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A text-first record of South Indian cinema, year by year. It carries no posters, no stills and no photographs of anyone — by design, not by omission. Typography is the poster.

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Film data is drawn from Wikipedia’s curated year-by-language film lists and from Wikidata, through their public APIs. Wikipedia content is used under CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0. Every film page lists the sources it was built from.

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12 films

Rao Bahadur
Black Comedy · Psychological
Lead
Satyadev, Vikas Muppala
Director
Venkatesh Maha
Music
Smaran Sai
03 JUL 2026View film
funny and darkBlack Comedy · Psychological
Con City
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Arjun Das, Yogi Babu
Director
Harish Durairaj
Music
Sean Roldan
26 JUN 2026View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Mollywood Times
Black Comedy · Psychological
Lead
Naslen, Sharaf U Dheen
Director
Abhinav Sunder Nayak
Music
Jakes Bejoy
05 JUN 2026View film
funny and darkBlack Comedy · Psychological
Kadhal Reset Repeat
Comedy · Musical · Psychological · Romance
Lead
Arjun Ashokan, Jiya Shankar
Director
A. L. Vijay
Music
Harris Jayaraj
06 MAR 2026View film
funny and darkComedy · Psychological
Yaarra Andha Paiyan Naan Dhan Andha Paiyan
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Ravi Mariya, Ambani Shankar
Director
Paulraj
Music
Vijay Prabhu
06 MAR 2026View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Sampradayini Suppini Suddapoosani
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Sivaji, Laya
Director
Sudheer Sriram
Music
Ranjin Raj
06 MAR 2026View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Uttutta Herolu
Comedy · Crime · Thriller
Lead
Mahesh Vitta, Praveena Soni
Director
Harsha Kodali
Music
John K. Joseph
27 FEB 2026View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Pennu Case
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Lead
Aju Varghese, Hakim Shahjahan
Director
Febin Sidharth
Music
Ankit Menon
10 JAN 2026View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Gurram Paapi Reddy
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Faria Abdullah, Soumya Bollapragada
Director
Murali Manohar
Music
Krishna Saurabh Surampalli
19 DEC 2025View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Mario
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Rakendu Mouli, Hebah Patel
Director
Kalyanji Gogana
Music
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19 DEC 2025View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Revolver Rita
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Redin Kingsley, Mime Gopi
Director
JK. Chandru
Music
Sean Roldan
28 NOV 2025View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime
Paanch Minar
Comedy · Crime
Lead
Raj Tarun, Rashi Singh
Director
Ram Kadumula
Music
Shekar Chandra
21 NOV 2025View film
funny and darkComedy · Crime