Indian films about rulers

List of the best Indian films about rulers according to the audience: Kochadaiiyaan, Bahubali: The Beginning, Jodhaa Akbar, Shagird, ABCD, Natsamrat, Laila Majnu, Arrambam, Agent Vinod, Trishna.

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: 6.2
Genreaction, adventure, cartoon
CountryIndia
Duration02:04

The Story of a powerful king Kochadaiiyaan, and so does his Kingdom. But on a fateful day, one of his close friends plots against him and acquires his kingdom, while he was driven away. Kochadaiiyaan gets a baby boy Rana, who grows up to become a great warrior, and fights and redeems the kingdom that rightfully belongs to him.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:05

The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior/princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been held captive for the last 25 years. Shividu sets off to rescue her, discovering his own origins in the process.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, history
CountryIndia
Duration03:33

Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:05

Hanumant Singh is the quirky cop in the police department. He is a man of action who delivers most of the time but he has unusual ways to accomplish his mission. More importantly, he doesn't think twice before hobnobbing with corrupt politicians and gangsters and taking bribes for services rendered. Trouble begins when a new and seemingly honest recruit joins his team.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryIndia
Duration02:40

When a capable dancer is provoked by the evil design of his employer, naturally he will be out to prove his mettle.

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: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryIndia

Laila is a free-spirited girl from a conservative family who firmly believes in living for the present. Qais, a spoilt brat, falls head over heels in love with her. Their families, however, are warring over property, which leads to self-destruction, pain and bleeding hearts.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

The film's plot is set in the backdrop of 26/11 serial blasts in Mumbai, and revolves around Ashok Kumar (Ajith), who is on a mission to expose a scam regarding faulty bullet proof jackets that are provided to security forces, which resulted in many bloody deaths including his best friend and colleague, Assistant Commissioner Sanjay (Rana).

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryIndia
Duration02:37

In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhua, RAW Agent Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) is rescued by colleague Rajan (Ravi Kishan) from a rogue Pakistani army officer (Shahbaz Khan). In Russia/Uzbekistan, an ex-KGB Officer is tortured and murdered. In Cape Town, a group of international business tycoons discusses a rumor that the dead KGB officer possessed a nuclear suitcase bomb. In Moscow, Rajan is exposed and shot dead while trying to send a Code Red message to India. In India, the head of RAW sees the incomplete message containing just number 242. Agent Vinod undertakes a globe-trotting secret mission to discover the reason why his colleague, Rajan, was murdered. A series of twists and turns take Vinod across the globe to Morocco and Latvia, Karachi to Delhi and finally London where he discovers the actual conspiracy.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, India
Duration01:57

When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?

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Genreaction, military, biography, history
CountryIndia

‘Marakkar Lion of the Arabian Sea’ portrays the courageous life-events of a rebellious naval chief, Kunjali Marakkar the fourth, who fought against the Portuguese in the ancient times. He was the fourth naval chief of the Calicut Zamorin. The film revolves around him who was also the first Indian Naval Commander and Indian freedom fighter for the war against the Portuguese. He is said to have won 16 such battles with his impeccable strategies and fighting skills.

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: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryIndia

Prior to the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) trains an Indian banker in espionage and martial arts, and sends him to Pakistan for an undercover operation where he finds himself sinking between emotions and violence.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A narcotics officer engages in a cat-and-mouse chase to capture a powerful criminal kingpin.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
CountryIndia
Duration02:43

A Pindari Prince goes to England to study military tactics so that he can avenge his people, but while there, he falls in love.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, thriller, comedy
CountryIndia

The desire for biryani after drinks lands two friends in an endless frenzy as they get framed for a kidnapping and go on the run.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama, biography, history, sport
CountryIndia, USA, United Kingdom

The story of India's incredible 1983 cricket World Cup victory.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, history
CountryIndia
Duration02:52

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:23

A grandfather, police officer and a priest join hands to investigate and find a missing child.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

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

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

A fun roller coaster ride about three young people, Aju, Divya and Kuttan who are cousins, reach Bangalore to dream, discover & explore!

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: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:00

After the death of his first wife, wealthy Raja Aditya Pratap Singh, re-marries another woman, simply known as Chhoti Rani, who subsequently becomes mentally unstable. His father's former mistress, Badi Rani, controls the wealth, while he himself has a mistress. Unable to procure contracts through Mantri Prabhu Tiwari, he decides to stand for elections, while his rival, Ghenda Singh, recruits an assassin, Babalu, who is also the nephew of Sunder, Chhoti Rani's chauffeur, to kill Aditya. After Sunder is unable to drive due to an injury, he recommends Babalu, and Aditya hires him. Babalu settles down in his new job, attempts to get accepted by everyone, including Chhoti Rani, who he finds attractive. He soon finds out that she, too, has feelings for him, and then starts making plans of not only carrying out his assigned task but also becoming the next Saheb.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryIndia, USA
Duration02:35

A father trying hard to ‘fit-in’ in his son’s badass world. A son trying hard to ‘dude-up’ his dad from ‘aiiiyyyo’ to ‘Yo!’ And a mother lost in translation between her husband’s ‘ingeva’ and her son’s ‘inn’it!’ While Shekhar was trying every trick in the book to woo his son, get ‘dude-ified’ and ‘up his coolness quotient’ his son had given up on him. Just when the father-son duo hit a deadlock, Shekhar strikes gold when he designs one hell of a game. Finally it all starts falling into place, as the family comes together, only to find themselves in the middle of a crash…not just a hard drive crash but a crash that would drive them to a disaster and make their lives go – KABOOM! All hell breaks loose when – the game that was meant to be played with starts playing them. Ra.one – The next level.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genreaction, drama
CountryIndia

A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to save his hot-blooded son?

Markimdb: 4.2
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:43

Learning of a fortune in gold being secretly shipped to Romania, master thieves Charlie and Riya assemble a crack team to steal it.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration01:35

Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting trauma of losing his loved ones, Ajay manages to make a credible name for himself in investigative journalism. Working with a strange team of RTI activists, ex-criminals and ilk; and even stranger ways of unearthing and presenting truth, Ajay Mehra has earned quite a fan following among the youths, who finds his fearless and unforgiving approach in dealing with all kinds of sociopaths very inspiring.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration03:22

Set in present day Mumbai the story follows the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s Raman Raghav. His strange obsession with Raghavan, a young Cop keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of them come face to face.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryIndia

A story about the man who is confused with his love life finds solace in his birthplace with his childhood love.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryIndia
Duration01:43

Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryIndia
Duration03:06

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:15

Jai Ho is an upcoming Bollywood action Drama film starring Salman Khan and Tabu in lead roles. It is a remake of Telugu film Stalin starring Chiranjeevi in the lead role

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:18

Three bumbling underlings who are tasked with smuggling cocaine get into problems during their journey.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, drama, sport
CountryIndia

An inspiring story about an orphan boy from the streets of Dongri, who grows up to become a local goon of his area and how his life changes after he meets the young and compassionate Ananya, who guides him towards the right path and makes him realize his true calling i.e boxing.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy
CountryIndia
Duration02:04

Three friends in their 60s try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, adventure, history
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
Duration02:13

Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:20

An inseparable couple Saira and Shiva find themselves in a complicated situation when a stranger claims to be her reincarnated lover from their previous lifetime, hellbent on destroying their relationship and winning her back.

Markimdb: 5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:02

After a month-long tour of Europe, Sejal is just about to board her flight to India, when she realises that her engagement ring is lost. In quest of the object, she hires the same tour-guide Harry and together they set off visiting the exact same spots that she and her family visited—in the hope of finding the heirloom. Of course the journey proves to be much more…

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, action, fantasy
CountryIndia

A realtor finds himself accompanied by two ghostly entities inside a mansion. He learns of a violent event that took place years ago and is sent back in time to prevent it from happening.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:07

Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.

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: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family

Markimdb: 9.2
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, history
CountryIndia

This is the story of Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakti. It is an elaborated narration of Shiv and Shakti's separation and union, their journeys together, and how that affected and shaped the world. The story presently narrates how Goddess Shakti's human incarnation Sati, grand daughter of Lord Brahma and daughter of Prajapati Daksha (a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu) and Queen Prasuti is reunited with Shiva after Shakti was separated from him for the benefit of the universe. The show is presumed to follow with Sati's reincarnation as Goddess Parvati, daughter of mountain-king Himalaya and Queen Maina and younger sibling of Prince Mainak and Goddess Ganga. The show will then portray her union with her chosen lord Mahadev and how they came together never to be separated again. One of the most enchanting and intriguing tales of love, this story is credited as the first love story of the universe.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

Googly is a 2013 Kannada romantic comedy film directed by Pawan Wadeyar and produced by Jayanna Combines. Yash and Kriti Kharbanda are the lead actors while Ananth Nag and Sadhu Kokila play the primary supporting roles. The film released on 19 July 2013 and opened to a fantastic response at the box office. The film was declared a "Blockbuster".

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:09

When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy
CountryIndia

Owing to the condition that the girls of the neighborhood should be treated like one's own sister, Gattu works to capture Binny's heart and the approval of his community.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryIndia

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara is a sequel of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

7 years after the events of Drishyam, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, comedy
CountryIndia

Rama Rao fails to get a job with the police force due to his father's connections with a gangster. But when his brother is killed by the gangster, Rama Rao becomes Baadshah to oppose him.




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