From Thamma to Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani: Top 8 Indian Vampire movies and tv shows
The journey from the film "Thamma" to the TV show "Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani" showcases Indian cinema's unique take on vampires, blending supernatural horror with drama and romance to create a captivating genre of its own.
Thamma Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Thamma is the latest vampire movie, for which fans have been eagerly awaiting. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, the film is dubbed as ‘bloody love story’ and revolves around Ayushmann’s character as he fights a thousand-year-old vampire (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and his father (Paresh Rawal), who thinks his son is a "shaitaan" after seeing his vampire teeth. Thamma is set for a festive Diwali release on 21 October.
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Vikram Betaal This traditional Indian folktale has received several television adaptations, with Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha (2018-2019) being the most recent well-known TV series, featuring the stories of King Vikramaditya and Betaal's riddles. The most recent spinoff, Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha, was released in 2018 and featured Aham Sharma and Aayam Mehta in lead roles.
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Tooth Pari: When Love Bites Tanya Maniktala and Shantanu Maheshwari starrer this Netflix series follows a rebellious vampire with a broken tooth who falls for a shy dentist on the streets of Kolkata. However, things got entangled, leaving the audience with the question: will human and mystical forces keep them apart?
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Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani Ekta Kapoor’s vampire TV serial Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani featured Vivian Dsena, Sukirti Kandpal and Mohit Keswani in the lead. The serial follows Piya, who joins a college in Dehradun, where she falls in love with Abhay, though she is unaware that he is a vampire.
MTV Fanaah Anita Hassanandani, Scarlett Rose and Karan Kundrra starrer MTV Fanaah follows the complexities of a love story featuring supernatural entities such as vampires and werewolves and a witch. Produced by BBC Worldwide India, the show ran for over a year.
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Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal Reem Shaikh, Gashmeer Mahajani and Karan Kundra star in the Indian television adaptation of the popular series, The Vampire Diaries. Just like Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley series, Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal follows two rival brothers who are werewolves fighting for love and survival as they fall in love with the same woman, while the town prepares to get rid of the hidden werewolves.
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Bandh Darwaza Hashmat Khan, Manjeet Kular, and Kunika Sadanand star in this 1990s horror film. Bandh Darwaza revolve around Pratap Singh's wife, Lajjo, who cannot conceive. When her family starts to pressure her husband to remarry, a desperate Lajjo seeks help from Nevla, a vampire, in the hope that he can help her conceive.
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Dracula 2012 Based on Bram Stoker's famous novel Dracula, this Malayalam-language thriller is set in South India. Directed by Vinayan, the film stars Sudheer Sukumaran, Prabhu, Monal Gajjar, Nassar, Shraddha Das and Thilakan. Dracula 2012 follows Roy Thomas / William D'Souza, whose life changed after he visited Bran Castle during his honeymoon in Romania. However, upon his return to the hotel, he kills his bride. He then returns to his homeland and begins to hunt for new victims.
![Thamma Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Thamma is the latest vampire movie, for which fans have been eagerly awaiting. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, the film is dubbed as ‘bloody love story’ and revolves around Ayushmann’s character as he fights a thousand-year-old vampire (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and his father (Paresh Rawal), who thinks his son is a "shaitaan" after seeing his vampire teeth. Thamma is set for a festive Diwali release on 21 October.](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2025/09/20250927114318_vampire-ps-thama.jpg "Thamma Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Thamma is the latest vampire movie, for which fans have been eagerly awaiting. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, the film is dubbed as ‘bloody love story’ and revolves around Ayushmann’s character as he fights a thousand-year-old vampire (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and his father (Paresh Rawal), who thinks his son is a "shaitaan" after seeing his vampire teeth. Thamma is set for a festive Diwali release on 21 October.")
