Indian movies about schoolchildren

List of the best Indian movies about schoolchildren selected by visitors to our site: Lucknow Central, Saina, Dil Dhadakne Do, Ezra, Nautanki Saala!, Jai Ho, Dum Maaro Dum, Nenjam Marappathillai, Gaslight, Patiala House.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, music
CountryIndia

After being accused of murder and awaiting his death penalty, Kishen Mohan Girhotra is compelled by NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap to form a musical band of prisoners to compete at band competition held at the dreaded jail of ‘Lucknow Central’. Kishen befriends and convinces a talented bunch of criminals to form a band that provides them with a purpose and a new lease of life.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryIndia

Champion. Olympic Medallist. The Doyen of Indian Badminton. Saina Nehwal is all of this and much more. This biopic chronicles the inspiring story of a gifted youngster's ascendance to the pinnacle of the Badminton World through sheer passion and perseverance.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration03:04

On a cruise to celebrate their parents' 30th wedding anniversary, a brother and sister deal with the impact of family considerations on their romantic lives.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryIndia

An urban couple Ranjan Mathew and Priya have just moved to Kochi when powers of the supernatural start to take over their lives. How they tide over the forces forms the story.​

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy
CountryIndia
Duration02:28

Ram, a successful theatre artist, saves Mandar from committing suicide. He then ends up developing a special bond with Mandar and even helps solve his problems.

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: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:05

ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryIndia

A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia

Meesha, a young paraplegic woman confined to a wheelchair, returns to her family’s royal estate after 15 years at the behest of her estranged father, only to learn that he’s mysteriously missing and probably dead.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genredrama, sport
CountryIndia
Duration02:20

A second-generation Sikh in London gives up his dream to save his father's reputation until he meets a girl who gives him the strength to stand up for what he believes. This cross-generation drama is about second chances.

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: 7.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:19

A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:11

A convict out on parole finds employment as the caretaker of a multi-millionaire, who is paralysed from neck down.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA, India
Duration01:44

After graduation, five friends set out to make a difference in the world for God. Their ambitions are high, their passions are strong but will they have the courage to fulfill their calling regardless of what comes their way. The sacrifice they are asked to pay may just be too high. Through Godly council from an outside source, the group realizes that this is not their time after all, it's all His.

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: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration01:59

Marriages are made in heaven! Though the road to heaven might be a little “tedha’. Meet ‘Manu’, a seedha saadha Doctor from London. Intelligent, temperate and from a respectable family, The perfect groom which every parent wants for their daughter. ‘Family pressure’ leads him to Kanpur to meet Tanu the quintessential small town girl who has studied in Delhi. Tanu is a smart, intelligent girl who will do everything that her parents will disapprove. With a mind of her own and a love for rebellion, Tanu is dead against an arranged marriage. But destiny holds something totally different for these dramatically diverse personalities. Their paths keep crossing time and again and weaves this wonderful story through the Indian heartland.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama
CountryIndia, United Kingdom, USA

In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:31

He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryIndia

Following a group of friends from university as they progress into middle-age life and go their own separate ways.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration01:31

An unconventional thinker (Shah Rukh Khan) helps a budding cinematographer (Alia Bhatt) gain a new perspective on life.

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: 4.1
Genreaction, drama, history
CountryIndia
Duration03:39

After the British company’s officer Clive takes over the kingdom of Mirza, Princess Zafira and Khudabaksh aka Azaad form a band of rebel pirates who swear to defeat the English officer and win their freedom back. The British Company in return, hire the wily thug Firangi track Azaad’s gang and thwart his plans.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia, Germany

Frieda, a fashioncommercial photographer trying to find her own art, gathers her closest girlfriends from all over India to travel to Goa for a surprise announcement: she’s getting married! Thus begins an impromptu bachelorette celebration that lasts for a full week. A riotous roller-coaster ride of girl bonding; friendships, break ups, make ups, fuck ups, passion, devastation, hesitation, terrorization and self realization. Amidst the fun and frenzy, heartbreak and heartache, passion and obsession, youth and innocence, secrets tumble out, tensions emerge, bonds are formed and emotions run high. Soon events will take a more serious turn, but for the moment these women are determined to seize the day.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountryIndia

An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryIndia
Duration03:25

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:46

Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having the odds stacked against him.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryIndia

When a zombie outbreak occurs in a hill station, a traffic cop takes on the responsibility of transporting a team of doctors to a city hospital so that they can find an antidote.

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: 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: 5.6
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass. This time around, he is facing off against a formidable opponent named Beeja, who would stop at nothing until he sees Maari's downfall.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India, and the kind of control he had over his cabinet and the country.

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: 8.1
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: 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: 5.3
Genreaction
CountryIndia
Duration02:26

Rajkumar, an aimless youth, works for a drug baron and is sent to kill a rival dealer. His life is changed forever when he meets Chanda, and has no idea she is the adopted daughter of the man he is supposed to kill.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryIndia
Duration02:31

Akash (Ranbir Kapoor) and Kiara (Priyanka Chopra) are trying to find luck in their life after several failed attempts to be successful in their careers and in love. Fed up, they both decide to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, both land up on the same bridge at the same time.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:18

A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

An aspiring actor dresses up as a female nurse to bag a role in a film, and more importantly, woo the love of his life.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, action, comedy, adventure
CountryIndia
Duration01:48

A rave party off the coast of Goa goes horrifyingly and hilariously wrong when the island is overrun with zombies.

Markimdb: 8
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryIndia

Based on the real life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in 1960s in the backdrops of Calicut.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryIndia

An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Mumbai to Pune. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
CountryIndia

Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates his failures to his name and wants to change it. He meets an astrologer who is popular in giving fancy names that could bring luck to people. His named his changed to Harish and soon after his luck changes.

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
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration03:03

Raftaar Singh is always looking to have fun and runs away from responsibility. Fed up, his father orders Raftaar to go to Goa and work, and learn to take on responsibility. Once in Goa, he impresses his new boss with his enthusiasm and creative thinking. Soon he gets an assignment, and meets Sara Amy Jackson - and thus begins their unique love story. What ensues is a great comedy of errors, as one hilarious situation after another unfolds. Raftaar falls head over heels for this exotic, mysterious girl. The romance takes a deadly turn when he realizes that Sara is not who he thinks she is and has an agenda, which takes him to Romania. Will Raftaar be able to win her over in a distant and dangerous land?

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:00

The story revolves around Rahul Singh (John Abraham), a compulsive gambler who wins Rs. 20 million from a bet and throws a party to celebrate. Everyone has a good time drinking and partying till late night during which Rahul proposes to Nafisa (Sonal Sehgal). He announces their engagement to all present, then collapses on the floor. In hospital, he learns that he has only 90 days to live. Wanting to make the most of his last days, he leaves everything behind and moves into a soothing hospice. The inmates he meets change his outlook on life. As his relationships grow with each one of them, Rahul tries to rise above his own needs and live life to the fullest, learning from the courage of those around him.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:30

Sriram Venkat is the most shallow guy on earth who doesn't value relationships, family, friends, life or the country. Not necessarily in that order. Because he couldn't care less about the order. This makes him the clear 'black' sheep of the family.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genremelodrama, drama, musical
CountryIndia

Two star-crossed lovers must battle the forces which try to keep them apart at different timelines and at different world's.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

A man teams up with his family to reform his girlfriend's two warring uncles who want to inherit her wealth.




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