Saiyaara, Ba***ds of Bollywood To The Family Man 3, Top 10 Moments That Dominated Indian Entertainment In 2025

It's almost time to bid 2025 farewell. For Indian entertainment, the year proved to be one of the most fascinating. Movies recovered with assurance, OTT developed more expansive worlds and daring narratives, audio series forged its own cosmos, and music effortlessly crossed linguistic and national boundaries. They were devoted to memorable events and wonderful tales. These are the ten most significant events that influenced India's viewing, listening, and love of entertainment in 2025.

Top 10 Entertainment Highlights Of 2025

Saiyaara Became Surprise Love Anthem Of The Year

In a market full of large-scale films, Saiyaara won people over with its quiet charm. Debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda delivered a tender love story that felt honest, emotional and beautifully simple. Viewers cried in theatres. Word of mouth made the film unstoppable. The success of Saiyaara that collected over 570 crores at the box office, proved that intimate storytelling still has the power to shine on the big screen.

Chhaava Ruled The Box Office With Pride And Power

Chhaava brought Maratha history to life with strong performances from Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna. The film that garnered over 800 crores worldwide showed India’s growing love for region-based stories told with scale and authenticity. It reminded everyone that stories of valour and courage based on depiction of true events can drive national success when presented with heart.

The Ba***ds of Bollywood Became The Talk Of The Town

Aryan Khan’s directorial on Netflix, which is a genre-bending satire didn’t tiptoe, it detonated. With insider jokes, industry critique, stardom myth-busting and a cheeky narrative lens, The Ba***ds of Bollywood became the buzziest OTT moment of the year. Audiences validated a growing appetite: Bollywood was no longer shy about interrogating its own glamour machinery. Transparency, irrelevance and self-awareness now drive cultural conversation and this show led the charge.

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The Family Man Season 3 Pushed Indian Spy Storytelling To A New Level

The latest chapter took Srikant Tiwari into a complex Northeast conflict while keeping his family’s struggles at the core. Manoj Bajpayee and the ensemble cast delivered intensity and emotion in equal measure. The new season reinforced India’s ability to create world-class thrillers that feel both local and global.

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Two Much Brought Charm Of Fun And Controversies

Kajol and Twinkle Khanna made audiences laugh and thoroughly entertained with their unfiltered questions, candid conversations and banter with stars such as Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ananya Panday and more. With appearances from top stars and conversations laced with humour, inside jokes and interesting anecdotes - the show created a space where celebrity talk felt real, witty and wonderfully unpredictable.

Uyi Amma Turned Music Into A National Obsession

The Hindi track from the film Azaad exploded across social media thanks to its addictive beat and Rasha Tandon’s breakout performance. But what supercharged its virality was Rasha Tandon herself, whose performance in the song turned her into an overnight sensation. It became the soundtrack for reels, dance videos and college performances across India. The song proved that language no longer limits how far a great track can travel.

Deewaniyat Title Track Added Fire To Big-Screen Romance

Vishal Mishra’s powerful voice, Kunaal Vermaa’s heartfelt writing and Kaushik Guddu’s striking music created a romantic anthem that audiences instantly embraced. Sonam Bajwa and Harshvardhan Rane’s chemistry made the music video a visual treat. The track gave the Diwali release Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat a strong emotional identity and became one of the most replayed love songs of the year.

Food With Farah Turned Comfort Viewing Into A Cultural Trend

Farah Khan, with her signature humour and delicious chaos, created a digital-format winner that audiences embraced as their new go-to entertaining cookery show. With her staff Dilip as the show’s secret sauce, Food with Farah humanised celebrities, spotlighted food-driven nostalgia, and proved that comfort-viewing is now a major category in India. The show opens the doors to the kitchens of India’s favourite stars, revealing what they eat, how they behave in an unguarded culinary space, and even puts their cooking skills to test. The rise of “soft entertainment”, low-stakes, personality-heavy, feel-good content, became one of the strongest behavioural shifts of the year.

Shaktimaan Returns Revived Superhero Nostalgia For A New Generation

Shaktimaan Returns arrived as an audio-first reinvention of India’s most iconic superhero, powered by Mukesh Khanna’s unmistakable voice on Pocket FM. The impact was seismic, with millennials reliving their childhood while Gen Z discovering Shaktimaan as a modern mythic force.

Mahagatha Proved That Mythology Can Shine In The Audio Era

Mahagatha emerged as a thriller–fantasy audio epic from Ayodhya-based writer Suraj Mauryavanshi, charting the journey of Neil Vayuputra, once a prince, now a slave, torn between saving his sister and saving humanity from an ancient threat. The impact spoke for itself: with 40.9 million plays, Mahagatha became both a phenomenon and a case study in the new creator economy.