List of Indian superhero films

This is a list of Indian superhero films.

Please use the talk page to discuss whether a film could be considered "superhero" or not.

Currently, articles in Category:Indian superhero films are considered for the list. Films, whose central theme does not fit the superhero genre, are not considered for this list, even if they have certain superhero elements (such as Kalki 2898 AD and Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva ).

Highest grossing Indian superhero films

This is a list of top 10 Indian superhero films by lifetime gross box office collections.

  Background shading indicates that a film is currently showing in theatres worldwide.

Highest grossing Indian films of 2025

Rank	Title	Year	Language	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Krrish 3	2013	Hindi	₹393 crore	[1]
2	Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra	2025	Malayalam	₹304 crore	[a]
3	Hanu-Man	2024	Telugu	₹296.5 crore	[8]
4	Ra.One	2011	Hindi	₹207 crore	[9]
5	Mirai	2025	Telugu	₹141 crore	[10]
6	Krrish	2006	Hindi	₹126 crore	[11]
7	Maaveeran	2023	Tamil	₹89 crore	[12]
8	Velayudham	2011	Tamil	₹60 crore	[13]
9	A Flying Jatt	2016	Hindi	₹56 crore	[14]
10	Bagheera	2024	Kannada	₹30 crore	[15]

List of Indian superhero films

Year	Title		Director	Language(s)	Ref.
	English title	Native title
1960	Superman	सुपरमैन	Anant Thakur	Hindi	[16]
	Return of Mr. Superman	मिस्टर सुपरमैन की वापसी	Manmohan Sabir		[17]
1980	Superman	సూపర్మ్యాన్	V. Madhusudhana Rao	Telugu	[18]
1985	Shiv Ka Insaaf	शिव का इन्साफ	Raj N. Sippy	Hindi	[19]
1987	Mr. India	मि. इंडिया	Shekhar Kapur
	Superman	सुपरमैन	B. Gupta
1989	Toofan	तूफ़ान	Ketan Desai
	Jai Karnataka	ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ	Dwarakish	Kannada	[20]
1991	Ajooba	अजूबा АДЖУБА	Shashi Kapoor, Gennady Vasilyev	Hindi Russian
1992	Goopy Bagha Phire Elo	গুপি বাঘা ফিরে এলো	Satyajit Ray	Bengali
2006	Alag	अलग	Ashu Trikha	Hindi
	Krrish	कृश	Rakesh Roshan		[11]
2007	Athisayan	അതിശയൻ0	Vinayan	Malayalam
2008	Drona	द्रोण	Goldie Behl	Hindi
2009	Kanthaswamy	கந்தசாமி	Susi Ganesan	Tamil
2011	Zokkomon	ज़ोककोमौन	Satyajit Bhatkal	Hindi
	Ra.One	रा. वन	Anubhav Sinha		[9]
	Velayudham	வேலாயுதம்	Mohan Raja	Tamil	[21]
2012	Mugamoodi	முகமூடி	Mysskin
2013	Krrish 3	कृश 3	Rakesh Roshan	Hindi	[22]
2014	Little Superman	ലിറ്റിൽ സൂപ്പർമാൻ	Vinayan	Malayalam
2015	Baji	बाजी	Nikhil Mahajan	Marathi
2016	A Flying Jatt	अ फ्लाइंग जट्ट	Remo D'Souza	Hindi	[23]
2017	Sniff	स्निफ्फ	Amole Gupte
	Super Singh	ਸੁਪਰ ਸਿੰਘ	Anurag Singh	Punjabi	[24]
2018	Bhavesh Joshi Superhero	भावेश जोशी सुपरहीरो	Vikramaditya Motwane	Hindi
2019	Hero	ஹீரோ	P. S. Mithran	Tamil
2021	Minnal Murali	മിന്നൽ മുരളി	Basil Joseph	Malayalam
2022	Attack: Part 1	अटैक: भाग १	Lakshya Raj Anand	Hindi
2023	Veeran	வீரன்	ARK Saravan	Tamil	[25]
	Maaveeran	மாவீரன்	Madonne Ashwin		[12]
2024	Hanu-Man	హను మ్యాన్	Prasanth Varma	Telugu	[8]
	Bagheera	ಬಘೀರಾ	Dr.Suri	Kannada	[26]
2025	Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra	ലോക: ചാപ്റ്റർ:വൺ ചന്ദ്ര	Dominic Arun	Malayalam	[a]
	Mirai	మిరాయ్	Karthik Gattamneni	Telugu	[10]

Notes

1. Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra's reported worldwide gross is from ₹300.08 crore ( India Today ) ^[2] to ₹301.98 crore ( The Telegraph ) ^[3] to ₹302.5 crore ( ThePrint ) ^[4] to ₹303.2 crore ( The Week ). ^[5] to ₹304 crore ( The Hollywood Reporter ) ^[6] to ₹304 crore ( The Hollywood Reporter ) ^[7]

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