Best Movies Based On Indian Historical Events
Here is the list of my fav Bollywood Movies based on Indian Historical/True Events. Few movies are there too which are actually made by Foreign Directors but they are based on Indian History [Eg: Gandhi,1982]. Hope all will like the list.
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- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsVinay AnandIla ArunPankaj BerryThe film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAjay DevgnSushant SinghD. SantoshThe story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
- DirectorK. AsifStarsPrithviraj KapoorMadhubalaDilip KumarA 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsHrithik RoshanAishwarya Rai BachchanSonu SoodA 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, Jodha.
- DirectorSankalp ReddyStarsRana DaggubatiKay Kay MenonAtul KulkarniA Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
- DirectorMeghna GulzarStarsAlia BhattVicky KaushalRajit KapoorA Kashmiri woman agrees to marry a Pakistani army officer in order to spy on Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
- DirectorAbhishek SharmaStarsJohn AbrahamBoman IraniDiana PentyAshwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraStarsAamir KhanSoha Ali KhanSiddharthThe story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsNana PatekarAtul KulkarniSanjeev JaiswalThe real story of ten terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 72 hours.
- DirectorReema KagtiStarsKrishan TandonHubertus GellerSiddharth KherThe journey of a man who was instrumental in making India win its first Olympic gold medal as a free nation.
- DirectorAnurag SinghStarsAkshay KumarParineeti ChopraSuvinder VickyBased on an incredible true story of the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAamir KhanRaghubir YadavGracy SinghThe people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
- DirectorOm RautStarsAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanSharad KelkarTanhaji Malusare, a military chieftain in the army of the Maratha king Shivaji, leads the charge to capture the strategically important Kondhana fort guarded by the army of the fierce Rajput chieftain Udaybhan Rathod.
- DirectorNikkhil AdvaniStarsNora FatehiMrunal ThakurRavi KishanIn 2008, a violent shootout with terror suspects leaves one police officer struggling to hunt down the fugitives and justify the police action.
- DirectorTigmanshu DhuliaStarsKunal KapoorAmit SadhMohit MarwahA period film based on the historic 1945 Indian National Army Red Fort Trials.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraStarsFarhan AkhtarKousi OrfahliDeepak Singh RawatThe truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsRanveer SinghDeepika PadukonePriyanka Chopra JonasAn account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsDeepika PadukoneRanveer SinghShahid KapoorSet in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.
- DirectorTigmanshu DhuliaStarsIrrfan KhanMahie GillRajesh AbhayThe story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
- DirectorRaj Kumar GuptaStarsAjay DevgnIleana D'CruzSaurabh ShuklaA fearless income tax officer raids the mansion of the most powerful man in Lucknow after someone mysteriously draws his attention towards the evidence.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsHugh BonnevilleGillian AndersonManish DayalThe final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
- DirectorSudhir MishraStarsKay Kay MenonShiney AhujaChitrangda SinghSet in the backdrop of Indian Emergency 1975, the story revolves around 3 friends whose lives changes drastically after the turn of events.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsInaamulhaqNassarShahana GoswamiChronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiRasika DugalTahir Raj BhasinThe film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.
- DirectorRahul DholakiaStarsNaseeruddin ShahCorin NemecSarika ThakurA parsi family struggles to find thier son in a genocide carried out by vested interests outfits during 2002, commonly known as Gujarat riots which broke out after the Godhra Train Burning incident. During riots more than 790 Muslim and 289 Hindus died and around 300 people missing in the Indian state of Gujarat.
- DirectorBedabrata PainStarsManoj BajpayeeBarry JohnDelzad HiwaleSchool kids organize an armed revolt in the 1930s in British occupied Chittagong. There are casualties on both sides. Later, one of those kids successfully leads the peasants to regain their food-grains earlier commandeered by the British.
- DirectorRam MadhvaniStarsSonam KapoorShabana AzmiYogendra TikkuThe story of courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986 when it was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
- DirectorAditya DharStarsVicky KaushalParesh RawalMohit RainaIndian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group.
- DirectorVivek AgnihotriStarsShweta Basu PrasadMithun ChakrabortyNaseeruddin ShahRevolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.
- DirectorNeeraj PandeyStarsAkshay KumarAnupam KherManoj BajpayeeA gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.
- DirectorOmung KumarStarsRandeep HoodaAishwarya Rai BachchanRicha ChadhaBiopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.
- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsRaashi KhannaJohn AbrahamNargis FakhriAn Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
- DirectorApoorva LakhiaStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttSuniel ShettyAn account of the gangster Maya Dolas and his gang which terrorized Mumbai City, and the ensuing standoff between Mumbai Police and the gang on 16 November 1991.
- DirectorJ.P. DuttaStarsSunny DeolSuniel ShettyAkshaye KhannaIn 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.
- DirectorRavi KumarStarsMischa BartonMartin SheenKal PennInterwoven stories of people in India and the US as they face dilemmas of life in the months leading to the biggest industrial disaster in human history that claimed 10,000 innocent lives within a few hours. Inspired by real events.
- DirectorAnthony MarasStarsDev PatelArmie HammerNazanin BoniadiThe true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
- DirectorNishikant KamatStarsParesh RawalKay Kay MenonIrrfan KhanA moving portrayal of the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, this Indian drama follows the interconnected stories of several strangers.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonPawan MalhotraAditya SrivastavA film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsAamir KhanRani MukerjiToby StephensThis is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.