Indian movies about writers

List of the best Indian movies about writers selected by visitors to our site: Meri Pyaari Bindu, Kapoor and Sons, Happy Ending, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Roy, Wake Up Sid, Khamoshiyan, Ittefaq, Tumbbad, Arrambam.

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
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

Abhimanyu Roy is stuck with writer's block until he decides to re-live the memories of his childhood sweetheart Bindu who aspires to be a successful singer and struggles to give Abhi the one thing he craves - stability.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryIndia
Duration02:54

A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their parents and grandfather in Coonoor, and end up falling for the same woman.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:15

Yudi’s happy life is about to encounter a speed breaker-his BMW gets towed away and his dues have started piling up. He’s run out of money and luck! To make matters worse-his supposed ex-girlfriend isn’t really his ex.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
CountryIndia
Duration02:25

Ayan falls in love with his soulmate, Alizeh, but she doesn’t reciprocate the feeling. Later, a relationship with Saba helps him realize Alizeh’s value in his life, irrespective of their relationship status.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryIndia

A love triangle revolving around the lives of a filmmaker, a thief and their mutual love interest.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.

Markimdb: 4
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:37

A writer adrift in the icy slopes of Kashmir, discovers a woman with a strange and silent past.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:27

Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.

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: 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: 8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:24

In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob well-known businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the Central Bureau of Intelligence or income tax officials. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of money from their targets.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:22

Four young friends decide to work together when one of them comes up with an innovative and lucrative business plan. But their lives begin to deteriorate when their personal issues surface.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:44

The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.

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: 5.7
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:28

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

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryIndia, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration01:44

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryIndia

Guru ji (Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh) is a spiritual leader who has a huge follower base. He has accepted the challenge of eradicating social evils including drugs and gender-related issues that have been prevailing in the society. Those with vested interests and apathetic towards the welfare of the society are now disturbed as there’s someone who has taken control of the situation. They conspire to kill him.

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: 8.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:05

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:21

On the eve of Nikhil and Karishma’s engagement, Karishma’s wealthy father, Devesh Solanki, expresses his disapproval, believing Nikhil to be a lackadaisical young man. With one week to prove himself worthy to marry Karishma, Nikhil and Karishma's sister, Meeta, grow closer to each other.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

A woman whose single purpose in life is to marry a foreign-settled groom decides to marry a 36-year-old Dubai-returned professional who is desperate for a bride.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy
CountryIndia

Pining for a lavish life abroad, a lazy but lovable guy next door crafts a scam to avoid a career in nursing and find a wealthy spouse to secure a visa.

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: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia

When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama
CountryIndia

A government aided college, RK University, is on the verge of completing its golden jubilee but a bizarre event shuts it down indefinitely. Will RK University restore its lost glory?

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryIndia

Kaagaz (transl. Paper) is a biographical drama about a farmer, Lal Bihari's 19-year struggle to make himself come alive again when he is declared dead in Government records by interests keen to take over his assets.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia

An unusual love-hate relationship between a 75-year-old son and his 102-year-old father, who wants to break the oldest-man-alive record.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, crime
CountryIndia

Advait visits Goa where he meets Sara, a free-spirited girl who lives life unshackled. Opposites attract and all goes well until life turns upside down. Years later, Advait is on a killing spree with cops Aghase and Michael in his way.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, drama, biography, sport
CountryIndia
Duration02:02

A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryIndia
Duration01:57

While recovering from an assassination attempt four days before his coronation, a stern prince is replaced by a romantic lookalike.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

Singleton Kartar Singh is left with the responsibility of raising his two orphaned nephews. He asks his brother in Punjab to raise Charan and his sister in London to raise Karan. When the twins cross continents, they leave behind a trail of confusion.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genreaction, thriller, crime, biography, sport
CountryIndia

Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.

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: 7.7
Genreaction, drama
CountryIndia

Bharat, a graduate raised in London clueless about the future becomes the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh due to the circumstances. New to India and with no political knowledge he learns the ropes quickly and governs efficiently. However, while he endears himself to the crowd, he makes enemies out of the political class, including his own party members who create trouble for him and try to stop him from bringing in changes in the society.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:38

Madhu (Arya) and Remya (Anushka) slowly but surely falls in love but fate has them separated. Parallelly, we have Maravan (Arya) and Varna (Anushka) a high spirited warrior living in a fantasy world and have a different love story. Varna is tough and does not want to get married and be someone's slave. Madhu goes in search of his lady love to fantasy world filled with flying creatures, beautiful green forests and his life intervenes with that of Maravan. How he helps the lovers, saves Maravan and how Varna discovers love forms the rest of the story.

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: 7.9
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:08

A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.

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: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

Karthik works in a software company. He falls in love at first sight with a girl Sruthi who attends his friend’s wedding. He gets hold of the phone number of the girl and while noting it down he makes a mistake. And he ends up calling another girl. Meanwhile Sruthi falls in love with Karthik’s colleague Madhu. The rest of the story is all about comedy of errors and how Karthik finds about his true love.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy
CountryIndia

The paths of four dream-chasing college friends cross with an array of colourful characters, from a tough-talking Punjabi female don to a Jugaad Baaz college watchman. Mayhem ensues.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:08

Seenu loves Sunaina but they're chased by a stalking cop, an infatuated beauty and her mafia don dad - can Seenu's heroics work?

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, drama
CountryIndia

A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndia

A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:26

Two young people find love despite the violent landscape in which they live.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryIndia

The culprits behind multiple deaths in a family over a few years are exposed, but there is more to it than meets the eye.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:25

Nani is a flower decorator, madly in love with his neighbor Bindhu. He gets killed by the baddie, Sudeep, a powerful businessman. Nani comes back as a housefly to get his revenge.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:18

Double Dhamaal catches up with the quartet of good-for-nothings - Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh), Adi (Arshad Warsi), Manav (Jaaved Jaaferi) and Boman (Aashish Chaudhary) - who are still dreaming of an easy life with minimal effort when they encounter their old arch-enemy: corrupt Inspector Kabir (Sanjay Dutt). Today, however, Kabir is no longer a cop. In fact, he seems to be doing rather well for himself, driving a Mercedes, working out of a plush office and living in a lavish villa. Naturally, the lads are keen to have some of that, so they promptly bribe Kabir into making them his business partners. What they don't realise is that Kabir has a hidden agenda, shared only with his sexy wife Kamini (Mallika Sherawat) and lovely sister, Kiya (Kangana Ranaut). Before long, the two sides are locked into a game of one-upmanship, with loads of cash at stake. But who will have the last laugh?

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, comedy
CountryIndia
Duration02:05

Ramu (Sunil) loses his father in faction feuds in a village in Rayalaseema, so his mother takes him away from Rayalaseema to save her son. He grows up in Hyderabad and after his mother's death, he tries hard to meet ends. One day, he receives a notice from the village to claim 5 acres of land, so he boards a train to the village. On board, he meets a beautiful girl Aparna (Saloni) who happens to be daughter of Ramineedu (Nagineedu). Ramineedu has been waiting to kill Ramu for years, as Ramu's father killed Ramineedu's brother. Aparna and Ramu become friends and Ramu comes to her house, there he learns that Ramineedu would kill him off he steps out of this house. Rest of drama is all about how Ramu saves his own life.

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: 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.




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