Indian films about mythology

List of the best Indian films about mythology according to visitors: Arjun: The Warrior Prince, Mahabharat, Adventures of Mowgli, Hisss, Rascals, Tumbbad, Pari, Raavanan, Irul, Ramaiya Vastavaiya.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, adventure, cartoon
CountryIndia
Duration01:36

Legend knows him as an archer of unwavering focus, the soldier who fought a battle in his own heart before taking up arms against his enemy. This is the untold story of Arjun, hero of the Mahabharata. A precocious talent plunged from boyhood and innocence into a murky world of deceit and betrayal, coming of age to become the most powerful warrior of his time. From the dusty plains of Hastinapur to the icy peaks of the Himalayas, Arjun: The Warrior Prince is the story of a man discovering what it takes to be a hero.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genredrama, military, history
CountryIndia

Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah. The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreadventure, family, cartoon
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:30

Adventures of Mowgli is an animated feature-length story originally released as five animated shorts of about 20 minutes each between 1967 and 1971 in the Soviet Union.

Markimdb: 2.9
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama
CountryIndia, USA
Duration01:38

Based on the Far Eastern myth of the snake woman who is able to take on human form.

Markimdb: 3
Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:08

Rascals movie is a comedy about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. But when both fall for the same girl, the competition reaches an all new level as both men constantly attempt to outwit each other to win over the surprisingly elusive Kangana!

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
CountryIndia, Sweden
Duration02:27

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration01:37

Arnab tries to help Ruksahana, who is found under mysterious circumstances in a house. He lets her stay at his home until he discovers something strange about her.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryIndia
Duration02:10

After inspector Dev stirs the reign of Veeraiya, a tribal outlaw, the latter responds by kidnapping his wife, Ragini. While she tries to escape from him, Dev fights many resistances to find her.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia

A dark rainy night, an empty house, a stranded couple and an unknown man. A sleek game of the cat and the mouse starts playing on, as the three of them find a dead body in the basement.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:28

A wealthy NRI falls hard for a country girl during a visit to his homeland.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, biography
CountryIndia
Duration02:30

Concerned about his wife Gayatri's menstrual hygiene, Lakshmikant Chauhan urges her to ditch the cloth and opt for sanitary napkins. Gayatri is reluctant to go for disposable pads as they are expensive. Lakshmi obsessing over a 'ladies problem' makes her cringe but he insists on bringing upon a change by addressing the taboo topic. Subjected to hostility for ruffling the religious and age-old beliefs of people around, can the man brave the resistance and get his point across?

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:02

Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata from London to find her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. Seven months pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragments from her memories about him, all clues seem to reach a dead end when everyone tries to convince Vidya that her husband does not exist. She slowly realises that nothing is what it seems. In a city soaked in lies, Vidya is determined to unravel the truth about her husband - for herself and her unborn child - even at the cost of her own life.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A young man in Delhi tries to break free from his controlling brothers.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:40

A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.

Markimdb: 3
Genreaction, comedy
CountryIndia

Chulbul this time has to take on a criminal named Balli Singh, who has disrupted other people's lives with his annoying antics.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
CountryIndia
Duration00:55

A virtuous soldier Magadheera aka Puli (Tiger) vows to save his people from the rule of a cruel queen and her treacherous Marshal. Does good triumph over evil?

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom, India

This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything -- except how to talk to women.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, drama
CountryIndia

Gunasingam, a family-loving farmer who hails from a small town, tries his best to keep his big family united despite him being misunderstood by many.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genredrama, family
CountryIndia

Appa, a veteran theatre actor who has primarily worked in adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, falls upon hard times in his old age.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, comedy, drama
CountryIndia

Gopal and his best friends are back again, and this time they move back to their old neighborhood in a new palatial house where they learn that it is being haunted by a ghost.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrethriller
CountryIndia
Duration01:59

Rishi,an NRI and ex-lover of Swetha returns to India because she asks for help in search of her kidnapped daughter,where the believes doesn't exist.How did Rishi find out the truth behind this scenario?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction
CountryIndia

A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​

Markimdb: 1.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

The Singh family comprises of Shamsher his step-son Sikandar, twins Suraj and Sanjana. They run a business of illegal arms and trade with the help of their friend Yash. Things get dramatic when Jessica meets Sikandar and the family ties are strained under each character’s ulterior motives.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

If you're not safe at home, and you're not safe outside, what do you do? Where do you go? Is it possible to face your fears? Find out in the spookiest psychological thriller of the year, Phobia, starring Radhika Apte.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for IIT aspirants in Patna.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryIndia
Duration02:45

Akilan and Vimalan are the conjoined twins of genetic scientist Ramachandran, whose company makes Energion, a dietary supplement that promises to make geniuses out of children. When Russian journalist Volga tells them that there is something fishy about Energion and is mysteriously found dead, their lives are turned topsy-turvy.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genreaction, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration03:10

Baaghi is the story of Ronny, a rebellious 23-year-old from Delhi. Fearing his unruly and angry temperament his father sends him to a disciplinary academy set in a sleepy town in Kerala. While traveling to the academy he meets Siya who also carries a rebellious streak but nonetheless spark fly between them. After his enrollment, Ronny encounters the star student Raghav and things get awry between them when Raghav falls for Siya as well. Years later Ronny is informed that Siya is abducted and is called upon for help to rescue her from the gritty underbelly of Thailand. Lost in the midst of a new city Ronny comes face to face with his nemesis, Raghav. They both still love Siya unconditionally and are in a battle to win her heart. But there will be only one person who will. Who will it be the rebellious Ronny or the furious Raghav?

Markimdb: 5.3
Genreaction, comedy
CountryIndia
Duration02:42

Shankar is an orphan raised by a sincere police officer Raja Rao. In an unexpected situation, Raja Rao's son Bharath kills a kid and Shankar takes the blame, and is imprisoned while Raja Rao warns him not to meet him again.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndia

Picking up the storyline from where Singam ended, Duraisingam has gone undercover after meeting the Home Minister and is working as an NCC officer in a school in Thoothukudi. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief Minister and Home Minister apart from himself.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A budding director endeavors to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But his secret attempts to conduct the research fail when he gets caught for snooping.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryIndia
Duration02:32

Shiva, an engineering graduate, is not serious about his job or future even when his friends advise him about life. He falls in love with a girl he saw at a bus stop and finally gets to ride with her in a car.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:20

Jassi Randhawa (Ajay Devgan) is an unemployed good-for-nothing man who receives a letter from the Punjab government about buying his property in Punjab. To sell the property, Jassi leaves for Punjab. On the train, he meets and falls in love with Sukhmeet (Sonakshi Sinha). In Punjab, Jassi accidentally meets Billu (Sanjay Dutt) and, seeing he is new to the area, Billu invites Jassi to his home, where he treats Jassi like a god. There, Jassi realises that Billu is Sukhmeet's brother. Soon enough, it is revealed that Billu is Balwinder Singh and Jassi is short for Jaswinder. However, Billu's family has to follow one Punjabi rule: A guest in the house should never be harmed. Now, Billu must wait for Jassi to leave the house to kill him. Jassi learns about it and comes up with a hilarious plan to foil Billu's shenanigans.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia

An aspiring actress in a small town in Rajasthan agrees to bear a child for a visiting couple seeking a surrogate mother, but her experience takes an unexpected turn when they refuse to have a child anymore.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryIndia

A jaded forest officer leads a team of trackers and locals intending to capture an unsettled tigress while battling intense obstacles and pressures, both natural and man-made.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:21

A father who runs a marriage bureau believes that his son is a failure in life. In order to prove him wrong, his son takes on the task of finding a match for a gangster's sister.

Markimdb: 3
Genrecomedy
CountryIndia

A farcical comedy involving two families. Kapoors are headed by Colonel, who stays with his younger son, while Tiwaris are a childless couple. The lives of Kapoors and Tiwaris were as neat and perfect until one day a woman shows up at the door with an illegitimate child. Who is the father of this child?

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, India, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:02

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

In the 1990s, a wedding detective has to perform background checks on prospective grooms. In the time before social media and mobile phones, everything has to be done in person.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, comedy
CountryIndia

A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

Mathew is a graduate in software engineering, but is now jobless. He is waiting for his good time to get a good job. Mathew has borrowed some money as loan. Now he cannot give it back as he has no job. Mathew's childhood friend Jeena Johnykkutty is ready to help him as she could. She has a job. Her father Johnykkutty does not like Mathew and he always tries to trouble Mathew whenever he gets a chance. At this time Mathew's good time arrives; but along with it many problems too. The gripping events that follow plot the rest of 'Neram'.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:16

A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genreaction, military, biography, history
CountryIndia

Inspired by the life of Captain Vikram Batra (PVC), the film celebrates his bravery, valiant spirit and honors his invaluable sacrifice during the Kargil War of 1999, at the age of 24.

Markimdb: 9.1
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndia

Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

A true story based on acid attack survivor Malti's (Laxmi Agarwal) grueling and glorious journey from her medical treatment, court proceedings leading to her emotional healing.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:43

A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryIndia

Based on the life story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and his journey to being the world cup winning captain of the Indian cricket team.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndia

A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases.




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