Best 15 Movies to Watch During these Lockdown Days

Best 15 Movies to Watch During these Lockdown Days

Here is the list of 15 best movies from Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam languages to watch in these lockdown days to spend your time. These movies are available in Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hotstar. You can also find some of them in different platforms including YouTube, Zee5, MX player and Voot.

Best Kannada Movies to Watch During these Lockdown Days

Love Mocktail (2020)

Love Mocktail is a romantic drama movie written and directed by Krishna. It is his directorial debut. The film starring Krishna, Milana Nagaraj follows the story of Aadi and his quest for love. The movie was well-received by the audience and went on to become a superhit even though not much promotion was done. The Love Mocktail is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring 

• Krishna
• Milana Nagaraj
• Amritha Iyengar

Music

• Raghu Dixit

Dia (2020)

Dia is a Kannada romantic drama movie released in 2020. It is written and directed by K S Ashoka after his successful debut with the horror film 6-5=2. Starring Pruthvi Ambaar, Dheekshith, and Kushee. This film has no songs except one promotional song, “Soul of Dia” and the music score for the film is composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. You can watch Dia on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring

• Pruthvi Ambaar
• Dheekshith
• Kushee

Music

• B. Ajaneesh Loknath

Avane Srimannarayana (2019)

Avane Srimannarayana is a fantasy adventure comedy film released in 2019. This film is directed and edited by Sachin Ravi in his directorial debut. This movie tells story of Narayana, who attempts to solve the mystery behind the treasure that has gone missing. However, Jayaram, a gang leader, places several obstacles in his way. You can watch Avane Srimannarayana on Amazon Prime Video. 

Starring

• Rakshith Shetty
• Shanvi Srivastava

Music 

• B. Ajaneesh Loknath
• Charan Raj

Kavaludaari (2019)

Kavaludaari is a notable best Kannada neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Hemanth M Rao. It is a layered crime drama weaving the fundamental human emotions of greed and obsession into the shades of aspiration that we thrive on. The film is being remade in Tamil as Kabadadaari starring Sibiraj and Nandita Swetha in lead roles and in Telugu as Kapatadhaari starring Sumanth. You can watch Kavaludaari on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring

• Anant Nag
• Rishi
• Suman Ranganathan
• Achyuth Kumar
• Roshni Prakash
• Siddhartha Maadhyamika
• Siri Ravikumar

Music

• Charan Raj

Nanna Prakara (2019)

Nanna Prakara is a mystery thriller movie written and directed by Vinay Balaji, his directorial debut. It is an investigation thriller film with good twists and racy screenplay. Even though it takes time to set up things initially, after that it’s gripping with an interval twist and climax. You can watch Nanna Prakara on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring

• Kishore (actor)
• Priyamani
• Mayuri Kyatari

Music

• Arjun Ramu

Operation Alamelamma

Operation Alamelamma is a comedy thriller film directed by Simple Suni. This film tells story of Purmy is a vegetable vendor who is fascinated with brands. However, he gets framed for kidnapping John, the schoolgoing son of a businessman, after he picks up an abandoned luggage bag found on the road. This movie is available on Voot.

Starring

• Rishi
• Shraddha Srinath
• Rajesh Nataranga

Music

• Judah Sandhy

Best Telugu Movies to Watch During these Lockdown Days

Goodachari (2018)

Goodachari is an action thriller Telugu film directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka. The film was released in August 2018 to positive reviews and became a Blockbuster. The film revolves around the story of Arjun Kumar, a martyr’s son and a trained agent from an ultra-competitive training program, sets out a journey to track down the people who are responsible for framing him as a most wanted criminal. Goodachari is one of the finest fast-paced thrillers which is very well executed in the Telugu industry. Goodachari is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring

• Adivi Sesh
• Sobhita Dhulipala
• Madhu Shalini
• Prakash Raj
• Jagapathi Babu

Music

• Sricharan Pakala

Bhaagamathie (2018)

Bhaagamathie is a horror film written and directed by G. Ashok. It was simultaneously shot in Tamil under the same name. Its ending is loosely based on the film The Usual Suspects. The film revolves around a woman imprisoned in a haunted house while she is interrogated by law enforcers investigating a politician they suspect of corruption. You can watch Bhaagamathie on Hotstar.

Starring

• Anushka Shetty
• Jayaram
• Unni Mukundan
• Asha Sarath
• Murali Sharma

Music

• S. Thaman

Geetha Govindam (2018)

Geetha Govindam is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Parasuram. The movie released in 2018 and received positive reviews and was a commercial success. The movie revolves around Vijay Govind, a young lecturer in a college, who wishes to get married at the earliest. He tries to woo Geetha, an independent and a level-headed woman, who is not easy to convince. You can watch Geetha Govindam on Zee5.

Starring

• Vijay Deverakonda
• Rashmika Mandanna
• Nithya Menon

Music

• Gopi Sunder

Arjun Reddy (2017)

Arjun Reddy is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sandeep Vanga. The film revolves around the story of Arjun Reddy a high-functioning alcoholic surgeon who has anger management problems. Arjun is on a self-destructive path after the marriage of his girlfriend Preethi Shetty the film focuses on his downfall and subsequent resurgence. Watch Arjun Reddy on Hotstar.

Starring

• Vijay Deverakonda
• Shalini Pandey

Best Malayalam Movies to Watch During these Lockdown Days

Charlie (2015)

Charlie is a romantic drama movie written by Prakkat and Unni R. It is directed by Martin Prakkat. The film won 8 awards at the 46th Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The film revolves around the story of Tessa (heroin) runs away from home to avoid getting married and rents a room. She finds a sketchbook of the previous occupant, which reveals an incomplete story and decides to find the artist. You can watch Charlie on MXplayer.in

Starring

• Dulquer Salmaan
• Parvathy
• Aparna Gopinath
• Nedumudi Venu
• Soubin Shahir

Music

• Gopi Sunder

Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

Kumbalangi Nights is a family drama movie written by Syam Pushkaran and directed by Madhu C. Narayanan. The film revolves around the story of the strained relationship between four brothers living together in a dysfunctional home, and how they ultimately stand up for each other as a family. Watch Kumbalangi Nights on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring

• Shane Nigam
• Fahadh Faasil
• Soubin Shahir
• Sreenath Bhasi
• Mathew Thomas
• Anna Ben

Music

• Sushin Shyam

Angamaly Diaries (2017)

Angamaly Diaries is a crime drama film written by Chemban Vinod Jose and directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery.  The interesting thing in the film is, it features 86 debutant actors. The movie emerged as a major commercial success. The story follows Vincent Pepe (Antony Varghese) who wants to be a powerful leader of a righteous gang that will rule the town of Angamaly, like his seniors. The film features an uncut 11-minute long take in the climax featuring around 1000 artists. You can watch Angamaly Diaries on Netflix.

Starring

• Antony Varghese
• Anna Rajan
• Kichu Tellus
• Ullas Jose Chemban
• Sinoj Varghese
• Appani Sarath
• Vineeth Vishwam
• Athul Krishna
• Bitto Davis
• Tito Wilson

Music

• Prashant Pillai

Njan Prakashan (2018)

Njan Prakashanis a satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan. It became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. The film tells story of Prakashan dreams of living a lavish and easy life abroad and spins an elaborate scheme to make his dream come true. However, fate has different plans for him. You can watch Njan Prakashan on Netflix.

Starring

• Fahadh Faasil
• Sreenivasan
• Nikhila Vimal
• Devika Sanjay
• Anju Kurian

Music

• Shaan Rahman

Thottappan (2019)

Thottappan is directed by Shanavas K. Bavakutty and starts with the story of two thieves in an island village of Rural-Kochi, Ithakk, and Johnappan. They both are hard-core friends and operate robberies together for years. The film revolves around the story of a person whose partner goes missing in crime, a small-time crook dedicates himself to raising the daughter his friend left behind and transforms his life. Watch Thottappan on Netflix.

Virus (2019)

Virus is a medical thriller film directed by Aashiq Abu set against the backdrop of the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. The film tells the story of a man who is infected and is brought to the Government Medical College, Kozhikode where he suffers from the symptoms of an unknown virus and after a few hours dies. He passes on the virus to 18 other people out of which 16 including him die. You can watch the Virus on Amazon Prime Video.

Starring

• Kunchacko Boban
• Parvathy Thiruvothu
• Asif Ali

Music

• Sushin Shyam