Indian Regional Cinema Watchlist

Amidst the tension-filled streets of Mankhurd, two ordinary minority residents are taken as pawns for an extraordinary political game.

On the fringes of central India's Maoist-affected jungles, there is a tense interplay between guerrillas, civilians and the police. Caught between conflicting ideologies, they uncover many truths about themselves and the system.

Meena, who loves a man from a lower caste but her family thinks she is possessed and cast the spell out of her.

After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.

Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.

A mob boss must deal with a disgruntled mistress and a vanishing bag of cocaine.

Set in Chellanam, Kochi, the story of Ee. Ma. Yau revolves around the death of Vavachan Mesthiri in a coastal village. It showcases the events that unfold between two evenings and looks at death from different perspectives.

A young boy travels with his violent and alcoholic father to bring back his mother, who has run away from home due to his abuse.

It is about a teenager from a Dalit (Oppressed caste) family, who lives at the village fringe, and falls in love with an upper caste girl.

All the governments that have ruled the nation made laws that denied the indigenous people their way of life and their land often, protecting crony capitalist interests. The film revisits an episode of dissent in the 90s which brought up this question amongst us. A history forgotten!

When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, will Kabilan, a young labourer, put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics?

The last active farmer in a remote village tries to hold out against a property developer.

A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Prasad and Sreeja enter wedlock and move to a new place to continue the rest of their lives. Unfortunate events begin to take place after Prasad, a small-time thief, robs Sreeja's gold chain during a bus journey.

Iniyan, Rene, Arjun and Madeleine are trying to find themselves and understand their deep-rooted prejudices in life.

An angry young man on trial in 1971,a rainstorm in a slum in 1933,a lower-middle-class family during the 1943 famine,teenage smugglers in 1953 and a middle-class group in a posh hotel in 1971.

PAKA is a tale of a river that swells with the blood of two feuding families and a young couple that tries to overcome this hatred with their love.

Hareesh and Reshmi, an immigrant couple from Kerala working in a medical gloves factory near Delhi, who aspire to go abroad for a better life. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, when an old video resurfaces among the factory workers, it opens up a Pandora's box that threatens the couple's jobs and marriage.

A father's endless wait for his son Raghu, who disappears before his sister's engagement. After learning of his arrest, the father seeks answers, but police deny custody. As hope fades, he retreats into dreams of his son's presence.

This animation film takes the single moment of Kumar Gandharva lying on his sick bed and expands it, where his life in music and contemplation moves like a dream. He teaches, writes and sings again, giving voice to the years of silence.

A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.

A young carrom player in north Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two warring gangsters.

Vishwam and Sita, who resist opposition from their families, elope and marry. The unemployed couple begin a happy married life but later land in a sea of perils without a source of income.

Ten-year-old Ashish falls head-over-heels in love with his classmate, Srushti. While he grows up, the country goes through several socio-economic changes. Will his love be able to stand the test of time?

Jaya, gets married. Her intention is to complete her education, but her partner mockingly asks her to try for Public Service Commission exams. Jaya tries to find the right balance managing her in-laws as she strives for her goal.