Maharaja To Lucky Baskhar: Best Indian Thrillers of 2024 

The year 2024 has brought an exciting gripping Indian thriller, showcasing masterful storytelling and edge-of-your-seat suspense. These films captivate audiences with their unpredictable twists and themes.

The year 2024 has brought an exciting gripping Indian thriller, showcasing masterful storytelling and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

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The year 2024 has brought an exciting gripping Indian thriller, showcasing masterful storytelling and edge-of-your-seat suspense. These films captivate audiences with their unpredictable twists and themes. Makers have skillfully crafted narratives that keep viewers hooked proving that Indian cinema continues to evolve, delivering some of the most compelling thrillers of the year. Here are some of the best Indian thrillers of 2024 so far:

Lucky Baskhar  
IMDb Rating - 8.4/10
Where To Watch: Netflix

A 2024 Indian Telugu-language period crime drama film.A cash-strapped cashier working at a bank embarks on a risky investment scheme and soon gets drawn into the world of money laundering.

Cast: Dulquer Salmaan  Meenakshi Chaudhary  Ramki  Tinnu Anand.

Director : Venky Atluri

Maharaja  
IMDb Rating - 8.5/10
Where To Watch: Netflix

A Tamil thriller that follows the journey of a barber, whose life turns chaotic when something precious to him, "Lakshmi," is stolen. He embarks on a mission to retrieve it.

 Cast: Vijay Sethupathi and Anurag Kashyap.

 Director: Nithilan Swaminathan.

Manjummel Boys  
IMDb Rating - 8.2/10  
Where To Watch:  Hotstar

This Malayalam survival thriller film shows the power of friendship and bravery during dire circumstances and it revolves around a group of eleven friends from Kochi who go on a trip to Kodaikanal. However, their vacation takes a drastic turn after one of them falls into a deep pit known as The Devil's Kitchen.

 Cast: Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Ganapathi S. Poduval, Deepak Parambol.

 Director: Chidambaram

Article 370  
IMDb Rating 7.8/10
Where To Watch: Netflix

This hindi-language political action thriller addresses the sensitive and politically charged issue of Article 370, Ahead of a major constitutional decision, special agent Zooni Haksar is tasked with a secret mission to quell violence in a conflict-ridden region.

Cast: Yami Gautam Dhar  Priyamani  Arun Govil

Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale

Kill
IMDb Rating - 7.6/10
Where To Watch: Hotstar

A train to New Delhi becomes a combat battleground when commando Amrit boards a train to stop his love Tulika’s forced marriage, and faces off against an army of invading bandits.

  Cast: Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Tanya Maniktala

  Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

Golam
IMDb Rating - 7.2/10  
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video

 A mysterious death during work hours in an office puzzles all but only Investigator ASP Sandeep Krishna observes it as a murder. The film received positive reviews for its engaging storyline and suspenseful narrative.

Cast: Ranjith Sajeev  Dileesh Pothan

Director: Samjad

Bhakshak
IMDb Rating - 7.2/10
Where To Watch: Netflix

The film follows Vaishali Singh, a struggling local journalist begins an investigation into harrowing cases of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls.

 Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra, Aditya Srivastava and Sai Tamhankar

Sector 36
IMDb Rating - 7.1/10
Where To Watch: Netflix

A fictional story Inspired by true events, several children go missing from a basti (slum) in Sector 36. A determined police officer must now face off with a cunning serial killer as a chilling investigation and dark secrets unfold.

 Cast: Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal

 Director: Aditya Nimbalkar

O2  
IMDb Rating -  7/10
Where To Watch: Prime Video

O2 is an Indian Kannada language medical thriller film centers around Shraddha, a child prodigy who becomes a doctor. Haunted by the loss of her father, she develops a groundbreaking oxygen drug, "O2," capable of reviving clinically dead cardiac patients.

Cast: Praveen Tej, Ashika Ranganath, Prakash Belawadi.

Director Duo: Raghav Nayak and Prashanth Raj

Merry Christmas  
IMDb Rating  6.9/10
Where To Watch: Netflix

This Indian mystery thriller  is a Hindi-Tamil bilingual adaptation of Frédéric Dard's French novel "Le Monte-charge" (Bird in a Cage).The story revolves around two strangers who meet on a fateful Christmas Eve, where the encounter between two enigmatic strangers sparks a poignant connection but a dark turn of events threatens to expose their pasts.

Cast: Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi

Director: Sriram Raghavan