In this year-end conversation, filmmaker and critic Sudhish Kamath speaks with producer and movie blogger Sethumadhavan N (MadAboutMoviez) about the Top 5 defining trends in Indian cinema in 2025 — a year where films stopped behaving, tones wobbled, and audiences stopped consuming quietly. From politically incorrect characters and impulsive, morally messy narratives to the rise of script-led coming-of-age stories that trusted discomfort, 2025 belonged to cinema that chose conviction over calibration.
