As 2024 comes to an end, search engine giant Google has unveiled its annual list of India’s most-searched topics. These include famous personalities, memes, viral trends, movies, and shows. Despite all the box office clashes and massive collections, you’d be surprised to know what sparked curiosity across India. 

Top trending searches for movies 

Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s horror comedy Stree 2 tops the list of most-searched Indian movies in 2024. It is followed by the sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD starring a multitude of actors like Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, and Amitabh Bachchan. Bagging the third spot is Vikrant Massey’s 12th Fail, which put him in the spotlight. Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies which is also India’s official entry for Oscars 2025 is at the fourth spot. The other half of this list explores regional cinema with films in ascending order such as Vijay Sethupathi’s Maharaja, the adventure drama Manjummel Boys, Thalapathy Vijay’s The Greatest of All Time, Prabhas’ Salaar, and Fahadh Faasil’s Aavesham.