Every South Asian Movie Hitting OTT Streaming in April 2026

April 2026 brings a strong lineup of South Asian films to streaming platforms, with titles spanning Hindi, Tamil, and regional cinema landing on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, SonyLIV, ZEE5, and JioHotstar.

The month spans sports dramas, crime thrillers, courtroom battles, and survival stories with enough to fill every weekend. Celebrate the best of South Asian cinema, Explore every new release dropping this April, and Connect with stories from around the subcontinent, all from your couch.

The April Releases

Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos

Platform: Netflix
Release Date: April 1
Language: Hindi

Vir Das co-directs and stars in this spy action comedy alongside Kavi Shastri. Das plays a clumsy but ambitious British spy who discovers he was born in India and lands in Goa, where he stumbles into a dangerous criminal rivalry. The film also features Mithila Palkar, Mona Singh, and Sharib Hashmi.

Mrithyunjay

Platform: Netflix
Release Date: April 3
Language: Telugu

A series of unexplained deaths leads a newspaper employee into an investigation he was never meant to pursue. Directed by Sri Hussain Sha Kiran, this crime thriller stars Sree Vishnu as Jay, whose search for answers uncovers a pattern that others have overlooked. As he digs deeper, the story expands beyond journalism into a dangerous network of hidden motives and powerful interests, where every discovery raises the stakes and puts him closer to the center of it all.

Sitaare Zameen Par

Platform: SonyLIV 
Release Date: April 3 
Language: Hindi

Directed by RS Prasanna, this sports drama stars Aamir Khan as Gulshan Arora, a basketball coach sentenced to community service after a DUI. His assignment: train a team of neurodivergent adults for a basketball tournament. What starts as an obligation slowly reshapes his understanding of empathy, resilience, and leadership. Genelia Deshmukh co-stars in the film. The film carries a strong emotional core and earned a 6.9 on IMDb during its theatrical run.

Vadh 2

Platform: Netflix 
Release Date: April 3 
Language: Hindi

The follow-up to the acclaimed 2022 moral thriller reunites Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta, this time playing different characters set within the same universe. Directed by Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vadh 2 explores the philosophical distinction between hatya (murder) and vadh (slaughter), examining where justice ends and vengeance begins. Kumud Mishra and Yogita Bihani round out the cast.

Maa Ka Sum

Platform: Amazon Prime Video 
Release Date: April 3 
Language: Hindi

A 19-year-old mathematical genius sets out to find the perfect romantic partner for his widowed mother using logic and formulas. Stars Mihir Ahuja and Mona Singh in a family drama that argues, gently but firmly, that love defies calculation.

Hey Balwanth

Platform: ZEE5
Release Date: March 31
Language: Telugu

Directed by Gopi Atchara, this comedy-drama stars Suhas and Shivani Nagaram. The film follows Krishna, a man who deeply admires his father (VK Naresh), until he uncovers a hidden truth about his father’s business. What follows is a mix of humor and emotional conflict as he navigates relationships, responsibility, and an unexpected shift in his life.

O’Romeo

Platform: Amazon Prime Video 
Release Date: April 10 
Language: Hindi

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and reuniting with Shahid Kapoor 12 years after Haider, O’Romeo is set in 1990s Mumbai. Kapoor plays Ustara, a feared, razor-wielding contract killer who works as an informer for Intelligence Bureau officer Ismail Khan (Nana Patekar). When a mysterious woman named Afshan (Triptii Dimri) arrives seeking revenge against a powerful don, a doomed romance unfolds. Also stars Avinash Tiwary, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Vikrant Massey. The film was available to rent on Prime Video from March 27 and will be fully free for subscribers in April.

Tu Yaa Main

Platform: Netflix 
Release Date: April 10 
Language: Hindi

Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, this survival thriller is a remake of the 2018 Thai film The Pool. Two social media influencers, Avani Shah (Shanaya Kapoor) and Maruti Kadam (Adarsh Gourav), come from completely different worlds and fall for each other during a collaboration. A getaway at a secluded estate turns deadly when they find themselves trapped in an empty swimming pool with a crocodile. Critics praised the second half as gripping and intense, and the film holds a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Toaster

Platform: Netflix 
Release Date: April 15 
Language: Hindi

Rajkummar Rao plays Ramakant, a notoriously stingy man who gifts a toaster at a wedding, only for the wedding to fall apart. His obsession with getting the toaster back sets off a spiral of mishaps, secrets, and murder. Directed by Vivek Das Chaudhary and produced by Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa under their banner Kampa Film, the film also stars Sanya Malhotra, Abhishek Banerjee, Archana Puran Singh, Farah Khan, and Seema Pahwa.

Assi

Platform: ZEE5 
Release Date: April 17 
Language: Hindi

Directed by Anubhav Sinha (Thappad, Article 15), Assi follows a lawyer who takes on a series of gang-rape cases and fights to uncover the truth behind the statistics. Taapsee Pannu plays the lawyer, while Kani Kusruti, the actress from All We Imagine as Light, plays the survivor at the center of the case. The film offers both a procedural courtroom drama and a deeper look at the human cost hidden within legal systems.

Thaai Kizhavi

Platform: JioHotstar
Release Date: April 10
Language: Tamil

Directed by Sivakumar Murugesan, this Tamil drama stars Radhikaa Sarathkumar as a strong-willed moneylender navigating power and survival within her community. The film centers on her character’s influence, the challenges she faces, and the choices that define her position in a shifting social landscape.

March Highlights: A Look Back at Last Month in Cinema

March was a historic month for South Asian cinema, with box-office records, major OTT debuts, and a handful of streaming titles worth catching up on.

Theater Highlight: Dhurandhar: The Revenge

Ranveer Singh’s spy epic Dhurandhar: The Revenge, the concluding chapter of Aditya Dhar’s duology, released on March 19, coinciding with Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, and Eid al-Fitr, immediately began rewriting box-office history. The film opened to massive demand, with strong numbers on its opening day and sustained momentum in the days that followed.

It quickly outpaced expectations and continued to build globally, emerging as one of the biggest Indian theatrical releases of 2026 so far. In North America and other overseas markets, the film saw particularly strong performance, adding to its growing global footprint.

Ranveer Singh stars alongside R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, and Sara Arjun in this high-stakes conclusion to one of Bollywood’s most ambitious recent franchises. Dhurandhar: The Revenge is currently still running in theaters.

OTT Highlight: Border 2 on Netflix

After a massive Republic Day theatrical run, Border 2 made its OTT debut on Netflix on March 20. Directed by Anurag Singh, the war epic stars Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty, and depicts the coordinated operations of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War.

The film expands on the scale of the original franchise, covering Operation Chengiz Khan while bringing a broader perspective to the story. It continued to draw attention following its theatrical release, with audiences engaging with it again on streaming.

For those who missed it in theaters, this is the month to watch it.

Other Notable March Releases

Subedaar (Amazon Prime Video, March 5): Anil Kapoor plays a retired army officer struggling to find purpose in civilian life before being pulled back into conflict. One of his strongest dramatic performances in recent years.

Gandhi Talks (ZEE5, March 6): A silent dark comedy starring Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swamy, and Aditi Rao Hydari, with a score by A.R. Rahman. With no dialogue, the film uses visuals and music to explore greed and morality with genuine wit.

With Love (Netflix, March 6): A Tamil multilingual romantic drama exploring love, nostalgia, and personal growth, available in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada.

Made in Korea (Netflix, March 12): Priyanka Arul Mohan stars as a young woman from Tamil Nadu navigating life in South Korea in a cross-cultural story about identity, ambition, and finding where she belongs.

Funky (Netflix, March 13): Vishwak Sen leads this quirky Telugu comedy about a filmmaker in over his head. It’s sharp, funny, and directed by K.V. Anudeep with a distinct voice.

Pookie (ZEE5, March 13): A Tamil romantic comedy about a couple navigating love and a very public breakup in the digital age.

Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi (ZEE5, March 13): A Telugu romantic comedy following an Indian vineyard owner who travels to Spain, falls for a local businesswoman, and has to manage the complications that follow.

Your April Streaming Guide Starts Here

April is stacking up to be a strong month for South Asian streaming, and March left plenty to catch up on if you missed it. Celebrate, Explore, Connect! with the Sanskar Savvy community as we keep tracking everything worth watching on every platform.

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