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Phoenix: Aha (Tamil, Dec 30)
A teenage boxer who is suspected of a high-profile political murder is secretly sent to a juvenile reformatory, where his survival is put to the test by persistent assassination attempts. He must find inner fortitude to face a perilous history and adversarial foes as he fights for his life and identity while incarcerated. Cast: Surya Vijay Sethupathi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar. Director: ANL Arasu.
Innocent: Prime Video (Malayalam, Dec 30)
The 29-year-old Vinod is a man of routine. He works at the Planning Office in Thiruvananthapuram and lives in Karunagappally. His days are spent in a highly regulated cycle of painstaking work, train commutes, and an almost fanatical adherence to order. Cast: Althaf Salim, Anarkali Marikar. Director: Satheesh Thanvi.
Ithiri Neram: Sun NXT (Malayalam, Dec 31)
Anish gets an unexpected call from Anjana, a former lover who is in town, when he is travelling to a long-overdue drinking party with two buddies. An evening of light-hearted banter, reopened scars, and tough decisions is set in motion by their decision to meet. Cast: Roshan Mathew, Zarin Shihab. Director: Prasanth Vijay.
Eko: Netflix (Malayalam, Dec 31)
The quest for Kuriachan, a fabled dog breeder and outlaw, blurs the boundaries between myth, memory, and retribution, revealing that even in his absence, he still dominates the misty hills of Kaattukunnu. Meanwhile, an elderly woman and her servant boy fight to survive the ghosts of the past. Cast: Sandeep Pradeep, Vineeth Radhakrishnan. Director: Dinjith Ayyathan.
Paanch Minar: Aha (Telugu, Jan 1)
Kittu is a lazy taxi driver who pretends to be deaf in order to get easy rides. However, after witnessing a murder by twin contract killers, he becomes entangled in a deadly web and is pursued by gangsters, police, and the killers themselves while attempting to win his girlfriend's approval and navigate chaos. Cast: Raj Tarun, Raashi Singh. Director: Ramesh Kadumula.
Mowgli: ETV Win (Telugu, Jan 1)
A tribal man engages in cat and mouse drama in the middle of the jungle as he battles to protect his deaf and mute fiancée from a cruel forest officer in the conflict between love and lust. Cast: Roshan Kanakala, Sakshi S Mhadolkar. Director: Sandeep Raj.
Mass Jathara: JioHotstar (Telugu, Jan 1)
No matter what, an honest police officer stands up to injustice. He encounters his greatest obstacle, though, when he is moved to a village where a vicious drug lord has made crime the norm. Cast: Ravi Teja, Sreeleela. Director: Bhanu Bhogavarapu.
LBW: Love Beyond Wicket: JioHotstar (Tamil, Jan 1)
A generation of misfit pupils, a great coach, and a former PT teacher band together to preserve a heritage. Cast: Vikranth, Niyathi Kidambi. Director: Ganesh Karthikeyan.