Top 10 Upcoming South Indian Films in February 2023

January 22, 2023, 01:52 PM
by Kawser Md Sayem

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Publish- January 22, 2023, 01:52 PM
Kawser Md Sayem
Update- January 22, 2023, 02:27 PM

Top 10 Upcoming South Indian Films in February 2023

Top Tamil, and Telugu cinemas releasing in February 2023

The Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam film industries have made an elite start to the New Year. South Indian films are going to grace the second month of the 1st quarter of 2023 as well. Though movie lovers have to wait for the year busters, these films can give them a good quality time till then. Let's get up-to-date with the 10 most-hyped South Indian Films set to release on February 2023.

10 Best South Indian Movies Releasing in February 2023

Bommai Nayagi/ Tamil/ 3 Feb 2023

This musical drama film is the debut of young Tamil director Shaan. Produced by Pa Ranjith under Neelam Productions, the film cast Yogi Babu in the lead role, with GM Kumar and Harikrishnan Ambudurai in supporting roles. The core story of the socio-emotional movie is about a beautiful emotional bond between father and daughter, which will give the audience a feel-good feeling.

The film's cinematography was done by Athisayaraj R, music by Sundarmurthy KS, and editing by Selva RK.

Vaathi/ Tamil/ 17 Feb 2023

Vaathi, which means master or leader, is the title of the new action drama starring Dhanush. It is a simultaneous Tamil and Telugu film directed and written by Venky Atluri, while the Telugu version is titled Sir. Several changes were made to the Telugu version of the period film, including changing the name of the lead character to Bala Gangadhar Tilak and changing the name of the school to Tirupati Educational Institution.

Dhanush's role here is that of a third-class junior lecturer in an educational institution, who stands up to institutions whose commercial interests are bigger than educating children.

Produced by Fortune Four Cinemas and Seethara Entertainments, Dhanush's lead co-artist is Yukta Menon. After the theatrical release, Netflix took over the OTT streaming rights of the film.

Borrder/ Tamil/ Feb 24, 2023

This spy film based on patriotism is a much-awaited movie. Directed by Arivazhagan Venkatachalam, the thriller movie stars Arun Vijay, Steffy Patel, and Regina Cassandra. The movie, which features a military campaign, is the cinematography by B Rajashekar and produced by Vijaya Raghavendra of All In Pictures. The music of the film is composed by Sam CS and overall editing is supervised by VJ Sabu Joseph.

Shaakuntalam/ Telugu/ February 17, 2023

It is a historical film directed and written by Gunasekhar and produced by Neelima Guna under Guna Teamworks. The main story is adapted from Kalidasa's popular play Abhijananam Shakuntalam. The film will feature Samantha in the title role and Dev Mohan as King Dushmanta. Besides, Madhu, Ananya Nagalla, Gautami, and Aditi Balan will be seen in other roles.

Along with Telugu, the movie will also be released in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam in 3D format on the same day. The film's music is scored by Mani Sharma, the cinematography is handled by Sekhar V. Joseph and Prawin Pudi looks after the film editing aspect.

Michael/ Telugu/ 17 February 2023

A young man takes it upon himself to settle a conflict between several gangs over a single place. This crime thriller film revolves around the story of how much his attempt will see the light of day. Karan C Productions and Sri Venkateswara Cinemas production is directed and written by Ranjith Jeyakodi. The action movie stars Sundeep Kishan and Vijay Sethupathi in lead roles.

The film's music was composed by Sam CS, film editing by R Satyanarayan and sound recording by Babychen Paul.

Best Kannada, and Malayalam movies releasing in February 2023

Gowli/ Kannada/ 17 Feb 2023

Sura has directed this production by Raghu Singham of Sohan Film Factory.

The story revolves around an innocent villager named Gowli, who is plagued by the emergence of a corrupt police officer and gangsters in the city. A sudden incident in his life changes him drastically as a person, which becomes dark for those bullies.

The movie will feature Srinagar Kitty and Pavana Gowda in the lead roles, with Rangayan Raghu, Sharath Lohitsava, Telapoka Sudhi, Yash Shetty, Gurdesh Pandey, Govinda Gowda, and Murudoy in supporting roles.

Sandeep Valluri has done all the cinematography of the action drama film. The film's music was composed by Shashank Seshagiri, and Puzzle Kat aka Umesh Arby did all the film edits.

Kalave Mosagara/ Kannada/ 17 Feb 2023

This is the month’s most anticipated Sandalwood film which is finally slated to release in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam under the title 'Last Peg'. Several new artists will be seen in this film, even director Sanjay Bhadat S is a newcomer himself. The film cast members are Bharat Sagar, Shankar Murthy SR, Kuri Pratap, Yasashwini Ravindra, Bank Janardhan, Vijay Chandur, and Dharshan Varnekar.

Produced by BMW Productions and Bhav Spandana Productions, the film has Dr. K Lokesh as its music director and Thriller Manju as the stunt choreographer.

Kabzaa/ Kannada/ 17 February 2023

Written and directed by A Chandru, this crime romance film will also be released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, and Marathi languages. The dialogues of the thriller drama film are written by M Chandramouli.
A peaceful family is torn apart by an attack by a brutal underground gang. The remaining member of the family goes after the gang to seek revenge. The cinema answers whether this revenge can reach its destination in spite of the dangerous and sudden turn of events.

The movie stars Kiccha Sudeep, Upendra, Nayanthara, and Shriya Sharan in the lead roles. Arjun Shetty supervised the cinematography of the film produced by Appu Pathu Pappu Production House and Martin Prakkat Films. Ravi Basrur and Deepu S Kumar were in charge of music direction and film editing respectively.

Momo in Dubai/ Malayalam/ February 3, 2023

A lower middle-class family moves to the UAE despite financial difficulties. Even though the film with such a background seems full of hardships, it is a comedy film, with happy moments mixed with sadness. Director Amin Aslam adapted the story written by Ashif Kakkodi and Zakaria Mohammad.

The poignant family film has stars like Aju Varghese, Johnny Antony, and Anu Sithara in the cast. Sajith Purushan was in charge of cinematography for this cross-border camera and Imagine Cinemas production. The film's music was composed by Jassi Gift, and Gafur M Khayyam and Rathesh Raj did all the film edits.

Iratta/ Malayalam/ February 2, 2023

With this film, Popular Mollywood actor Joju George is starting 2023 with film producer Martin Prakat. This time Joju will be seen in dual roles named Vinod and Pramod. The other performers are Sindra, Anjali, Arya Salim, Abhiram, Srikanth Murali, and Sabuman. The film is directed by Rohit MG Krishnan who is widely known as a short filmmaker.

Vijay worked as the cinematographer of the film. Jacques Bejoy handled the music score direction, with Anwar Ali as the lyricist. Manu Antony completed the overall editing of the film.

Wrap Up

Any of these Top 10 most-anticipated South Indian Films of February 2023 can be included in the bucket list of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam movie lovers. Who knows if any of these films can be the best film of the year? Collaborations between India's provincial film industries are becoming more inevitable since the royal walks at international award festivals. Now it's time to see how much the features of the best world-class movies are managed to gather on the movie screen.