Indian action drama films

1974 Tamil film directed by C. V. Rajendran

Vaathi () is a 2023 Indian period action drama film written and directed by Venky Atluri and produced by Naga Vamsi. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, with the former version titled Sir. The film stars Dhanush, who plays the titular role of a school teacher, and Samyuktha. The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with cinematography by J. Yuvaraj and editing by Naveen Nooli. The film released on 17 February 2023 to mixed reviews and became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of 2023, earning 105 crore worldwide. G. V. Prakash Kumar won the National Film A

2010 film

1980 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

Chatriyan () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. Subash and written by Mani Ratnam, with dialogues by A. Varunan. The film stars Vijayakanth, Bhanupriya and Thilakan, with Revathi in a guest appearance. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while cinematography and editing were handled by Y. N. Murali and Raghu & Baabu.

2018 film by J. P. Dutta

1980 Telugu action-drama film directed by O.S.R.

Pratikar is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Raakhee, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, with Mohsin Khan, Sonu Walia in other roles. The film is a remake of 1987 Bengali film Pratikaar, which was also remade in Telugu as Raktha Tilakam and in Tamil as Thaimel Aanai.

2024 Indian film directed by Rosshan Andrrews

1988 film

2024 Indian Telugu-language science fiction action film

1983 Tamil film directed by S. P. Muthuraman

1994 film

1978 film

2019 film directed by Raju Saravanan

2014 film by Boyapati Srinu

1989 film

1987 Hindi film directed by Deepak Shivdasani

Laabam () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed and co-written by S. P. Jananathan. It stars Vijay Sethupathi and Shruti Haasan, with Jagapathi Babu, Dhansika, and Kalaiyarasan in pivotal roles.

2018 film by Vikramaditya Motwane

1994 film by Deepak Bahry

2021 Tamil film directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan

1995 film by Deepak Sareen

1993 film by Anil Ganguly

2003 film

Anthahpuram () is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Krishna Vamsi. The film stars Soundarya, Prakash Raj, Sai Kumar and Jagapathi Babu with music composed by Ilayaraja. Inspired by the American film Not Without My Daughter (1991), the plot follows an Indian-origin woman from Mauritius who, along with her young son, becomes trapped in her husband's patriarchal and feudal household in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.

Diljalaa is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, starring Jackie Shroff, Farah in lead roles. It was written by Vinay Shukla and directed by director Bapu. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. The film was produced by Romesh Sharma.

2010 film by K. C. Bokadia

1994 film by Mahesh Bhatt

1993 film

Pogaru () is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Nanda Kishore and produced by B. K. Gangadhar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, alongside Rashmika Mandanna, Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Pavitra Lokesh, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Sampath Raj, Dhananjay, Kai Greene, Morgan Aste and Dharma.

2023 Telugu-language film by Gopichand Malineni

2013 film by Sudhakar Vasant

Balachandrudu is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language action drama film, produced and directed by Krishna under his Padmalaya Studios banner. It stars Mahesh Babu in the title role, Satyanarayana, Geetha, Sarath Kumar, Rami Reddy in other important roles and music composed by Raj–Koti.

1983 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

Agnyaathavaasi () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Produced by S. Radha Krishna, the film stars Pawan Kalyan, Aadhi Pinisetty, Keerthy Suresh and Anu Emmanuel. The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, marking his debut in Telugu cinema, with cinematography by Manikandan.

1988 film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy

1995 film

1956 film

1988 film by Kovelamudi Bapayya

1990 film directed by Mohan Gandhi