Trends over the years have kept on changing especially for the Indian entertainment industry. This involves an inconsistent graph of downfall and upgrade for Bollywood and almost every other regional film industries, more appropriately the South Indian film industries.
Over the last few years, the Hindi film industry has shown a considerable downfall in both its content and its performance at the box office. Going by the public perception, the interest of the Hindi watching audience thanks to the technical marvel called dubbing. The Hindi language dub has helped the best South Indian movies, filmmakers and superstars in catering to a whole new and bigger market, proving to be something unique for the audience. Today, let’s take a look at the top 10 most popular South Indian Hindi dubbed movies from the recent years:
9. Amaran
Among the New South Indian Movies List 2024 lies another Tamil film, the action war drama Amaran released in 2024. The film was directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, featuring Sivakarthikeyan, Sai Pallavi and Rahul Bose as the leads. The film was released on the occasion of Diwali 2024 alongside Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, two other popular films from Bollywood. It gained huge appreciation from the Hindi audience post the Hindi dubs official OTT streaming.
Director – Rajkumar Periasamy
Budget – Rs 120 crore
8. Lucky Baskhar
Lucky Baskhar, a period crime drama film, was released in 2024. It was directed by Venky Atluri and featured Dulquer Salmaan in the lead along with Meenakshi Chaudhary, Tinnu Anand, alongside others as the leading star cast of the film. The film was lovingly received by the audience on its release and saw a huge success at the box office. The popularity of the film is also attributed to the lead Dulquer Salmaan popular for doing Pan-India films in different languages like Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam.
Director – Venky Atluri
Budget – Rs 56 crores
7. Thangalaan
Thangalaan is an action adventure film from Kollywood released in 2024. It was directed by the highly acclaimed Tamil movie director Pa. Ranjith, starring Vikram in the lead with the rest of the cast in the supporting roles. The film was highly appreciated by the critics and the audiences and is remembered for Vikram playing 5 different characters in the film. The film grew more popular with appreciation when dubbed for the Hindi version.
Director – Pa. Ranjith
Budget – Rs 150 crores
6. Leo
Leo starring Thalapathy Vijay was the most recent installment of the popular action thriller film series Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU). The film featured superstar Vijay alongside Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan among its leading star cast. It was a largely hyped film all over India, especially in its home state, due to the leading screen presence of Thalapathy Vijay and the popularity of the cinematic universe.
Director – Lokesh Kanagaraj
Budget – Rs 250-300 crores
5. Guntur Kaaram
Guntur Kaaram is a typical Telugu action drama featuring Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu in the lead. This 2024 film was directed by the popular blockbuster director Trivikram Srinivas, also featuring Sreeleela, Meenakshi Chaudhary and Prakash Raj among the leads. The film was a huge blockbuster on its Telugu theatrical release and gained much more love in the Hindi territory after its official Hindi dubbing began streaming on Netflix.
Director – Trivikram Srinivas
Budget – Rs 200 crores
