The Best Hindi Movies on Disney+ Hotstar

When a twenty-year-old man (Ayushmann Khurrana) learns that his middle-aged mother (Neena Gupta) is pregnant, he struggles with the new development, which also affects his relationship with his girlfriend (Sanya Malhotra). Won two national awards. Free to view.

This remixed adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s 1892 short story “Kabuliwala” moves the setting to 1980s Afghanistan under a rising Taliban, swapping the titular dry fruit seller for a traveling cinema exhibitor, who becomes the object of a documentary filmmaker’s fascination as she looks back to her childhood. Free to view.

Denied release for nearly two years due to an ongoing lawsuit, Anurag Kashyap’s second directorial venture — the first, Paanch, never saw the (public) daylight — is based on S. Hussain Zaidi’s 2002 book of the same name and chronicles the events of the Bombay bombings in 1993, told from different perspectives: police, criminals and victims.

Set in the titular city of Haryana, this neo-noir thriller explores gender inequality and the dark underbelly of the suburban wasteland through a story about the undisciplined son of a real estate mogul (Pankaj Tripathi) who kidnaps his own sister to to pay gambling losses. The grittiness didn’t exactly suit audiences, but critics were more appreciative. Free to view.

Ten years before he made Andhadhun, writer-director Sriram Raghavan gave us this neo-noir thriller, adapted from the 1963 French film Symphony for a Massacre. Neil Nitin Mukesh made his acting debut alongside Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak and Zakir Hussain – not the tabla legend, of course.

Naseeruddin Shah leads the cast of this Bombay chawl comedy drama that serves as a modern twist on the old tale of “The Tortoise and the Hare”, following a good natured clerk (Shah) who is abused by everyone and his quick -talking friend (Farooq Shaikh) who impresses everyone with tall tales. National Award winner Sai Paranjpye directs. Free to view.

Newcomers Mrunal Thakur and Riya Sisodiya play two sisters who get involved in Mumbai’s dangerous world of sex trafficking in this film from a Slumdog Millionaire producer, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao, Freida Pinto, Richa Chadha, Anupam Kher, Demi Moore, Mark Duplass and Adil Hussain.

The true story of Ashok Chakra, the youngest recipient of India’s highest peacetime award, 22-year-old Neerja Bhanot (Sonam Kapoor), who thwarted the hijacking of a Pan Am flight in 1986 and died trying to get passengers to safety . Ram Madhvani directs. Free to view.

Set against the backdrop of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom and inspired by a true story, the story of a Parsi family – Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika play the parents – who desperately search for their missing son amid the communal violence raging in the streets . It is largely in English, with bits and pieces in Gujarati and Hindi. Free to view.

Taare Zameen Par writer Amole Gupte concocts another elementary school drama about the titular student (Partho Gupte, Amole’s son) who doesn’t own a lunchbox – “dabba” is Hindi for lunchbox – and is routinely scolded by the grumpy Hindi teacher (Amole) who loves to search the lunch boxes of his other students. Free to view.

Written by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, this comedy-horror, based on an urban legend in Karnataka – though transported to the small town of Madhya Pradesh in the film – follows a women’s tailor (Rajkummar Rao) who falls in love with a mysterious woman (Shraddha Kapoor). ), which often disappears.

A sixty-year-old woman (Neena Gupta) decides to leave her husband (Rajit Kapoor) the day after their son’s wedding, sparking a series of conversations that wade raw and bitter through their difficult decades-long marriage. Directing debut for theater veteran and cinematographer Pushan Kripalani. Advantageous [compared] to the works of Mike Leigh, Ingmar Bergman and Before Midnight.

Five thirty-something friends struggle to find a place in Mumbai where they can play soccer in peace in this light-hearted rom-com story, which explores the gender gap and social mores along the way. Barun Sobti, Shahana Goswami, Avinash Tiwary, Vishal Malhotra, Rasika Dugal and Maanvi Gagroo star.

In this thriller from writer-director Anurag Kashyap, a struggling actor (Rahul Bhat) and a police officer (Ronit Roy) search for a missing 10-year-old girl: their daughter and stepdaughter respectively. Called one of Kashyap’s best by many, though some disagreed with the routine, loose stories, and undeserved insights.