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It’s a very desi-heavy week on streaming — Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and a dash of spooky comedy from the South all landing within days of each other. From a 65-year-old widow turning investor to a cursed forest bungalow, from a Konkan folk-theatre revenge saga to a modern Telugu relationship triangle with surrogacy at its centre, this week’s regional lineup is surprisingly layered. Here’s everything dropping this week. 1. Auntypreneur – November 13 (ShemarooMe) A Gujarati-language dramedy powered by Supriya Pathak Kapur, Auntypreneur tells the story of 65-year-old widow Jasuben Gangani, who is suddenly staring at the demolition of her Mumbai housing society because the building owes a massive property tax bill. Instead of giving in, Jasuben does the unthinkable — she decides to raise the money herself. She ropes in her tenant Raju, a stockbroker who treats her like family, and slowly pulls in the other housewives of the society. Together, this group of women — who were earlier only running homes — start learning the ropes of the stock market, risk, and returns. What starts off as desperation slowly becomes empowerment as Jasuben realises she’s a lot more than a “society aunty”. The film balances humour, generational gaps, and the idea of late-life financial independence really well. 2. Avihitham – November 14 (JioHotstar) Set in a small town in North Kerala, Avihitham is a Malayalam black-comedy drama about how one harmless late-night romantic encounter spirals into full-blown village-level moral policing. Prakashan, an unemployed youngster, happens to overhear his teen neighbour Vinod with a woman in the fields. By morning, gossip has done its work — everyone wants to know who the woman is. A group of men, led by local tailor Venu, take it upon themselves to “investigate”, and soon it comes out that the woman was Nirmala, the wife of a carpenter’s son. From here, the film turns satirical — it pokes fun at the male ego, small-town voyeurism, and how quickly society turns judge and jury in the name of “honour”. The tone stays light and absurd, but the commentary on patriarchy and public shaming lands. 3. Dashavatar – November 14 (ZEE5) A rooted Marathi suspense drama with a folk-theatre core, Dashavatar is set along the lush Konkan belt and follows Babuli Mestri (Dilip Prabhavalkar), an ageing, revered performer of the traditional Dashavatār art form. Babuli’s health is failing and his son Madhav wants him to retire — but Babuli wants to do one last performance on Mahashivratri. At the same time, Madhav, who has just joined a local mining company, uncovers an illegal and ecologically harmful project backed by a minister. He’s mysteriously kidnapped and killed. Grief turns into resistance: Babuli and Madhav’s girlfriend Vandana decide to use the very Dashavatār performance — with its avatars of justice and destruction — as a living, public weapon against the corrupt men who killed Madhav and are ruining Konkan’s land. The result is a very cinematic blend of mythology, theatre, personal loss, and revenge, where the line between stage and real life starts to blur. 4. Inspection Bungalow – November 14 (ZEE5) If you like your horror with a side of nonsense and police antics, Inspection Bungalow sits right there. The series follows Sub-Inspector Vishnu (Shabareesh Varma), a cop who’s already dealing with his own baggage when he’s forced to shift his entire police station to a deserted, supposedly haunted forest inspection bungalow outside Aravangad. What starts as a punishment posting slowly turns into a supernatural investigation. Vishnu and his oddball team start experiencing strange deaths, apparitions, and impossible incidents inside the bungalow. They eventually team up with Mythili, a paranormal investigator, and together start digging into an old mystery tied to the bungalow’s past. The show keeps the tone spooky-funny — the fear is real, but so is the absurdity of a full police unit trying to “file” paranormal activity. 5. Telusu Kada – November 14 (Netflix) A contemporary Telugu relationship drama packed with emotional landmines, Telusu Kada follows Varun (Siddhu Jonnalagadda), an orphan and talented chef who finally thinks he has found stability when he marries Anjali (Raashii Khanna). Just as they decide to start a family, they learn Anjali can’t carry a pregnancy. A doctor suggests surrogacy — and that’s where the real twist hits: the surrogate turns out to be Raaga (Srinidhi Shetty), Varun’s modern, independent ex-girlfriend who once broke his heart. Now husband, wife, and ex are in an uneasy triangle — sharing a house, sharing a baby-to-be, and sharing a past no one has fully processed. The film digs into ego, old love versus chosen love, male indecision, and the complicated emotions around surrogacy in Indian families. 6. Vikkatakavi: The Chronicles of Amaragiri – November 14 (ZEE5) This Telugu thriller series is set in 1970s Telangana in the mysterious town of Amaragiri. Out of nowhere, people in the town start losing their memories — not all at once, but in strange, selective ways. Sensing something unnatural, the king of Amaragiri summons Ramakrishna, a young detective, to investigate. What Ramakrishna uncovers is not just a medical condition but a planned, sinister erasure — something or someone is wiping memories to hide a larger truth. The period setting, rural politics, and slow-burn mystery give it an old-school detective-adventure feel, but the core is fantasy-thriller. 7. Karam – Manorama Max Karam is a Malayalam high-stakes action thriller wrapped around a family-in-peril setup. Former army officer Dev Mahendran travels to the fictional country of Lenarco for an international conference — but what should’ve been routine soon turns deadly when his family gets pulled into a political-conspiracy-cum-terror plot. Dev has to fall back on his military training, tactical mind, and emotional resolve to get them out alive. Directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan and written by Noble Babu Thomas, the film tries to balance slick action with Malayalam cinema’s love for family-driven emotional beats.
