Top 20 Best South Indian Action Movies

South Indian Action movies are the new cool for Bollywood and among new ways to kill time for me in this lockdown period.

Most of the South Indian action movies which are shown on the television are dubbed in Hindi. That makes them so much fun to watch! All the silly action sequences along with destroyed dubbed dialogues in Hindi, Ah!! Just the thing needed with popcorn and drinks;)

Anyways, I don’t want to have the fun alone, so here I am presenting to you a list of top 10, no, top 20 South Indian Action movies, for your kind perusal:)

But before we begin, let me bore you a little with a brief over Tollywood. It will serve me with purposes. One, I will be able to fulfill my allocated minimum word limit. And two, It will increase my knowledge a bit! (I know you will scroll up, but still!)

About South Indian Movies-

The cinema of South India refers collectively to the 5 different film industries of South India i.e. Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tulu film industries. The “headquarters” of these films are based in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Bengaluru, and Mangaluru.

Although these films have been developed independently for a long time, there have been some exchanges in between, which lead to Globalisation, formed a strong foundation for Indian Cinema.

South Indian Action Movies:

Many south Indian action movies are much better than Bollywood movies. Some of them became blockbusters in South India.

Here are the top 20 best south Indian action movies dubbed in Hindi list to check out in 2020:

1. Sivaji the Boss:

This Rajnikanth-super hit movie was released in 2007 and was directed by S.Shankar. The film stars Rajnikanth, Sriya Saran, with Suman, Vivek, Mannivannan, and Raghuvaran.

This film is all about a software systems architect, Shivaji, who returns to India from the USA and is ready to help the society with medical treatment and education. However, his ambitious plans are blocked by an influential businessman, namely, Adiseshan, and when corruption gets into way, Sivaji is left with no option but to fight.

I think that’s a great plotline, you should watch it!

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2. Robot:

This movie was also directed by S.Shankar and came in the year 2010. It stars Rajnikanth, Aishwarya Rai as the lead, and Danny Dengzongpa Santhanam and Karunas in the supporting role.

This movie is all about a Robot made by Dr. Vasikaran who was christened as Chitti. He was a remarkable robot and was just like a human. Very efficiently he would carry out all the tasks for his master until the turn of events caused Dr.Vasikaran to put emotions in the robot.

And that is where the trouble began since the robot turned evil and started ruining the city. Now it is up to the master to save the world.!

I liked this Action/Sci-Fi movie, but it is for three hours in length. That was, intolerable!

3. Khatarnak Khiladi:

This yet another action sequel was directed by debutante, Koratal Siva, and came in the year 2013. It stars Prabhas, Anushka Shetty and Richa Langella, with Sathyaraj, Nadhiya, Adithya Menon, Sampath Raj, Brahmanandam.

This is a sort of romantic/action sequence. The story revolves around a girl falling in love with a boy because of his good deeds and nature. But the girl is not aware that the boy is of the rival family. So the story takes a twist there and rest is punches, kicking, Kung fu and stuff!!

This movie has won many awards and I think it as a reason simple enough to watch it.

4. The power of three- Jai Luv Kush:

Because of the title poorly punctuated, I first thought that Luv and Kush are being hailed! But it’s not like that. This movie was released in the year 2017, and directed by K.S.Ravindra.It stars, Jr.NTR, in a triple role as the man, lead while Raashi Khanna and Nivetha Thomas play the female lead.

This story is about three identical twins, namely Jai, Luv, and Kush. Jai Kumar aka Raavan is of course the fighter. Luv is a bank manager who adheres to his principles and leads a happy life, while Kusa Kumar is an expert mugger with a happy-go-lucky attitude who does anything for money.

They spend a happy life together, but get separated, and later on join back as one when conditions get bad. Typical Bollywood style movie!

5. Main hi Raja, Main hi mantri:

First of all, whosoever came with the tile of the movie was not clear with the working system of kings and people! How can one man be the king and minister himself? That’s just not possible. But it is proven to the public.

This movie was released in the year 2017 and was directed by Teja. It stars Rana Daggubati as the lead, along with Kajal Agarwal, Catherine Tresa, Navdeep, and Ashutosh Rana. It is a political/action then I guess the title is apt.

This story is about an ordinary moneylender namely Jogendar who later on with tips and tricks, becomes a politician, with a lot of blood and love in between. This movie also features a love triangle between jogendar and the other female leads. Overall, it is an engaging plot.

6. Makkhi:

This is a fantasy/action movie. It was released in the year 2012 and was directed by S.S.Rajamouli. It stars Sudeep, Nani, and Samantha Ruth.

This movie is about two love birds, namely Nani and Bindu. However, their love gets interrupted by Sudeep who is just having lust for Bindu and doesn’t love her. He was jealous of Nani and plans a plot to kill him. Later on, Nani is incarnated as a mosquito or “Makhhi” and he and Bindu together make Sudeep’s life a living hell.

I like the concept of the movie, it is unique. It shows that even a mosquito is capable of taking revenge, so beware.

7. Rowdy Badshah:

This action/comedy movie came in the year 2013 and is directed by Sreenu Vaitla. It stars Jr.NTR, Kajal Agarwal, and Navdeep. This movie has been a hit on the box office and has even won awards in Japan.

This film is about a notorious mafia leader, who escaped from India after various terrorist attacks, and conquered the whole of Southeast Asia. In the meantime, Badhshah enters the underworld for his father. Sadhu Bhai’s partner crazy Robert captures Badshah and his father as they revolt against Sadhu Bhai. But they are easily defeated.

Quite a nice movie!

8. Dangerous Khiladi:

Another one of those action/comedy special movies from Trivikram Srinivas. It stars, Allu Arjun, Illeana D’Cruz, Sonu Sood, and Rajendra prasad.

This movie revolves around Ravi who happens to cross paths with Bittu, a gangster, and helps the police spoil his plans to rob a bank. So as a result of revenge-seeking eyes, Bittu decides to finish Ravi and his family. A typical Tollywood special, nothing else.

9. The super Khiladi:

This is an action/comedy/romance filled movie that was released in the year 2010 by Vamshi Paidipali. It stars NT Raman Rao Jr, Kajal Agarwal, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles.

It is another one of the typical Bollywood specials. In this movie, Krish son of a multimillionaire falls in love with Indu. Indu has a friend by the name of Bhoomi. Bhoomi’s father wants her daughter to get married to a rowdy, which is against her wish. Somehow the wedding is done away with the help of Krish. And the story follows with lots of ups and downs.

10. Businessman 3:

This action movie came in the year 2012, and was directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars the famous Tollywood stars namely, Mahesh Babu, Kajal Agarwal, and Prakash Raj.

This movie revolves around the declaration made by the Mumbai Police commissioner, Ajay Bhardwaj that Mumbai is now crime-free. But on the other hand, a ruthless man namely Vijay Surya arrives with intention to rule it. But as we know that most of the villains fail in their follies, so similar incidents happen to this guy but much later in the , movie, when the audience has lost its patience.

Well, be sure to watch it!

11. The real tiger:

This movie has touched the 1 billion mark. It was directed by Srinu Vaitla and came in the year 2011, featuring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the lead cast along with an ensemble of 15 other actors and actresses.

This movie revolves around a politician by the name of Shankar Narayan, who is the MLA of the constituency which is named after him, the Shankar Nagar. He is regarded as the champion of the poor. In a truck accident, he goes into a coma. Apart from his family, everybody else presumes he is dead. His son Ajay, is a crime-fighting cop and plans to apprehend the mafia.

Well rated movie!

12. Kochadaiiyaan:

Kochadaiiyaan is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language computer animated action film written by K. S. Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin. It is India’s first photorealistic motion capture film, featuring characters whose designs were based on the appearance and likeness of their respective actors.

Rajinikanth, also Soundarya’s father, enacted and voiced the two lead roles, and one surprise role in the film’s final act. Deepika Padukone and Malayalam actress Shobana performed the female leads, whilst Aadhi and Jackie Shroff performed supporting characters. In addition to performing, R. Sarathkumar, Nassar and Rukmini Vijayakumar had also voiced their respective characters.

The narrative follows the quest of an 8th-century warrior who seeks revenge after witnessing the unlawful punishment administered to his father, a good-hearted warrior in his kingdom, by the jealous ruler.

13. Magadheera:

Magadheera is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film, written by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. The film stars Ram Charan and Kajal Aggarwal, with Dev Gill and Srihari in supporting roles, and was produced by Allu Aravind of Geetha Arts.

The reincarnation-themed plot revolves around four people: a valiant warrior in charge of the princess’ (Bhairav) safety, the princess (Mithra) who is in love with him, the commander-in-chief of the army (Ranadeva) who lusts after the princess, and an emperor (Sher Khan) who wants to conquer their kingdom.

They all die before their wishes are fulfilled and the plot jumps forward 400 years, at which point the reincarnation of the warrior starts having flashbacks upon a chance encounter.

They all 4 takes birth after 400 yrs and destiny plays the game again with all the Chessmen diving into the sea of revenge and love.

14. Ek ka dum:

It is also an action film in the Telugu language. It was released in the year 2014, and directed by Sukumar. it stars Mahesh Babu and Kriti Sannon.

The plot revolves around a Schizophrenic Indian rock musician, who believes that his parents were murdered by three men. In the meantime, he is interrupted by a journalist who says that he is just hallucinating. Yet Gautham seeks revenge from those three men.

Such a movie!

15. Cheetah-the power of one:

This 2005 Telugu Action movie was directed by Trivikram Srinivas. It stars a big cast of Mahesh Babu, Trisha, Sonu Sood, Sayaji Shinde, Kota Srinivas Rao, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Sunil, Rahul Dev, and Brahmandam.

The plot revolves around a professional hitman namely Nandu who is contracted by a failed assassin of Shiva Reddy as part of the latter’s plan to become Andhra Pradesh‘s Chief Minister through sympathy.

However, before Nandu pulls the trigger, Shiva Reddy is fatally shot. With escape strategist / partner-in-crime Malli (Sonu Sood) dying in a road accident and police surrounding the high-rise building he was in within minutes, Nandu is forced to the top of the roof and jumps off the building onto a train.

And more twists and turns!

16. Baahubali- The Beginning:

Baahubali is an epic south india action movie directed by S.S Rajamouli and produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, and shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed in Hindi also. It had 2 parts, Baahubali- the Beginning and Baahubali 2- the Conclusion. The film stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, and Tamannaah with Ramya Krishna, Sathyaraj, and Nassar in supporting roles.

The first of two cinematic parts, the film follows Shiva, an adventurous young man who helps his love Avanthika rescue Devasena, the former queen of Mahishmati who is now a prisoner under the tyrannical rule of king Bhallaladeva.

The story concludes in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. Shiva was told about the story of Baahubali, his father, the armour of Mahishmati Kingdom, his grandmother, the former Headqueen of Mahishmati and his mother, Queen Devasena. Shiva listens shocked but makes decision to set his mother free from the prison of his Uncle, Bhallaladeva. He fights with him and his army. And finally wins.

Its considered to be one of the best south indian action movies ever.

A nice pick!

17. Veer:

It is a 2017 Tamil movie which was directed by Siva. The movie features Ajith Kumar as primary lead, with Vivek Oberoi(in his Tamil debut) Kajal Agarwal, and Akshara Hassan playing the supporting role.

The film opens with an arms exchange deal between the General Secretary of Europol police and the head of the Russian Mafia gang in a dense Serbian forest, secured with multiple layers of military personnel. Ajay Kumar (AK), a former counter-terrorist agent, successfully intercepts the deal and secures the weapons drive. Meanwhile, the international counter-terrorist group is on the lookout for him. Aryan Singha, a chief strategist, and his team volunteer to find AK.

18. Surya-The brave Soldier:

This action movie was released in the year 2018. It was directed by Vakkantham Vamsi. It stars Allu Arjun, Anu Emmanual, and Arjun Sarja in the lead roles.

The film follows Surya, a short-tempered soldier who aspires to serve at the borders, but he finds trouble after getting into brawls and killing a terrorist. He is given the chance to prove his worth by getting a clearance signature from a renowned psychologist, who is none other than his estranged father. Surya must curb his angry behavior while still confronting his enemies if he wants to fulfill his dream.

Great choice!

19. Petta:

This action movie was released in the year 2019 (Almost recent!). It was directed by Karthik Subbaraj and it stars Rajnikanth in the title role.

The plot revolves around Kaali, an elderly man, takes up the job of a boys’ hostel warden at a college in Ooty. He notices that the hostel is dominated by a group of unruly final-year students, who are led by Michael, the spoiled son of a local leader named Gnanam.

Kaali puts a stop to Michael’s antics, which leads to enmity between the two. Kaali also forms a close bond with an NRI hostelite named Anwar, who is in a relationship with Anu, the daughter of Mangalam, a pranic healer. Kaali convinces Mangalam to accept her daughter’s relationship with Anwar, and they end up falling in love.

A Rajnikanth special!

20. Kaala:

This movie was released in the year 2018 and was directed by Pa. Ranjith. It stars Rajnikanth, the superstar of Tollywood.

In Mumbai, the people who had migrated from Tamil Nadu are living in the Dharavi slum. Union Minister Haridev “Hari Dhadha” Abhayankar, previously a gangster who had carried out attacks in Dharavi, tries to evict the people and seize their land.

Over the years, he becomes a minister and plans to clear the area to construct buildings using his construction company in the form of government schemes with the help of his supporter Vishnu Bhai.

Conclusion:

South Indian Action Movies are one of the most important part of Indian Enterntainment. Here, I provide you a proper and comparable list to top 20 south indian action movies and download the best one.