These are the 5 New Indian Movies that you can watch in October 2025. Please note that these Indian Movies come from different corners of India. Moreover, these belong to diverse kinds of movie genres.
And they made it to our Focus Magazine monthly watch list. So, go ahead and mark them in your own list.
The Watchlist: 5 New Indian Movies In October 2025
In FOCUS: 5 New Indian Movies to Watch in the 10th Month of 2025
Homebound
In this Hindi movie, two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied.
But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
[It was released on September 26, 2025, and we shall be watching it soon. As the Homebound movie is India's official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards.]
| Genre | Drama |
| Writers | Neeraj Ghaywan (Story by Basharat Peer, Neeraj Ghaywan, Sumit Roy) |
| Director | Neeraj Ghaywan |
| Main Cast | Ishaan Khatter (Shoaib), Vishal Jethwa (Chandan), Janhvi Kapoor (Sudha Bharti), Shreedhar Dubey (Vikas Tripathi), Shalini Vatsa, Reem Shaikh, etc. |
| Watch | Theatre |
Idli Kadai
In this Tamil movie, an executive forgoes a lucrative life of comfort to run his family’s rural idli shop, but vengeful forces from the past threaten his newly chosen path.
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Writer | Dhanush |
| Director | Dhanush |
| Main Cast | Dhanush (Murugan), Nithya Menen (Kayal), Sathyaraj (Vishnu Vardhan), Shalini Pandey (Meera), Samuthirakani (Marisamy), Prakash Raj, etc. |
| Watch | Theatre |
Dakuaan Da Munda 3
In this Punjabi movie, an orphaned boxer from a criminal family battles addiction after tragedy strikes. Now sober, he seeks redemption while confronting a corrupt officer in Uttarakhand’s forests.
Will he ever be able to reclaim lost glory?
| Genre | Action |
| Writer | Narinder Ambarsariya |
| Director | Happy Rode |
| Main Cast | Dev Kharoud, Satinder Kasoana, Maninder Moga, Kavi Singh, Rajveer Suryavanshi, etc. |
| Network | ZEE5 |
Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas
In this Hindi movie, Inspector Bhagwat (Arshad Warsi) gets transferred to a small town in UP, where he takes up the case of a missing girl. Meanwhile, Sameer (Jitendra Kumar) is in love with Meera and plans to elope.
How do their lives intersect?
| Genre | Crime, Thriller |
| Writers | Bhavini Bheda & Sumit Saxena |
| Director | Akshay Shere |
| Main Cast | Arshad Warsi (Bhagwat), Jitendra Kumar (Sameer), Hemant Saini (Young Bhagwat), Ayesha Kaduskar, Tara-Alisha Berry, etc. |
| Network | ZEE5 |
Thamma
In this Hindi movie, two destined lovers battle supernatural forces, family ties, and nature itself to defend their forbidden romance in a mystical world where ancient powers and prophecies threaten to keep them apart.
| Genre | Comedy, Horror, Thriller |
| Writers | Niren Bhatt, Arun Fulara. & Suresh Mathew |
| Director | Aditya Sarpotdar |
| Main Cast | Ayushmann Khurrana (Alok), Rashmika Mandanna (Tadaka), Paresh Rawal (Ram Bajaj Goyal), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Yakshasan), Sanjay Dutt (Munna Max), Aparshakti Khurana (Bittu), etc. |
| Watch | Theatre |
We hope that you will like and appreciate the list of the 5 New Indian Movies to watch in October 2025. Also, check out the 5 New Indian Series in October 2025 article in our Focus magazine.
[Bonus YouTube video link of the Ek Deewane ki Deewaniyat movie - Official Teaser | Harshvardhan, Sonam | Milap Zaveri.]
Featured Image of the 5 New Indian Movies in October 2025 – Thamma | Picture Credit: Maddock.