Nikita Chinamanthur
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Swades
(स्वदेस)
A young scientist returns home to India in search of his childhood nanny, rediscovering his roots in the process.
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- India • 2004
- Director Ashutosh Gowariker
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Balal, Smith Seth, Lekh Tandon, Rajesh Vivek
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Dil Chahta Hai
(दिल चाहता है)
Akash, Sameer, and Sid are best friends in college. During the summer after graduation, tension builds as they each fall in love.
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- India • 2001
- Director Farhan Akhtar
- Cast Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Hum Tum
(हम तुम)
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- India • 2004
- Director Kunal Kohli
- Cast Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Kirron Kher, Rati Agnihotri, Rishi Kapoor, Jimmy Shergill
- Genre Romance, Family, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Don
(डॉन)
The Chase Begins Again
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- India • 2006
- Director Farhan Akhtar
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Arjun Rampal, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Isha Koppikar
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Hera Pheri
Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they recieve a call from a kidnapper.
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- India • 2000
- Director Priyadarshan
- Cast Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Gulshan Grover, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Andaz Apna Apna
(अंदाज़ अपना अपना)
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- India • 1994
- Director Rajkumar Santoshi
- Cast Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Don 2
The King is Back
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- India, Germany • 2011
- Director Farhan Akhtar
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Boman Irani, Kunal Kapoor, Nawab Shah, Om Puri
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
(कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म)
When Rahul marries a poor woman, his father disowns him and Rahul moves to London to build a new life.
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- India • 2001
- Director Karan Johar
- Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Chak De! India
(चकदे! इंडिया)
An ostracized former men’s field hockey player attempts to redeem himself by leading the national women's field hockey team to the championship.
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- India • 2007
- Director Shimit Amin
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Anaitha Nair, Tanya Abrol, Shilpa Shukla, Arya Menon, Shubhi Mehta
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rang De Basanti
(रंग दे बसंती)
A documentary changes the lives of five teenage freedom fighters.
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- India • 2006
- Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Cast Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Alice Patten
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
(मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस)
He might just cure you.
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- India • 2003
- Director Rajkumar Hirani
- Cast Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh, Rohini Hattangadi, Boman Irani
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video
A Wednesday!
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- India • 2008
- Director Neeraj Pandey
- Cast Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Shergill, Deepal Shaw, Aamir Bashir, Rohitash Gaud
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Kahaani
A pregnant mother desperately tried to find her husband in Kolkata, a city drenched in corruption.
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- India • 2012
- Director Sujoy Ghosh
- Cast Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Darshan Jariwala
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Om Shanti Om
(ओम शांति ओम)
For some dreams, one lifetime is not enough.
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- India • 2007
- Director Farah Khan
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher, Nitish Pandey
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
(भूल भुलैया)
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- India • 2007
- Director Priyadarshan
- Cast Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Paresh Rawal, Manoj Joshi, Ameesha Patel
- Genre Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Vicky Donor
(विक्की डोनर)
Laakhon mein ek!
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- India • 2012
- Director Shoojit Sircar
- Cast Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor, Dolly Ahluwalia, Kamlesh Gill, Puja Gupta
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy
Phir Hera Pheri
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- India • 2006
- Director Neeraj Vora
- Cast Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen, Johnny Lever
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Yupp TV, Hoopla
Guru
(गुरु)
Think big, think ahead and think fast.
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- India • 2007
- Director Mani Ratnam
- Cast Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Arya Babbar
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
3 Idiots
From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down.
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- India • 2009
- Director Rajkumar Hirani
- Cast Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Boman Irani, Ali Fazal
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Parched
In this empowering drama, four women from a rural North Indian village break the shackles of misogyny, abuse, and oppression.
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- India, United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Leena Yadav
- Cast Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sayani Gupta, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Sumeet Vyas
- Genre Bollywood, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Talaash
(तलाश)
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a film star, meets a sex-worker, all while dealing with the death of his son.
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- India • 2012
- Director Reema Kagti
- Cast Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rani Mukerji, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajkummar Rao, Subrat Dutta
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Margarita with a Straw
A college student with cerebral palsy seeks her independence by spending a semester abroad in New York City.
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- India • 2015
- Director Shonali Bose
- Cast Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, William Moseley, Hussain Dalal
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Family
- Available on The Roku Channel
Luck by Chance
An up-and-coming actor faces interpersonal and professional hardships during the production of his first Bollywood film.
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- India • 2009
- Director Zoya Akhtar
- Cast Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Hrithik Roshan, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
My Name Is Khan
A Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome journeys to meet the President and change the perception of his community after 9/11.
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- India • 2010
- Director Karan Johar
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Jimmy Shergill, Zarina Wahab, Adarsh Gourav, Tanay Chheda
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Delhi-6
(दिल्ली ६)
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- India • 2009
- Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Cast Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor, Om Puri, Divya Dutta
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Highway
(हाईवे)
A young, wealthy woman discovers more freedom living on the road with bandits than in her stuffy upper-class home.
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- India • 2014
- Director Imtiaz Ali
- Cast Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt, Durgesh Kumar, Pradeep Nagar, Saharsh Kumar Shukla, Shakeel Khan
- Genre Bollywood, Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Chandni Chowk to China
(चांदनी चौक टू चाइना)
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- India, United States • 2009
- Director Nikkhil Advani
- Cast Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepika Padukone, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Ranvir Shorey, Roger Yuan
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Pather Panchali
(পথের পাঁচালী)
Together, Apu and his sister, Durga, make do with what they have and enjoy the simple joys of childhood.
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- India • 1955
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Bannerjee, Chunibala Devi, Runki Banerjee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Hoichoi, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Aparajito
(অপরাজিত)
The second part of the Apu Trilogy, in which Apu excels as a young student and receives a scholarship to attend college in Calcutta.
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- India • 1956
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Smaran Ghosal, Pinaki Sengupta, Santi Gupta, Ramani Sengupta
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Hoichoi, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Apur Sansar
(অপুর সংসার)
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. One day, an old friend talks him into taking a trip into the country to attend his cousin's wedding....
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- India • 1959
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee, Dhiresh Majumdar, Sefalika Devi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Wake Up Sid
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- India • 2009
- Director Ayan Mukerji
- Cast Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Namit Das
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV