For many across India, Christmas Day 2025 is set to be a major event for at-home entertainment, with leading streaming platforms scheduling a compelling mix of new releases directly for the holiday. Rather than a single marquee premiere, the strategy focuses on variety, offering viewers a spectrum of choices from high-octane action and regional mass dramas to intimate character studies and psychological thrillers.
A Week of Strategic Premieres
The releases are strategically staggered throughout the week leading up to Christmas, turning it into an extended binge-watching opportunity. The action kicks off mid-week with major titles.
Nobody 2, the much-anticipated sequel starring Bob Odenkirk, arrives on JioHotstar on December 22. Odenkirk reprises his role as the unlikely action hero Hutch Mansell, whose family vacation descends into violent chaos after a minor confrontation, pulling him into a conflict with a crooked sheriff and a ruthless crime boss played by Sharon Stone.
Netflix adds an international flavour with Sicily Express, also from December 22. This Italian miniseries, created by the comic duo Ficarra & Picone, blends fantasy and social satire, following two Sicilian migrants in Milan who find a magical dumpster that transports them home.
Christmas Eve & Day Drop: The Main Event
The pace quickens on Christmas Eve, December 24. ZEE5 premieres the Tamil-language comedy drama Middle Class, headlined by Munishkanth. The film, which focuses on the humour and contradictions of middle-class life, notably releases exclusively in Tamil, bypassing the common multilingual OTT strategy.
Netflix unveils Goodbye June on the same day, marking the feature directorial debut of Kate Winslet. This ensemble family drama stars Helen Mirren and Toni Collette, revolving around four siblings forced to reunite by a maternal health crisis.
JioHotstar expands its Korean content with Made in Korea, also on December 24. Set in 1970s South Korea, the series stars Hyun Bin as a corrupt intelligence officer and Jung Woo-sung as the prosecutor hunting him, weaving political intrigue with crime drama.
The spotlight, however, shines brightest on December 25, with two major regional dramas and a thriller. Netflix premieres the pan-Indian mass appeal film Andhra King Taluka, starring Ram Pothineni and directed by Mahesh Babu, featuring Upendra and Bhagyashri Borse.
ZEE5 counters with the Bengali psychological thriller Ronkini Bhavan. This story follows a newlywed woman who uncovers a terrifying history of vanished brides and curses in her husband's ancestral mansion, racing against time to avoid becoming the next victim.
Diverse Platter for Varied Tastes
Beyond these dated releases, platforms also have fresh ongoing content. ETV Win's Telugu short film The Last Show, part of its Katha Sudha anthology, is already streaming. Directed by Pradeep Maddali and starring Charan Lakkaraju and Dheera Pisati, it is a romantic drama focusing on intimacy and unspoken emotions.
The collective offering underscores a clear trend: OTT platforms are no longer relying on one-size-fits-all holiday specials. Instead, they are curating a diverse platter—mixing global titles with hyper-local regional stories, and genre fare with slower, character-driven narratives. This approach directly targets the fragmented tastes of the Indian streaming audience, ensuring that whether viewers seek mass-market entertainment, dark thrillers, or nuanced dramas, there is a new release waiting for them this Christmas week. The ultimate winner is the viewer, who gets to define their own holiday movie night, or better yet, a holiday binge-watching marathon.
