janaki V V/S State of Kerala |
Legal drama |
July 17, 2025 |
Ban butter jam |
Romantic comedy drama |
July 18, 2025 |
Kothapililo Okappudu |
comedy drama |
July 18, 2025 |
Ekka |
Crime drama |
July 18, 2025 |
Flask |
Comedy drama thriller |
July 18, 2025 |
Gavi |
Drank |
July 18, 2025 |
Police Vary hecturing |
Drama |
July 18, 2025 |
Genma Nachthiram |
Scary drama |
July 18, 2025 |
Apoorva Puthanmar |
Comedy thriller |
July 18, 2025 |
Junior |
Family action drama |
July 18, 2025 |
Ravendra Ni Evide |
Comedy thriller |
July 18, 2025 |
1. Janaki V V/S State of Kerala (Malayalam)
- Mold: Suresh Gopi, Anupama Paramesheshwaran, Madhav Suresh, Shruti Ramachandran, Divya Pillai, Aaskar Ali, Baiju Santosh
- Director: Praveen Narayanan
- Style: Legal drama
- Release date: July 17, 2025
Janaki V V/S State of Kerala is an upcoming Malayalam-language film, with the lead role of Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi. The film tells Janaki’s story, a young woman who wants justice after a painful incident helps her with advocate David Abel Donovan.
Apart from the leading actors, the film stars Gopi’s sons Madhav Suresh, Shruti Ramachandran, Divya Pillai, Oscar Ali, and many other actors of actors in actors in the lead roles.
2. Ban Butter Jam (Tamil)
- Mold: Raju Jaymohan, Adhiya Prasad, Bhava Trikha, Saranya Ponwanan, Devadarishini, Charlie
- Director: Raghav Mirdath
- Style: Romantic comedy drama
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Ban Butter Jam is a Tamil-language romantic comedy drama, in which Bigg Boss Tamil fame Raju Jaymohan played the lead role. The film has the story of two mothers, who bands together to secure the future of their gene Z children, whose marriage and relationships are talked about, then there are different plans.
3. Kothapililo Okappudu (Telugu)
- Mold: Manoj Chandra, Ravindra Vijay, Monica Tea, Usha Bonella
- Director: Praveena Parucuri
- Style: comedy drama
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Kothapililo Okappudu is a Telugu film with a story of a village person who is looking for a dancer. What happens in his courageous journey to find a dance, and the humor becomes the central focus of the story.
4. Ekka (Kannada)
- Mold: Youth Rajkumar, Sampada, Sanjana Anand, Atul Kulkarni, MR. Aditya, Rahul Dev Shetty
- Director: Rohit
- Style: Crime drama
- Release date: July 18, 2025
One is an action-pack crime drama with a leading role of the young prince. The film has the story of Mutu, who is a small town youth, who arrive in Bengaluru in search of her friend.
However, his journey leads him to the underbelle of the city’s gangster world, leading to different circumstances. How he manages to come out of the situation, creates the rest of the story.
5. Flusk (Malayalam)
- Mold: Siju Kurup, Suresh Krishna, Siddharth Bharat, Ashwathi Srikanth
- Director: Rahul Riji Nair
- Style: Comedy drama thriller
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Flask is a Malayalam-language film, with the story of Jyoti Kumar, an ambitious singer, who ends as a police constable. As he is assigned to provide protection to the arrogant District Judge Venkitesh Balaji, he often gets into trouble due to his careless methods.
However, things take a dark turn when they are abducted by a Maoist group, causing a fight to survive.
6. Gavi (Tamil)
- Mold: Sheela Rajkumar, Jacquulin Lidia, Adavan M, Charles Vinith, Jeeva Subramaniam
- Director: Tamil dhayalan
- Style: Drank
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Gavi is an upcoming Tamil Flick that tells the story of the struggle for justice faced by Mandarayi and Meline in a rural village. The film shows the subjects of love, existence and bureaucracy apathy with the struggle of a community.
7. Police Vary Hekcharaka (Telugu)
- Mold: Sunny Akhil, Shubhalekha Sudhakar, Ajay Ghosh, Jaya Vahini, Himja Malliddy
- Director: KV Babaji
- Style: Drama
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Police is a drama film of Vary Hetcheraika Telugu cinema, with an officer on a tireless mission to unveil the truth about Satyamurthy, a worker.
8. Jenma Nachthiram (Tamil)
- Mold: Kali Venkat, Santhana Bharati, Munishkant, Malvi Malhotra
- Director: B Manivaraman
- Style: Scary drama
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Jenma Nachthiram has the story of a team that enters an abandoned bungalow in search of treasure. However, soon they are forced to withstand their abusive threats, causing a series of scary events.
9. Apoorva Putharanmar (Malayalam)
- Mold: Vishnu Annikrishnan, Bibin George, Lalu Alex, Ashokan, Dharmjan Bolgatti
- Director: Rainjith RL
- Style: Comedy thriller
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Apoorva Puthanmar is a Malayalam-language film with a story of two brothers who try to fulfill their father’s desire to die. However, their actions only cause more chaos.
10. Junior (Telugu/Kannada)
- Mold: Kiriti, Shreelela, V. Ravichandran, Jenalia Deshmukh
- Director: Mister. Radhakrishna
- Style: Family action drama
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Junior, starring Kiriti in the lead role, narrates the story of a hearty discovery of a young boy’s life that re -defines his bond with his father.
11. Ravendra Ne Evide (Malayalam)
- Mold: Anoop Menon, Dhyan Srinivasan, Siddiq, Sheelu Abraham, Aziz Nedumangad
- Director: Manoj Podan
- Style: Comedy thriller
- Release date: July 18, 2025
Ravendra Nee Evide is a comedy thriller of Malayalam cinema that tells the story of Raveneran, a meteorological officer, who is certainly suffering. However, after a strange incident, his world turns upside down after a strange incident of a neighbor, which raises his doubt about his wife.
As their decisions are cloudy, they are forced to find themselves in unexpected situations that only create more chaos.
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