In this post, I am sharing the Confirmed list of movies and web series releasing in January 2025 on OTT platforms and cinemas. While the last month saw a lower number of releases, this month offers a diverse selection of content that you simply cannot afford to miss. Please note that release dates may vary as this information is based on announcements made by producers and production companies.
Interestingly, several movies are opting for digital premieres instead of theatrical releases to avoid clashes. For audiences, OTT platforms have become the new cinema halls post-lockdown, offering a variety of movies and web series to enjoy from the comfort of their homes. As the new year kicks off, January 2025 brings a fresh slate of highly anticipated movies and web series across OTT platforms and cinemas.
With so much to look forward to, new month is shaping up to be a thrilling start to the year for movie and web series enthusiasts. Dive into our confirmed list and make sure you don’t miss the most awaited releases of the month.
Here I am sharing entire list of movies and web-series releasing this month on OTT and Cinemas:
1. Identity (Movie)
Release Date: 2nd January 2025 in cinemas
Cast: Tovino Thomas, Trisha, Vinay Rai, Aju Varghese, Archana Kavi, and Shammi Thilakan
Director: Akhil Paul
Details: A sketch artist and a cop work together to unravel the identity of an elusive killer using the descriptions of his face, etched into the memory of an eyewitness to the brutal crime.
2. Fateh (Movie)
Release Date: 10th January 2025 in cinemas
Cast: Sonu Sood, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vijay Raaz, Naseeruddin Shah and Dibyendu Bhattachary
Director: Sonu Sood
Details: Fateh is an ex-special ops officer with a dark past, lives a very peaceful life in Punjab until a village girl falls prey to a dangerous cybercrime syndicate. Joining forces with Khushi, an ethical hacker, Fateh uses their combined skills to expose a nationwide web of deceit and fight for justice.
3. Game Changer (Movie)
Release Date: 10th January 2025 in cinemas
Cast: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Anjali, Samuthirakani, S. J. Suryah, Srikanth, Prakash Raj and Sunil
Director: Shankar
Details: Ram Nandan is an IAS officer with anger issues, strives to combat corrupt politicians, including the CM Bobbili Mopidevi, for destroying his father Appanna’s dream of a corruption-free country.
4. Black Warrant (Web-Series)
Release Date: 10th January 2025 on Netflix
Cast: Zahan Kapoor, Rahul Bhat and Paramvir Singh Cheema
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
Details: The web series is set in the 1980s, based on certain true events told from the perspective of Sunil Gupta who was a rookie jailer at Tihar Jail.
5. Daaku Maharaaj (Movie)
Release date: 12th January 2025 in cinema
Cast: NBK, Bobby Deol, Pragya Jaiswal, Shraddha Srinath and Chandhini Chowdary
Director: Bobby Kolli
Details: A daring robber, striving for survival and establishing his own territory amid conflicts with powerful adversaries, battling to become a king without a kingdom.
6. Sankranthiki Vasthunam (Movie)
Release Date: 14th January 2025 in cinema
Cast: Venkatesh Daggubati, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Aishwarya Rajesh, Upendra Limaye, Sai Kumar, Naresh and VT Ganesh
Director: Anil Ravipudi
Details: Movie revolves around an extraordinary scenario: a prominent personality is kidnapped, and the government must contain the situation at all costs. The stakes are high, as the release of this news could destabilize the entire state’s administration. When his ex-girlfriend seeks his help, his peaceful life as a former cop living with his wife, Bhagyam, is turned upside down.
7. Azaad (Movie)
Release Date: 17th January 2025 in cinema
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Aaman Devgan, Rasha Thadani and Diana Penty
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Details: A young stable boy discovers a kindred spirit in a spirited horse named Azaad. As their lives intertwine against the backdrop of rebellion and tyranny, the boy’s quest to ride the majestic horse Azaad turns into a journey of courage, awakening him to his own power amidst the country’s fight for freedom.
8. Pataal Lok 2 (Web-Series)
Release Date: 17th January 2025 on Prime Video
Cast: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Tillotama Shome, Gul Panag, Nagesh Kukunoor, Jahnu Barua, Anurag Arora and Prashant Tamang
Director: Avinsh Arun Dhaware
Details: Inspector Hathi Ram Chaudhary, the haggard, unlikely hero, investigates a high-profile murder case that leads him to remote corners of North-East India, where he battles powerful forces and personal tragedies in his pursuit of truth.
9. Emergency (Movie)
Release Date: 17th January 2025 in cinema
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Milind Soman, Mahima Choudhry and Vishak Nair
Director: Kangana Ranaut
Details: Based on true events that unfolded in 1975. The chronicles incidents that took place under the leadership of Mrs Indira Gandhi, one of the most Powerful Women in Indian History.
10. Mission Grey House (Movie)
Release Date: 17th January 2025 in cinema
Cast: Abeer Khan, Rajesh Sharma, Kamlesh Sawant, Nikhat Khan, Kiran Kumar, Babloo Mukherjee, Raza Murad and Puja Sharma
Director: Naushad Siddiqui
Details: A boy wants to become a police officer by any means, and to suffice his hunger he wears a police uniform on his own and starts fighting with goons and all. Knowing this Kiara’s father who is an IG, asks about Kabir and he warns him about the consequences. She pleads his father to help Kabir to become an officer and she assures him that he will do his job with great responsibility, IG calls him for a mission and Kabir accepts. He goes to Grey House and gets trapped there. How he comes out of this? And how he finds the killer? How he saves his life?
11. Sky Force (Movie)
Release Date: 24th January 2025 in cinema
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Veer Pahariya, Sara Ali Khan, Sharad Kelkar and Nimrat Kaur
Director: Sandeep Kewlani & Abhishek Anil Kapur
Details: It is about India’s retaliatory attack on the Sargodha airbase of Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani air war of 1965, described as India’s first and deadliest airstrike.
12. Deva (Movie)
Release Date: 31st January 2025 in cinema
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde, Pavail Gulati, Pravesh Rana and Kubbra Sait
Director: Rosshan Andrrews
Details: Around a brilliant yet rebellious police officer who uncovers a web of deceit and betrayal while investigating a high-profile case.
NOTE: These are confirmed list of movie/series till 1st January 2025. Few more are in pipelines once their release date will be confirmed will add them in this list.
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: In my view Game Changer & Fateh are the movies to watch in the 2nd half. In web-series I am looking forward to Black Warrant. What’s your top picks among all movies and web series. You can share your view in comment section.
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