Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Nine Films Lead This Week’s Friday Dussehra Weekend Releases
Several new movies are coming to theatres during the Dussehra holiday weekend.
Most of them are scheduled to release on October 2.
The movies include animation, fantasy, action, romance, crime and drama stories.
Doraemon: Castle of the Undersea Devil is an animated adventure.
Don’t Trouble The Trouble is a fantasy film starring Fahadh Faasil.
Sigma is an action thriller led by Sundeep Kishan.
Drishyam: The Conclusion is a crime thriller with Ajay Devgn and Tabu.
Baththa is scheduled for October 1, while the article does not give a date for SI Yugandhar.
Nine films are listed for release around the Dussehra weekend, with most scheduled for October 2.
The lineup includes Doraemon: Castle of the Undersea Devil, Don’t Trouble The Trouble, Sigma and Thella Kaagitham.
SI Yugandhar is described as a cop drama, but its release date is not provided.
Dorothy (Telugu), Anakapalli and Drishyam: The Conclusion are also scheduled for October 2.
Baththa, starring Vijay Sethupathi and Lijomol Jose, is listed for release on October 1.
- Who
- The listed films and their announced casts, including Fahadh Faasil, Sundeep Kishan, Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Vijay Sethupathi.
- What
- A roundup of films scheduled for theatrical release during the Dussehra weekend.
- When
- Baththa is listed for October 1; most other films are listed for October 2, while SI Yugandhar has no date specified.
- Where
- The films are intended for release in theatres.
- Why
- The releases are timed around the Dussehra long weekend, when audiences may visit theatres while celebrating the festival.
- Release window
- October 1-2, with most listed films scheduled for October 2.
- Animation adventure
- Doraemon: Castle of the Undersea Devil, directed by Tetsuo Yajima.
- Fantasy film
- Don’t Trouble The Trouble, directed by Shashank Yeleti and starring Fahadh Faasil.
- Action thriller
- Sigma, directed by Jason Sanjay and starring Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah.
- Crime thriller
- Drishyam: The Conclusion, directed by Abhishek Pathak and starring Ajay Devgn and Tabu.
- October 1 release
- Baththa, directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan and starring Vijay Sethupathi and Lijomol Jose.
- Date not specified
- SI Yugandhar is identified as a cop drama, but no release date is given.