17 Big Upcoming South Indian Movies (Telugu, Tamil) 2022: Bollywood audience will seek dubbed version

Many south actors like Yash, Prabhas, Allu Arjun, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Nagarjuna, Rajinikanth, Mohan Lal, Vijay Devarakonda, etc have made their fan base amongst the Hindi audience through their class act, dialogue delivery, and dance skills.

And the rising popularity of south Indian films amongst the north audience is the reason that many B-town actors are now not hesitating to act in the south Indian cinema as we have seen recently the Hindi Cinema actors e.g Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Raveena Tandon, Ananya Pandey joining the big-ticket south flicks.

Big ticket South Indian Movies are creating a buzz even among Hindi audiences. After the success of Bahubali, KGF, RRR, and Pushpa, there is an array of big-ticket south Indian film to be released in cinemas.

So, here we are sharing with you some of the highly anticipated Upcoming South Indian Movies that are soon going to hit theatres near you, and Bollywood audiences would love to watch them in the Hindi version, most of them will be released in Hindi too.

Upcoming Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam Movies List 2022

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1- Adipurush

Star Cast: Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan
Release Date: Shifted from 11 Aug 2022 due to Laal Singh Chaddha
Director: Om Raut
Budget: 400 Cr+
Production Company: T-Series Films

South Superstar Prabhas has many big films in his bag for the upcoming year, He will be doing the role of Lord Ram in Om Raut’s next project Adipurush. Kriti Sanon & Saif will also feature in the role of Janaki & Lankesh respectively. Om’s last film Tanhaji (2020) was a big hit at the box office grossing approx Rs 360 crores worldwide.

Adipurush will be bankrolled by Bhushan Kumar along with Krishan Kumar and Om Raut. Reportedly in Nov 2021, film shooting has been completed, and further, after the completion of post-production work, it will be ready to hit the cinema theatres by August 2022.

2- Liger

Star Cast: Vijay Deverakonda, Ananya Panday, Ramya Krishna
Release Date: 25 Aug 2022
Director: Puri Jagannadh
Budget: 100 Cr+
Production Company: Dharma Productions, Puri Connects

Liger is filmed simultaneously in both Hindi and Telugu languages. South Indian superstar actor Vijay Devarakonda will be seen in the film as a Kick Boxer. The film also stars Ananya Panday, Ronit Roy, Ramya Krishnan. It will be released in both Hindi and Telugu languages along with its dubbed versions of Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam languages.

The film’s shooting is currently ongoing. Janhvi Kapoor was the first choice of the makers for the film but due to her date issues, she was replaced by Ananya Panday. It is being helmed by the known south Indian director Puri Jagannadh.

3- Salaar

Star Cast: Prabhas, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu
Release Date: 28 Sept 2023
Director: Prashanth Neel
Budget: Rs 200 crores
Production Company: Hombale Films

This south Indian action thriller is a Kannada-Telugu language film, as it is simultaneously shot in both languages. Prashanth Neel and Vijay Kiragandur are the directors and the producer of the film respectively, who also jointly made K.G.F: Chapter 2 which is on the no. 1 list of our article.

It will be released by mid-2023 in all 5 languages Kannada and Telugu along with dubbed versions of Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil. It is made under the production of Vjay’s home banner Hombale Films.

4- Pushpa: The Rule

Release Date: (July-Sept) 2023

Production Company: Mythri Movie Makers, Muttamsetty Media

Allu Arjun’s 2021 blockbuster film Puhspa: The Rise’s sequel will be gracing the cinemas in 2023, earlier the film was to hit the screens in Dec 2022 but now has been pushed back to 2023. Reportedly, after the success of KGF2, director Sukumar urges the makers to enhance the fighting sequence and the story of the film.

5- Hari Hara Veera Mallu

Star Cast:  Pawan Kalyan, Niddhi Agerwal, Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Fernandez
Release Date: March 2023
Director: Krish Jagarlamudi
Budget: Rs 150 crores
Production Company: Mega Surya Productions

After giving one of the highest Tamil Grosser of the year 2021 named Vakeel Saab, Pawan Kalyan aka Power Star will be seen next in a period-action adventure in the year 2022. It will be a pan-India film featuring Niddhi Agerwal, Arjun Rampal, and Jacqueline Fernandez.

Reportedly the film will hit the theatres in Mid-2022 after Pawan’s another film Named Bheemla Nayak, which is releasing in Jan 2022.
Hari Hara Veera Mallu is being helmed by Gabbar is Back (2015) director Krish Jagarlamudi. A Dayakar Rao is bankrolling the film along with A. M Ratnam.

6- Indian 2

Star Cast: Kamal Haasan, Sukanya
Release Date: 2023
Director: Shankar
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Lyca Productions

Ulganayagan’s Vikram is wreaking havoc at the box office worldwide, the film in three days has grossed Rs 150 Cr mark. And it is expected that it will become Kollywood’s one of the highest grosser in 2022.

The same is expected from the actor’s upcoming Tamil film Indian 2 which will be released in multiple languages. Directed by S. Shankar, who will be collaborating with Shankar after 20 yrs.

7-  PS-1

Star Cast: Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Release Date: 30 Sept 2022
Director: Mani Ratnam
Budget: Rs 500 Cr
Production Company: Lyca Productions, Madras Talkies

Director Mani Ratnam’s dream project has got the release date locked for 30 September 2022. Known faces of the Indian cinema industry like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Jayam Ravi,  Trisha, Prakash Raj, etc will be seen in the film.

Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions are the producers, it is based on the book of the same name written by Kalki Krishnamurthy. The film was shelved in 2010 owing to commercial issues, later in 2019 Lyca Productions decide to revive the project. The film will be made in two parts.

8- Agent

Star Cast: Mammootty, Akhil Akkineni, Sakshi Vaidya
Release Date: Postponed
Director: Surender Reddy
Budget: N/A
Production Company: AK Entertainments, Surender 2 Cinemas

Three-time national film awardee Mollywood actor Mammootty will soon be seen in a Telugu language spy thriller film titled Agent. He will be starring alongside Akhil Akkineni, the film has already made much hype as the two stars from different cinemas will be seen together.

Surender Reddy’s directorial this film is backed by Rambrahmama Sunkara under the banner AK Entertainments and Surender 2 Cinema. Surender also co-wrote the screenplay for the film.

9- Project K

Star Cast: Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani, Amitabh Bachchan
Release Date: Summer 2024 (Tentative)
Director:  Nag Ashwin
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Vyjayanthi Movies

Project K is special for so many reasons, one is that the film will mark the maiden project of Prabhas and director Nag. Second, the film is a high-budget film, it will see the Hindi cinema actor Deepika Padukone’s Telugu debut. Senior Bachchan is also roped in for this upcoming film.

Malang fame Disha Patani will also be seen in a pivotal role. The film’s shooting is in the starting stage. It is a science fiction film touted as one of the most expensive films.

10- Koratala Siva Untitled Film

Budget- Rs 300 Cr+
Release Date- 2023
Cast- Jr NTR
Director- Koratala Siva
Producer- Sudhakar Mikkilineni

Bharat Ane Nenu fame filmmaker Koratala Siva will be teaming up with the RRR fame Jr. NTR  for his next. The film is said to be a high-budget film, made with a production cost of over Rs 300 Cr. The film is not yet titled, it is tentatively being said NTR 30. Filming for the same will be commenced in mid-2022, and it is expected to be released next year.

If reports are to be believed then we can witness Alia Bhatt- and Jr. NTR on the big screens again after RRR.

11- Prasanth Neel Untitled Film

Budget- TBA
Release Date- TBA
Cast- Jr NTR
Director- Prashanth Neel
Producer- Myhtri Movie Makers

The director of the 2018 blockbuster pan India film Prashanth Neel’s next venture will be with pan India actor Jr. NTR. Reportedly the filming will begin after wrapping up of NTR 30. The further details on the star cast will be announced reportedly in mid2020.

12- RC 15

Budget: Rs 170 Cr
Release Date: TBA
Star Cast: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani
Director: Shankar
Producer: Dil Raju

The filmmaker who gave the cinematic brilliance films like Enthiran, 2.0, will next be collaborating with power star Ram Charan. As per the reports, the filming is currently ongoing, it is being bankrolled by the known producer of Telugu cinema Dil Raju.RC5 is the tentative title of the film.

Talking about the release date, it will be released after the theatrical release of Shankar’s much-awaited Indian 2 starring Kamal Haasan. The film also marks the first Pan India film of Kiara Ali Advani, who will be sharing the screen with Charan for the second time.

13- KGF: Chapter 3

Star Cast: Yash
Release Date: Q3 2024
Director: Prashanth Neel
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Hombale Films

After the rock solid performance of KGF 2 at the box office, chapter 3 in the franchise is the most awaited sequel, the film is said to be released in the year 2024. As the director will be busy with Prabhas’s Salaar which will hit the theatres in Sept 2023.

14- Godfather

Star Cast: Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara
Release Date: Dussehra 2022
Director: Mohan Raja
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Konidela Production Company, Super Good Films

One of the most awaited south Indian films of the year, Godfather is to arrive in cinemas during Dussehra 2022. It is directed and screenplay written by Mohan Raja, and backed by Ram Charan, R.B.Choudary and N.V Prasad. The film will have a cameo role of Bollywood superstar Salmaan Khan. It is a remake of Lucifer, a 2019 Malayalam film. The trailer has created a lot of anticipation among south Indian viewers.

15- The Ghost

Star Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonal Chauhan
Release Date: 5 Oct 2022
Director: Praveen Sattaru
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Sri Venkateswara Cinemas LLP, North Star Entertainment

Nagarjuna’s next The Ghost has recently wrapped up filming in Aug and is scheduled to release in the first week of Oct 2022. Along with Nagarjuna, it has Sonal Chauhan, Gul Panag, and Ravi Varma in pivotal roles. Mark K Robin has scored the music and the songs by Bharatt-Saurabh.

16- Varisu

Star Cast: Vijay
Release Date: Pongal 2023
Director: Vamshi Paidipally, Rashmika Mandanna
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Dil Raju and Shirish

Telugu director Vamshi Paidipally will mark his maiden Kollywood venture with Varisu. The film was earlier tentatively called Thalapathy 66 and titled Varisu in June 2022. It will have Rashmika Mandanna playing the female lead opposite Vijay. Prakash Raj, Khushbu and Yogi Babu will also be seen in key roles. It is backed by Shri Venkateshwara Creations.

17- Jailer

Star Cast: Rajinikanth, Aiswhwarya Rai Bachchan
Release Date: Summer 2023
Director: Nelson Dilipkumar
Budget: N/A
Production Company: Sun Pictures

Rajinikanth’s 169th outing is titled Jailer, earlier it was tentatively called Thalaivar 169. Filming of Jailer begins in Aug 2022. As per a report of Pinksvilla, Aishwarya Rai will play the main lead opposite Rajini while Shiva Rajkumar is in the antagonist role. The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, it will mark his fourth collaboration with the director Nelson, in other words, Anirudh has composed music in all Nelson’s film.