The genre of science fiction has been prevalent in the Indian film industry since the second half of the 20th century. Beginning in 1952, the English-Tamil film Kaadu was made, which was an Indian-American co-production.[1] The 1963 Tamil film Kalai Arasi, 1965 Telugu film Dorikithe Dongalu, and 1967 Hindi film Chand Par Chadayee also have science fiction in their storyline.[2] The Alien was a science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. The film was being directed by Bengali Indian director Satyajit Ray and produced by Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures. The script was written by Ray in 1967, based on "Bankubabur Bandhu", a Bengali story he had written in 1962 for Sandesh, the Ray family magazine.
In 1987, the superhero film Mr. India was a huge success, which strengthened the hold of sci-fi films in India, especially Hindi cinema. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.[3] Mr. India brought the idea of science fiction to the general population in India.[1] The 1991 Telugu film Aditya 369 was the first time travel film made in India.[4] [5] The film explored dystopian and post-apocalyptic themes in a satirical manner.[6] [4] It was a critical and commercial success and is considered a landmark film in the science fiction genre in Indian cinema.[4] [6] In 2003, the blockbuster film Koi... Mil Gaya marked the beginning of the successful Krrish, which is the first sci-fi/superhero film series in Indian cinema.[7] The 2018 Tamil film 2.0 starring Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson is one of the most expensive and the most successful sci/fi film ever produced in India.
Over the period from 2015 South Indian film makers are also focusing on scientific films. Kalki 2898 AD, one of the most prestigious movie Telugu cinema directed by Nag Ashwin under Vyjayanti Movies production. The film blends between the Mahabharata time period and time travel interface. The film created big history after release because of Prabhas fans. The film emerged as the biggest science fiction movie of India.
The following list contains the names of the Indian science fiction films released since 1952. Early 21st century has seen the release of more than 30 such films, compared to the previous 14, there is less info about it now they Indian film classics.
The following are the list of space opera science fiction films.
| Title | Year | Language | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalai Arasi[8] [9] | 1963 | Tamil | Kalai Arasi is a well-blended story of romance, science fiction, action and drama with the main cast of M. G. Ramachandran and Bhanumathi playing double roles. The film was the first in Indian cinema to illustrate a story which describes aliens, alien abduction, alien weapons, space travel and futuristic technology. | |
| Chand Par Chadayee | 1967 | Hindi | The film stars Dara Singh, Helen. After landing on the Moon, an astronaut and his associate face off against a variety of warriors and monsters from another planet. Directed by T. P. Sundaram. | |
| Amrutham Chandamamalo | 2014 | Telugu | The film is a spin off of the comedy TV series Amrutham where the characters go on a trip to the moon.[10] | |
| Tik Tik Tik[11] | 2018 | Tamil | Tik Tik Tik is written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. It features Jayam Ravi, Aaron Aziz, and Nivetha Pethuraj in the lead roles. First Tamil film based on space. | |
| Antariksham 9000 KMPH[12] | 2018 | Telugu | Directed by Sankalp Reddy starring Varun Tej, Aditi Rao Hydari and Lavanya Tripathi.Received praise for the Visual effects. Film is based in space. | |
| Cargo | 2019 | Hindi | This philosophical science fiction morbid humor Film is written, directed and co-produced by Arati Kadav, produced by Anurag Kashyap, Shlok Sharma, Navin Shetty, Zain Matcheswalla, Rahul Puri. It features Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi in lead roles. |
| Title | Year | Language | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaadu | 1952 | English | A Tamil-American co-production, this film was about an expedition to find the cause of strange behaviour of animals in an area. As it turned out, the reason of this abnormal behavior was an invasion of wooly mammoths.[13] [14] This film was the first science fiction film in India. | |
| Maya Manithan | 1958 | Tamil | Scientist has developed a serum that renders the user invisible. | |
| Naan Vanangum Deivam | 1963 | Tamil | Scientist has developed medicine for human, to remove bad characteristics and enhance good behaviors. | |
| Shikari | 1963 | Hindi | Shikari, directed by Mohammed Hussain, starring Ajit Khan and K N Singh as 'Dr. Cyclops' a mad scientist experimenting on humans and gorillas. | |
| Mr. X in Bombay | 1964 | Hindi | Mr. X in Bombay, directed by Shantilal Soni, is a 1964 Bollywood classic film starring Kishore Kumar, Kum Kum, and Madan Puri. | |
| Dorikithe Dongalu | 1965 | Telugu | The film features a group of scientists experimenting with flying cars, the invisible man, ray guns, etc. who commit a lot of atrocities using their muscular and scientific powers. | |
| The Alien | 1965 | Bengali English | A science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. It was based on a short story named Bankubabur Bandhu ("Banku Babu's Friend") by Satyajit Ray and was about an extraterrestrial by the name of "Mr. Ang" who befriends a Bengali boy while visiting a village in the 1960s. | |
| Karutha Rathrikal | 1967 | Malayalam | Film starring Madhu, Gemini Ganesan, S. P. Pillai in lead roles and directed by Mahesh. The music director is MS Baburaj and lyrics are by ONV Kurup. It is a film involving a doctor played by Madhu who takes revenge for his uncle's death by using a medicine he invents. This medicine creates split personality. This movie was inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a novel written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is supposed to be the first Malayalam science fiction film. | |
| Sabash Satyam | 1969 | Telugu | The film stars Krishna and Rajasree. The plot revolves around Satyam who falls in love with Chaya. When Satyam becomes invisible, he must find a way to become visible again and win his love. | |
| Elaan | 1971 | Hindi | Starring Vinod Mehra, Rekha and Vinod Khanna. Naresh Kumar Saxena lives with his widowed mom and sister, Seema. He works as a freelance photographer and journalist. One day he meets with Mala Mehta and her dad, who is the Editor of a Newspaper. Mr. Mehta hires Naresh and assigns him to go to a remote island to investigate and expose some illegal activities there. Naresh goes there in the company of his friend, Shyam. Unfortunately, Naresh is caught by the island guards and lodged in a cell along with two others, one a scientist and Ram Singh, a hoodlum. The scientist confides in Naresh that he has invented an atomic ring that when inserted in someone's mouth will turn that person invisible, and subsequently passes away. Naresh puts the ring in his mouth, takes off his clothes, turns invisible and escapes. The news of his escape creates waves in the underworld and the Boss and Mr. Verma join forces to find Naresh, kill him, and keep the ring for themselves. Naresh and Shyam must now find ways to stay alive as well as take the ring to the authorities - that is if the Boss and Mr. Verma let them live long enough. | |
| Ulagam Sutrum Valiban | 1973 | Tamil | Starring M. G. Ramachandran Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (Globetrotting Youngster) is a 1973 science-fiction action film directed by M. G. Ramachandran. | |
| Hirak Rajar Deshe | 1980 | Bengali | Written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Starring Tapen Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Soumitra Chatterjee and Utpal Dutt. The film features a tyrannical king (played by Utpal Dutt) who, along with a scientist (played by Santosh Dutta), uses extraordinary gadgets to brainwash people who protest against him. | |
| Shiva Ka Insaaf | 1985 | Hindi | Superhero film directed by Raj N. Sippy, starring Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon, and Gulshan Grover. | |
| Jaithra Yaathra | 1987 | Malayalam | Starring Nizhalgal Ravi, Thilakan, Babu Antony in lead roles and directed by Sasi Kumar. The music director is Shyam and lyrics are by Poovachal Khader. It is a film involving a scientist played by Thilakan who invents a locket that makes a man invisible. Using the locket Nizhalgal Ravi the hero takes revenge against Babu Antony the villain. | |
| Mr. India | 1987 | Hindi | Superhero film written by Salim–Javed and directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, and Amrish Puri. | |
| Nalaya Manithan | 1989 | Tamil | Set in the 21st century a doctor finds a drug that can give back life to dead upon injecting it to a dead body within 2 hours of death. After testing it on a human subject he discovers that the zombie he created is immortal. | |
| Toofan | 1989 | Hindi | Superhero film directed by Ketan Desai, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Meenakshi Seshadri. It stars Amitabh Bachchan in a double role as twin brothers. One is the title character Toofan, a superhero who uses his crossbrow as a weapon and the other is a magician named Shyam. | |
| Adhisaya Manithan | 1990 | Tamil | It is a sequel to blockbuster Nalaya Manithan in which the zombie killed in the end, still lives and hunts human trespassers in an abandoned mansion. | |
| Aditya 369 | 1991 | Telugu | It is the first time travel film made in India. The film explored dystopian and post-apocalyptic themes in a satirical manner. It was a critical and commercial success and is considered a landmark film in the science fiction genre of Indian cinema. The film revolves around a time machine and a diamond robbery. | |
| Laal Paree | 1991 | Hindi | Film starring Aditya Pancholi, Sohani, Javed Jaffrey and Gulshan Grover. Story is about Shankar, who falls in love with a girl, unaware of that she is a mermaid. Dr Jacob discovers this and tries every possible way to expose her, not knowing that she will encounter danger. It was inspired from 1984 American movie 'Splash'. | |
| Hollywood | 2002 | Kannada | Hollywood is a 2002 sci-fi Kannada movie directed by Dinesh Babu. It starred Upendra in a triple role as "Surendra," "Upendra" and "US 47" (an android robot) along with the Australian actress Felicity Mason as "Manisha." The movie was dubbed into Telugu the following year retaining the same title. | |
| Patalghar | 2003 | Bengali | The film is about a gang of criminals was searching for an ancient sleeping machine in old houses directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri. | |
| Funn2shh.. | 2003 | Hindi | A comedy film depicting time travel to the 10th century | |
| Koi... Mil Gaya | 2003 | Hindi | A Bollywood alien visitation film starring Hrithik Roshan, Rekha and Preity Zinta. The story revolves around a mentally handicapped young boy Rohit Mehra, who comes to meet with an alien into the earth. He gets a supernatural powers from the alien, by which he gradually becomes physically and mentally smart and strong. Even after the alien returns to his world, Rohit gets a power permanently from the alien. | |
| New / Naani | 2004 | TamilTelugu | The film is a story about an 8-year-old boy who is turned into a 28-year-old man by a scientist as a part of testing his new discovery on humans. | |
| Rudraksh | 2004 | Hindi | An action-adventure Hindi-language film based on the Ramayana. | |
| Alag | 2006 | Hindi | Film starring Akshay Kapoor, Dia Mirza & Arjun Rampal. Tejas has spent his entire life in the basement and as a result of this is extremely sensitive to sunlight. His only experience of other people up until this point has been with his father and the books he provided for him. Tejas starts showing signs of Telekenesis, and is shunned by the other boys in the institute, resulting in the near fatal accident of a security guard and the death of a fellow student. Tejas is also able to wake a lady from a coma-like condition. When he is subsequently harassed by doctors and scientists wishing to perform experiments on him. Tejas is abducted and held in a glass chamber by Dr. Richard Dyer, who wants to control his mind for his own benefit. | |
| Jaane Hoga Kya | 2006 | Hindi | Film starring Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu & Paresh Rawal. It is about an ambitious scientist who creates a human clone in his laboratory. | |
| Krrish | 2006 | Hindi | A superhero sci-fi mash-up, sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya starring Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah. | |
| Athisayan | 2007 | Malayalam | Super hero film directed by Vinayan. | |
| Bharathan Effect | 2007 | Malayalam | Science fiction thriller about a genius inventor who makes a small gadget fly without fuel using the concept of anti-gravity. | |
| Zabardast | 2007 | Marathi | The story centers on Pushkar (portrayed by Pushkar Jog), who stumbles upon a magical jacket that fulfills wishes when worn. Determined to impress the girl he loves, he decides to express his feelings by entering a dance competition with her. | |
| Love Story 2050 | 2008 | Hindi | Film by Pammi Baweja. | |
| Dasavathaaram | 2008 | Tamil | Dasavathaaram is a Tamil science fiction film starring Kamal Haasan in multi-roles. On 20 December 2004, a bio-technology lab in the USA designs a virus (combination of Marburg and Ebola) intended as a bio-weapon. After understanding its potential, the protagonist, one of the scientists involved, refuses to give the vial containing virus away due to fear of misuse. This story deals with Chaos theory and Butterfly effect of the events that took place in 12th century Tamil Nadu leading to 26th Dec 2004 tsunami. | |
| Drona | 2008 | Hindi | A Fantasy Adventure superhero film directed by Goldie Behl, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon. | |
| Friend | 2009 | Bengali | A science fiction film about the friendship between a child and a robot.[15] [16] | |
| Aa Dekhen Zara | 2009 | Hindi | A romantic sci-fi action thriller film starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, who plays a photo journalist, and Bipasha Basu, as a disc jockey. Ray Acharya (Mukesh), a struggling photographer has nothing going for him... until he inherits a very 'special' camera from his grandfather who was a scientist, as the photographs produced by the camera predict the future. | |
| Enthiran | 2010 | Tamil | Enthiran is a 2010 Indian Tamil science fiction action film co-written and directed by Shankar. The film features Rajinikanth in dual roles, as a scientist and an andro-humanoid robot alongside Aishwarya Rai. It was India's most expensive film at the time of its release. | |
| Prince | 2010 | Hindi | It is a science-fiction film action film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and Ramesh S Taurani and Starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. | |
| Action Replayy | 2010 | Hindi | A film inspired from Back to the Future, a 1985 time travel film | |
| 7aum Arivu | 2011 | Tamil | A science-fiction thriller film starring Suriya, Shruti Hassan, Johnny Tri Nguyen, produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin and directed by A.R. Murugadoss. The film begins with the fictional life of Bodhidharma (5th century), a master of martial arts and medical remedies, who is depicted in the film as the son of a great Tamil king of the Pallava Dynasty. In the present, Subha Srinivasan (Shruti Haasan), a Genetic Engineering student researches that Bodhidharma can be brought back to present life if his sample of DNA is matched with another sample of DNA which she finds in Aravind (Suriya) a descendant of Bodhidharma. Dong Lee (Johnny Tri Nguyen) is given the task of starting a government planned biological war against India, known as Operation Red to spread disease in India. | |
| Ra.One | 2011 | Hindi | Superhero film starring Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and many others. The film is about an antagonistic game character, Ra.One (played by Tom Wu and Arjun Rampal) which escapes the confines of the game into reality killing everyone (including the game designer played by Shahrukh Khan). He aims to kill the game designer's son (played by Armaan Verma) for beating him inside the game during the game launch. In order to stop him, the game's protagonist G.One (also played by Shahrukh Khan) must be brought out who must save the kidnapped kid and his mother before facing off with Ra.One. | |
| Sonchidi | 2011 | Hindi | About two friends looking a flying-craft, believed to release from the cycle of births. | |
| Ambuli | 2012 | Tamil | Ambuli is a 2012 Tamil mystery science-fiction thriller film set in the 1970s. It is about a beastly creature created as a part of a program by a British doctor which hunts humans passing the fields around facility. | |
| Joker | 2012 | Hindi | A man goes to a forgotten village while is working on a top secret project for creating a device to communicate with aliens. | |
| Virus Diwan | 2013 | Hindi | This film is about the youngest and the most Intelligent hacker in the world starring Arjun Kapoor. | |
| Zapatlela 2 | 2013 | Marathi | This is a sci-fi film and a sequel to Zapatlela, revolving around a doll possessing the soul of Tatya Vinchu. | |
| Khasi Katha– A Goat Saga | 2013 | Bengali | The film begins with a scene where a butcher is going to slaughter a goat. The goat becomes talkative and pleads with the butcher for life and promises to tell a story in return. The butcher is surprised but agrees. The goat now tells the butcher the story of a female boxer Salma who belongs to a lower-middle-class family and dreams to become a boxer. Naseeruddin Shah plays the character of butcher and Anindita Bose plays the character of woman boxer. | |
| Krrish 3 | 2013 | Hindi | A superhero sci-fi movie, sequel to Krrish. The story follows the life of Rohit Mehra, a scientist, and Krishna "Krrish" Mehra, his superhero son, who have to face an elaborate conspiracy orchestrated by the evil genius Kaal and his female henchman Kaya. In the process, Krishna's pregnant wife Priya is kidnapped by Kaal and the form-changing Kaya takes her place at the Mehra home and eventually falls in love with Krishna. Krrish 3 released worldwide on 1 November 2013. It has since received positive to mixed reviews from film critics with praise directed to Roshan and Ranaut's performances, the visual effects, and the cinematography; criticism has been directed to the music, story and screenplay. | |
| Irandaam Ulagam | 2013 | Tamil | Irandaam Ulagam is a Sci-fi fantasy film about two stories unfolding in two different planets, our Earth and an exoplanet involving alien life forms. | |
| Red Rain | 2013 | Malayalam | This is a science fiction film which stars Narain and focuses on Red Rain phenomena, UFO sightseeing and Aliens. | |
| Shree | 2013 | Hindi | Time-travel film starring Hussain Kuwajerwala. | |
| Creature 3D | 2014 | Hindi | India's First 3D Monster sci fi Movie starring Bipasha Basu and Pakistani actor Imran Abbas Naqvi in lead role | |
| Appuchi Gramam | 2014 | Tamil | A science fiction drama directed by Vi Anand an associate of AR Murgadoss, set in a rustic village. The film deals with immense depth of the relationships among humans, when they are made to understand that an asteroid is hitting their village.[17] | |
| PK | 2014 | Hindi | A satirical comedy drama film.[18] [19] [20] The film was directed by Rajkumar Hirani, produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi.[21] The film deals with a humanoid alien (Aamir Khan) looking for a remote of his space-ship on earth. | |
| I | 2015 | Tamil | A 2015 Indian Tamil action thriller film written and directed by Shankar and co-written by Subha. Produced and distributed by V. Ravichandran under his production company, Aascar Films, the film features Vikram and Amy Jackson in lead roles while Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel, Santhanam and Ramkumar Ganesan portray pivotal roles. The soundtrack and film score were composed by A. R. Rahman. Production design was handled by T. Muthuraj. P. C. Sreeram was the film's cinematographer and editing was done by Anthony. | |
| Mr. X | 2015 | Hindi | A science fiction action-thriller film, tells the story of a man became invisible through an experiment. | |
| Indru Netru Naalai | 2015 | Tamil | Starring Vishnu Vishal, Miya, Karunakaran in lead roles and directed by newcomer Ravi Kumar.R. The music director is Hiphop Tamizha and lyrics are by Vivek, Muthamil and Hiphop Tamizha. It is a film involving a scientist played by Arya who invents a Time Machine and sends it back to the past that enables one to time travel. | |
| Phuntroo | 2016 | Marathi | An Indian sci-fi film Starring Ketaki Mategaonkar, Madan Deodhar in lead roles and directed by Sujay Dhahake The music director Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj. Vira is a mad genius who is deeply love struck on Anaya. Faced with utter rejection from the love of his life, he creates a breakthrough invention that will cure his loneliness. | |
| Miruthan | 2016 | Tamil | An Indian Tamil-language science fiction Zombie Thriller film, written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Lakshmi menon. This film, became the first Indian Tamil language film in the zombie genre.It was released on 19 February 2016. Miruthan received appreciation for its experimentation in the Horror(Zombie) genre and participated in various international film festivals. | |
| 24 | 2016 | Tamil | An is an Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film, written and directed by Vikram Kumar .The film stars Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen. Actor Suriya had played triple roles in this film. One as a scientist(Dr. Sethuraman) and other as his twin brother (Aathreya) and Mani. Its story is based on a watch named '24' which is actually a time travel equipment and it leads to a bitter battle between the twin brothers. | |
| Iru Mugan | 2016 | Tamil | Iru Mugan is a Tamil science fiction action film, written and directed by Anand Shankar. | |
| A Flying Jatt | 2016 | Hindi | It is a superhero action film co-written and directed by Remo D'Souza. The story revolves around a boy, who got superpowers from nature, and will fight against the super-villain Raka (who also got superpowers from pollution). | |
| 2017 | Hindi | A Hindi science fiction short film on global warming, written and directed by Maitrey Bajpai and Ramiz Ilham Khan. The movie stars Jackky Bhagnani, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Prachi Desai in the lead roles. | ||
| Srivalli | 2017 | Telugu | A Telugu science-fiction thriller film written and directed by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Neha Hinge and Rajath Krishna in the lead roles. The film is about a neuroscientist Srivalli who does an experiment about brainwave simulation and loses track of the past, present and future, unable to recognize the difference between simulation and reality, which leads to unexplainable results. | |
| Anukul | 2017 | Hindi | A a 2017 Hindi short film directed by Sujoy Ghosh with Parambrata Chatterjee and Saurabh Shukla playing the lead roles.[22] The film is based on the master storyteller Satyajit Ray's short story of same name.[23] [24] | |
| Maayavan | 2017 | Tamil | A Tamil science fiction mystery thriller film, written and directed by C. V. Kumar. This film deals with the concept of transferring the brain's memory into different persons so that it may lead the person to live even more than 1000 years. | |
| Okka Kshanam | 2017 | Telugu | The film directed by Vi Anand is based on the concept of parallel life where the protagonist fights against his own destiny, fate and time. | |
| 2.0 | 2018 | Tamil | An Indian Tamil science fiction film a sequel to Enthiran, written and directed by S. Shankar. Considered one of the most expensive films of all time in India. | |
| Professor Shonku O El Dorado | 2018 | Bengali | Produced by SVF Entertainment and directed by Sandip Ray.[25] [26] | |
| Jole Jongole | 2018 | Bengali | The film stars Mithun Chakraborty as a 'mad' scientist who wants to bring back prehistoric creatures, perished millions of years ago from the earth as he is trying to expand the brain of crocodiles. Jackie Shroff stars as the antagonist who wants to take control of dangerous crocodiles for his own park. | |
| Vinveli Payana Kurippugal | 2018 | Tamil | An Indian Tamil Non-Linear science fiction black comedy film. | |
| Who | 2018 | Malayalam | A mystery sci-fi film which follows a group investigators in a small-town Indian valley trying to solve mysterious disappearances involving time-travel. | |
| Short Circuit | 2019 | Gujarati | The first Gujarati science fiction film, written and directed by Faisal Hashmi. The film revolves around a guy named Samay, who is stuck in a timeloop because of a failed experiment. He has to save his love and the world before it's too late. | |
| Unmatta | 2019 | Marathi | Unmatta is scifi, horror, action film. Unmatta is touted to be the best of sci-fi till date coming out from the Indian subcontinent. There seems to be heavy investment in VFx and action (Martial Arts) from production house. Movie is in post production and release will be on 22 Feb 2019.[27] | |
| 9 | 2019 | Malayalam | Nine is a Malayalam sci-fi, horror thriller movie directed by Jenuse Mohammed.It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Master Alok in the lead roles.A global crisis arises when a comet passes very close to the Earth for 9 days. Even though it causes no harm to humans, it causes other problems.All electrical appliances, mobile phones and most vehicles stop working. To make a feature on this Astrophysicist Albert Lewis go to The Himalayalas with his son Adam.The story then focuses on the relationship between the father and the son and the things they experience there. | |
| ISmart Shankar | 2019 | Telugu | The film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It is a sci-fi action film, in which a contract killer who helps the police when a slain police officer's memories are transferred to his brain. | |
| Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 | 2019 | Malayalam | Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 is Malayalam-language sci-fi comedy-drama film written and directed by Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval (in his directorial debut starring Suraj Venjaramoodu, Soubin Shahir, Kendy Zirdo, and Saiju Kurup.It is a story about Bhaskara Poduval, a conservative villager, who hates the idea of his son relocating to Russia for a job. However, when his son brings a robot to care for him, he develops an unlikely bond with the machine | |
| Unmatta | 2019 | Marathi | It is a sci-fi supernatural horror film that explores various psychological phenomena such as sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, PTSD, and revolves around the concept of telepathy. | |
| Disco Raja | 2020 | Telugu | It is a sci-fi action film directed by Vi Anand. It is a story about a new scientific discovery used by a group of scientists to reanimate a murdered man with a violent past. | |
| Bombhaat | 2020 | Telugu | It is a science fiction film directed by Raghavendra Varma. The film stars Sai Sushanth Reddy, Chandini Chowdary, and Simran Choudhary. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 3 December 2020. | |
| Trip | 2021 | Tamil | Trip is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language science fiction film written and directed by Dennis Manjunath. The film stars Yogi Babu, Karunakaran and Sunainaa in the lead roles. The film is loosely inspired from Hollywood films Tucker & Dale vs. Evil and Wrong Turn. The film had its theatrical release on 5 February 2021. | |
| Play Back | 2021 | Telugu | It is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language science fiction drama film written and directed by Hari Prasad Jakka. The film stars Dinesh Tej, Ananya Nagalla, Arjun Kalyan, and Spandana. Play Back is marketed as the first Indian film based on cross time connection. The plot follows Karthik (Tej) and Sujatha (Nagalla), two people from different time periods who connect together through a phone call. The film was released on 5 March 2021. | |
| Teddy | 2021 | Tamil | Teddy is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. The film stars a teddy bear in the titular role as a special character, while Arya along with Sayyeshaa feature in the lead roles. Sathish, Karunakaran, and Magizh Thirumeni play supporting roles in the film. The music is composed by D. Imman and the film is produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under his production banner Studio Green. It is the first Tamil film to use an Indian animation company to design a special animated character and the second motion-capture film in Tamil after Kochadaiiyaan (2014). It was released worldwide on Hotstar on 12 March 2021. The movie is inspired by the Hollywood film, Ted. | |
| Dikkiloona | 2021 | Tamil | It is a Tamil-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by Karthik Yogi. Mani (Santhanam), an ex-hockey player leads a stressful married life, and works as a lineman for the electricity board. While trying to solve an issue, he meets a group of scientists who are developing a time machine. He uses it to travel back to 2020 and change the root cause of all his problems. | |
| Bony | 2021 | Bengali | The story of the film revolves around a Bengali couple, settled in Milan. Their newborn son has some special powers. An America-born Bangladeshi on the run scientist, framed by the government with suspected links to terrorism is looking for the couple and their newborn. He thinks they have answers to his questions. | |
| Adbhutham | 2021 | Telugu | Adbhutham is a Telugu-language science-fiction romance film directed by Mallik Ram from the screenplay of Lakshmi Bhupala and Prasanth Varma. The film stars Teja Sajja and Shivani Rajashekar. It premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on November 19, 2021. | |
| Maanaadu | 2021 | Tamil | It is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language time loop action thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Suresh Kamatchi. The film stars Silambarasan, S. J. Suryah and Kalyani Priyadarshan alongside S. A. Chandrasekhar, Y. G. Mahendran, Karunakaran, Premgi Amaren, Aravind Akash and Anjena Kirti in supporting roles. The film's music and score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography handled by Richard M. Nathan. | |
| Jango | 2021 | Tamil | It is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language time loop science fiction | |
| Attack | 2022 | Hindi | Indian Hindi-language science fiction action thriller film directed and co-written by Lakshya Raj Anand.The film produced by Jayantilal Gada, John Abraham and Ajay Kapoor, stars John Abraham alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet Singh. Based on hostage crisis, the storyline is inspired by true events. | |
| Oke Oka Jeevitham | 2022 | Telugu | Oke Oka Jeevitham is a 2022 Telugu-language science fiction drama film written and directed by debutant Shree Karthick and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures. The film stars Sharwanand, Amala Akkineni and Ritu Varma. | |
| Captain | 2022 | Tamil | Captain is an Indian Tamil-language science fiction film directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, and produced by Arya through his studio The Show People, associating with Think Studios and SNS Movie Production LLP. It stars Arya, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Simran in the lead roles.[28] The film's music and score is composed by D. Imman, with cinematography handled by S. Yuva and editing done by Pradeep E. Ragav. It is inspired from John McTiernan's film Predator. The movie is based on alien invasion in the North-Eastern Border of India, where the Characters try to evade the aliens | |
| Mark Antony | 2023 | Tamil | In the film, Mark, the son of a gangster Antony, finds a telephone which can contact the past, but Madhan, the son of rival gangster Jackie, wants it for himself. | |
| Ayalaan | 2024 | Tamil | Ayalaan is an Indian Tamil-language science fiction comedy film directed by R. Ravikumar, and produced by Kotapadi J. Rajesh under KJR Studios. It stars Sivakarthikeyan, Rakul Preet Singh, Sharad Kelkar, and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles. The music composed by A. R. Rahman, and cinematography handled by Nirav Shah, and editing by Ruben. | |
| Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | 2024 | Hindi | Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya is an Indian Hindi-language science fiction romantic comedy film written and directed by Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah, in their directorial debuts. Produced by Maddock Films and Jio Studios, the film stars Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon.[29] |