Indian movies Motivating movies about success

List of the best Indian movies about success selected by visitors to our site: Slumdog Millionaire, The Way Back, The Specials, Kai Po Che!, The Big Bull, Khosla Ka Ghosla!, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, Guru, Mookuthi Amman, Jab Harry Met Sejal.

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: 8
Genremelodrama, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
Duration02:00

    Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.

    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: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryIndia

    Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryIndia

    Inspired by events from the late '80s and the early '90s that shook the country's financial fabric, The Big Bull tells the story of the biggest hustle in the stock market.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryIndia

    Upon retirement, cranky control freak Kamal Kishore Khosla obsesses about procuring a plot of land in Delhi, where he plans to build his dream house. After investing his entire life's savings to acquire the land, he discovers the plot's been stolen by a greedy land shark. Now, Khosla must rely on his comically dysfunctional family to pull off a scam on the biggest goon in real estate and win back.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryIndia

    Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned his world upside down, and his career right side up. Welcome to the world of sales boss!

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama
    CountryIndia

    Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles he meets, his subsequent rise and the huge backlash he receives when it is revealed that he used unethical means to rise in the business circuit.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryIndia

    A TV reporter, who has been gathering evidence to expose a self-styled godman for years, gets help from Goddess Mookuthi Amman. How does he utilise the situation to bring down the godman before the public?

    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: 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: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryIndia

    Widowed soon after marriage, a young woman grapples with an inability to grieve, quirky relatives and a startling discovery about her late husband.

    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: 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
    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: 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: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:40

    Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani features two polar opposite characters, who at one point were classmates in Modern School. The first is Naina Talwar (Deepika Padukone), a studious bespectacled young girl. The second is Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), a carefree young travel-show host, intent on breaking out of the pattern of getting an education, a career, a wife, children, retirement, and eventually death.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration03:09

    The insurgence of substance abuse among the young in the Indian state of Punjab through the stories of a rock star, a migrant laborer, a doctor and a policeman.

    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: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryIndia

    When Paaru sees a fairy tale she heard from from a stranger as a child painted across the walls of a costal town, she goes in search of the man who painted it - Maara.

    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: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryIndia

    Bitti Mishra is a bohemian Bareilly girl who falls deeply in love with Pritam Vidrohi, an author because she admires his progressive way of thinking. Finding him though proves to be as hard as looking for a needle in the haystack. So Bitti seeks the help of the local printing press-owner, Chirag Dubey on her journey of love.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama
    CountryIndia

    Orphaned siblings Pari and Chotu embark on a journey to restore Chotu's eyesight.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:36

    Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.

    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: 8.1
    Genreaction, comedy, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration01:30

    A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryIndia

    When a charming NRI girl falls in love with a wealthy businessman, she unwittingly sparks conflict within his large joint family. How will her lover find a way to marry her, while still ensuring that his large family remains happy and harmonious?

    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: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryIndia

    A young wife hopes to convince her husband to change his short-tempered attitude toward life, but an incident on a remote highway may finally decide the matter.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryIndia

    Relangi Mavayya is a gentleman from a small village Relangi and he believes in human values and relationships. He has two sons Peddodu aka Mallikharjuna Rao and Chinnodu aka Seetha Rama Raju. Peddodu is an emotional guy and his maradalu Seetha is in love with him since her childhood. Whereas Mahesh Babu is a witty and charming young man and he falls in love with Geetha, the daughter of Rao Ramesh. But Rao Ramesh ridicules Prakash Raj for his low wealth and this strains the relationships between both brothers. In the end Seetha's marries Peddodu, Geetha's marriage is planned with Chinnodu and Geetha's father apologizes to Relangi Mavayya.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountryIndia

    When a stuntman is mistaken for a police officer, he begins fighting crime.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, melodrama, military, history
    CountryIndia
    Duration03:45

    Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:30

    Ram and Leela, passionately in love with each other, realize that the only way to stop the bloodshed between their respective clans is to sacrifice their own lives.

    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: 7.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryIndia

    Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryIndia

    After getting out of prison with the desire to meet his daughter, Bholaa's plans are interrupted by a well-orchestrated drug bust.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryIndia

    A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genreaction
    CountryIndia

    Ram is one among the five orphaned boys in Visakhapatnam, adopted by a doctor who ensures them a roof to live under, with dignity. Ram goes to any extent to protect his family and he's a handful for the baddie to handle in a time of crisis. How does Ram protect his family when they need him the most?

    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: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:20

    Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl movie is a fun-filled rom-com where a smooth and charming conman, Ricky Bahl, cons girls for a living but finally meets his match. Dimple Chaddha, a brash 19 year old Delhi college girl falls in love with Sunny Singh, a fitness trainer. Raina Parulekar, a 28 year old independent and successful corporate woman in Mumbai does business with an art dealer Deven Shah. Saira Rashid, a 24 year old sweet, hard working widow in Lucknow makes a new friend, the shy Iqbal Khan. Three very different girls who each get taken for a lot of money by each of these three men. The problem is that it is actually just one man - Ricky Bahl who got the looks and he's got the charm. He could have the pick of the ladies. But love isn't Ricky's priority - money is! But a chance encounter unites the three girls and, discovering the truth, they hatch a plan to get their money back. So now unsuspecting Ricky is about to meet his match in the shapely form of Ishika Desai

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryIndia
    Duration03:04

    Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

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    Genreaction, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia

    Sathya, a philanthropist who now runs an orphanage, has to go to Poland for the treatment of young Janu. While there, an international criminal named Ghost carries out heists. Who is Ghost? And what has Sathya got to do with it all?

    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: 3.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:07

    Two strangers meet in Manhattan on New Year's Eve, and both of their lives are forever transformed in this romantic Bollywood drama. Even as they try to preserve their current relationships, neither can resist falling head over heels for the other.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIndia

    A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller
    CountryIndia

    The life of Shaji, a laid-back youngster, turns upside down when someone from his past pays him a visit.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, drama
    CountryIndia

    Dharmendra and Bobby play a crooked father-son pair based in Varanasi. Sunny plays a Canada based upright man who gets to know after two decades that he has a father and brother in Varanasi. The film is about Sunny's journey to his past.

    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: 8.2
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryIndia

    An angry young man fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who weild power and weapons?

    Markimdb: 1.8
    Genremelodrama, musical
    CountryIndia

    When a ballroom dancer’s shot at a crucial tournament is jeopardized, a street dancer must face his own painful past and step up as her new partner.




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