South Indian Movies has seen colossal growth in the last few years with movies like Baahubali, 2.0, and KGF garnering success on the Pan India level. The acceptance of these flicks provided the much-needed boost to South filmmakers, who were earlier making movies for a limited audience base to think bigger and out of the box.
As a result, the market of South Indian Movies is on the rise, and the films are not only getting recognition but also minting huge moolah at the ticket window. Nowadays, films made in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam are doing phenomenal business and smashing every possible record at the box-office.
Here are the Highest Grossing South Indian Movies You Can Now Stream on OTT.
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Director – A. R. Murugadoss
Starring – Vijay & Keerthy Suresh
Streaming Platform – Netflix
Featuring Thalapathy Vijay and Keerthy Suresh in the lead roles, Sarkar was the third collaboration of director AR Murugadoss with Vijay after blockbusters like Thuppakki and Kaththi. Sarkar, which hit screens on Diwali 2018, was also a super successful venture as it minted over Rs 252 cr gross at the global box-office.
The movie revolves around Sundar Ramaswamy (Vijay), a wealthy NRI businessman, who arrives in Chennai to cast his vote in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election but finds out that someone else has already done his job illegally. Being a minded business tycoon, who is also called ‘Corporate Monster,’ he finds the loophole, and what he does next forms the rest of the story of this action-drama film.
Director – Atlee Kumar
Starring – Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal
Streaming Platform – Netflix
Next on the list of the Highest Grossing South Indian Movies available on OTT, yet another Thalapathy Vijay starrer, Mersal, was helmed by Atlee Kumar, and it featured Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha Akkineni, and Nithya Menen as the female leads. SJ Suryah, who is known for his intense performances, played the main antagonist in this action-potboiler, and his face-off with Vijay is one of the biggest assets of this film. With a total worldwide gross collection of around Rs 255 cr, Mersal was declared a big blockbuster at the box-office.
Mersal revolves around two brothers, one is a magician while the other one is a doctor, avenging their father’s death and crimes in the medical line. Though the plot is quite old fashioned, it’s the gripping screenplay and terrific act of Thalapathy Vijay that makes Mersal a good entertainer.
Director – Trivikram Srinivas
Starring – Allu Arjun, Pooja Hegde
Streaming Platform – Netflix
Directed by Trivikram Srinivas, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo is the newest addition in ‘Stylish Star’ Allu Arjun’s successful family-entertainers. The movie, which had an ensemble star cast including Pooja Hegde, Tabu, Sushanth, Navdeep, Nivetha Pethuraj, Jayaram, and Murali Sharma, locked horns with Mahesh Babu’s Sarileru Neekevvaru on Pongal 2020. Despite the rugged competition, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo went on to collect over Rs 270 Cr at the worldwide box-office and was declared an all-time blockbuster.
The story follows Bantu (Allu Arjun), a highly-skilled middle-class man, who is despised and hated by his father Valmiki, played by Murali Sharma. After an incident, Bantu learns that his real father is not Valmiki but a rich businessman Ramachandra and how he was swapped by Valmiki with his son to give the latter a comfortable life. Finally, Bantu enters the house of his real parents, Vaikunthapurram, to confront those who threaten his family.
Director – Pa Ranjith
Starring – Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte
Streaming Platform – Prime Video
Pa Ranjith directorial Kabali is a Superstar Rajinikanth starrer that created enough buzz back in 2016. The film presented new promo techniques that eventually took it’s a pre-release buzz to a whole different level. Despite getting mixed responses from audience and critics, Kabali fetched around Rs 285 cr gross worldwide, all thanks to the superstardom of Rajinikanth.
The story of Kabali revolves around an aged and powerful gangster, who, after returning from prison, goes on to execute his rivals who destroyed his life. It was a lengthy flick and also slow at many points, and that’s the reason it couldn’t impress the audience as it was anticipated to do.
Director – Shankar
Starring – Rajinikanth & Aishwarya Rai
Streaming Platform – MX Player
Shankar is a genius, and his directorial Enthiran proves it. Released back in 2010. the film stars Superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles. It was a path-breaking film for Indian cinema at that time in terms of budget, scale, concept and was highly lauded for its technical brilliance. Enthiran turned out to be the highest-grossing Indian movie at that time by collecting a whopping Rs 285+ cr.
The story of Enthiran follows scientist Vaseegaran who invents a super-powered humanoid robot, Chitti, for good cause but things turn upside down when his software is upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and exhibit human emotions. The problem begins when Chitti falls in love with Vaseegaran’s girlfriend Sana (Aishwarya Rai), and Professor Bohra (Danny Denzongpa), his rival scientist, manipulates him to be a destroyer. One of the best Highest Grossing South Indian Movies available on OTT.
Director – Atlee Kumar
Starring – Vijay & Nayanthara
Streaming Platform – Prime Video
The duo of Thalapathy Vijay and Atlee Kumar always creates history, and Bigil is their latest venture. Released on Diwali 2019, the film, despite facing competition from Karthi starrer Kaithi, got wide acceptance and went on to become a mega-blockbuster by minting over whooping Rs 290+ cr across the globe.
Bigil story revolves around Michael, an aggressive former football player, who gets a chance to coach a women’s football team. Why did Michael leave Football in the first place and what challenges he faces in his second innings, forms the rest of the story that keeps you hooked till the end.
Director – Sujeeth
Starring – Prabhas & Shraddha Kapoor
Streaming Platform – Netflix
Post Baahubali, Prabhas has become a Pan India Superstar, and Saaho was a clear reflection of his grown superstardom. The action-thriller film, which was helmed by Sujeeth, featured Shraddha Kapoor in the female lead along with a terrific supporting cast. Saaho was mounted on a lavish scale, but the execution failed to impress spectators. Despite getting mixed to negative reception from all over, the film collected around Rs 430 Cr worldwide gross, which was surreal.
Director – SS Rajamouli
Starring – Prabhas, Rana Daggubati
Streaming Platform – Netflix
The evolution of South Indian Movies took a giant turn with SS Rajamouli’s visual wonder Baahubali: The Beginning, back in 2015. Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishan, and Sathyaraj in the titular roles, Baahubali was an epic tale of the fictional Mahishmati Kingdom that won critical acclaim and eventually went on to become a Bonafide Classic.
Baahubali: The Beginning shattered many records of Indian cinema and had collected a worldwide gross of over Rs 620+ Cr. For the unaware, it was the first South film to cross the coveted Rs 100 cr nett mark in Hindi regions. A true Game-Changer!
Director – Shankar
Starring – Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar
Streaming Platform – Prime Video
Released in 2018, 2.0 was a true successor to Shankar and Rajinikanth’s blockbuster Enthiran, in terms of the canvas, budget, and grandeur of the technical department. The film was mounted on an international scale with a humongous cost of around Rs 550 Cr, which is also the highest for any Indian movie to date. To such a huge investment, 2.0 managed to fetch around Rs 670 Cr worldwide gross in its theatrical run, making it a below-average grosser. One of the Highest Grossing South Indian Movies available on OTT.
In 2.0, Dr. Vaseegaran, who had disassembled Chitti in Enthiran, reinstates him to save the city from Pakshi Rajan, a deadly winged monster with supernatural powers, who is seeking revenge on mankind for harming birds with mobile radiation. The film was criticized for its predictable plot but it was the presentation and visual effects that made it worth watching.
Director – Shankar
Starring – Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar
Streaming Platform – Netflix
Top on the list of the Highest Grossing South Indian Movies available on OTT, just like it’s predecessor, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion too uplifted the standard of Indian Cinema and put it on the global map. By minting close to Rs 1800 Cr at the box-office and over 1300 Cr from India alone, Baahubali 2 is the highest grosser of India and second-highest-grossing Indian film worldwide, after Aamir Khan‘s Dangal.
SS Rajamouli managed to live up to the enormous expectations set by Baahubali: The Beginning and delivered a magnum opus film which redefined Indian cinema, in terms of everything, right from the casting, making to the box-office and even reaches.
Written by Jitendra Sharma
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