Best Indian Films of 2023 (Will be updated at the end of every month)
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- DirectorParesh MokashiStarsSwapnil JoshiAnita Date-KelkarNamrata Awate SambheraoAniket and Avani, a couple, decide to end their lives together. A foolproof plan is made, but by Aniket and his girlfriend Devika. So, is a suicide being executed or a murder being planned?
- DirectorVarun GroverStarsBodhisattva SharmaSamta SudikshaSheeba ChaddhaSet in the late 1990s, A 17-year old Vivek who is sent away from home to a prep school to prepare for the highly competitive IIT ("the MIT of India") entrance examination.
- DirectorSaheed ArafathPrinish PrabhakaranStarsBiju MenonVineeth SreenivasanGirish KulkarniMuthu (Biju Menon) and Kannan (Vineeth Sreenivasan) are Gold Agents from Thrissur, the Gold Capital of India. The movie portrays their travel to Mumbai to distribute gold and the following mishaps they face at their journey.
- DirectorViral ShahStarsRatna Pathak ShahManasi ParekhDharmendra GohilRevolves around how the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and explores love and life.
- DirectorVenky AtluriStarsDhanushSamyuktha MenonSai KumarWhen a private school teacher is assigned to a neglected public school, he must overcome personal and political strife in his fight for education.
- DirectorRahul V. ChittellaStarsSharmila TagoreManoj BajpayeeSimranFollows the final four days of the Batra family living in their 31-year-old family home as they move to a new city.
- DirectorJithu MadhavanStarsSoubin ShahirArjun AshokanChemban Vinod JoseA game of Ouija board goes hilariously wrong when seven bachelors unexpectedly invite a spirit and try to make the best out of the situation.
- DirectorNilesh ManiyarStarsAisha ChaudharyAditi ChaudharyIshaan ChaudharyFamily memories and personal art movingly portray author and motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary's journey with an immune disorder and terminal illness.
- DirectorManthira MoorthyStarsMaster AdvaithAnju AsraniPreethi AsraniOn their journey to Rameswaram, a family from North India gets involved in a series of mishaps until a stranger decides to help them out
- DirectorSarvnik KaurStarsRakesh KoliGanesh NakhawaBombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the Koli knowledge system of harvesting the sea following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods; Ganesh has instead embraced technology.
- DirectorAshish BendeStarsOm BendkhaleManas TondwalkarPranjali ShrikantTen-year-old Ashish falls head-over-heels in love with his classmate, Srushti. While he grows up, the country goes through several socio-economic changes. Will his love be able to stand the test of time?
- DirectorRohit M.G. KrishnanStarsJoju GeorgeAnjaliSrindaaAfter a cop is found dead, a policeman's investigation starts a chilling search for the truth connected to his estranged twin and their fraught past.
- DirectorGanesh K. BabuStarsKavinAparna DasBhagyarajA couple in love, accidentally become teenage parents. Unpleasant situations make them fall apart. Manikandan, left alone with his son, struggles as a single teenage father. Fate owns him, bringing Sindhu back into his life.
- DirectorSreemoyee SinghStarsMina Mohammad KhaniAida MohammadkhaniJafar PanahiA passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsAlaya FKaran MehtaVicky KaushalIn London, a girl likes a boy, a little too much. And, in a parallel universe exists a boy that likes a girl. The two unrequited love stories, burdened by social status, caste and inequality are breathlessly, heading on towards each other.
- DirectorVetrimaaranStarsSooriVijay SethupathiBhavani SreA police officer is recruited to capture the leader of a separatist group.
- DirectorMani RatnamSruti Harihara SubramanianStarsVikramKarthiJayam RaviArulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.
- DirectorKrishandStarsAlexander PrasanthDarshana RajendranJagadishPurusha Pretham, Krishand's third feature, is a police procedural story that has never been seen before in Malayalam cinema; an investigative thriller with interesting twists and turns.
- DirectorKarthik Varma DanduStarsSai Dharam TejSamyuktha MenonSunilMysterious deaths occur in a village due to an unknown person's occult practices. The whole town is afraid, and the problems continue as they search for the one responsible.
- DirectorVenu YeldandiStarsPriyadarshi PulikondaKavya KalyanramKethiri Sudhakar ReddyBalagam is set in a village in Telangana and it revolves around the after effects on a family and its relations, both with the village folks and among themselves, after the jovial patriarch of the family suddenly passes away.
- DirectorShanStarsYogi BabuSrimathiG.M. KumarA touching emotional connection between a father and daughter and how politics and society impact their way of life.
- DirectorAkhil SathyanStarsFahadh FaasilViji VenkateshAnjana JayaprakashA middle-class Malayali youth who is settled in Mumbai and revolves around incidents that take place on a journey to Kerala.
- DirectorAnubhav SinhaStarsRajkummar RaoPankaj KapurBhumi PednekarThe toughest times people had to face just to reach their homes.
- DirectorAshima ChibberStarsRani MukerjiJim SarbhBodhisattwa MajumdarAn immigrant Indian mother's battle against the Norwegian foster care system and local legal machinery to win back the custody of her children.
- DirectorSarjunStarsKalaiyarasanG.M. KumarMirnaaTwo strangers who are forced to spend a night together. They develop a liking for each other through their conversation and also discuss gender and religion-based discrimination.
- DirectorShanmukha PrasanthStarsSuhasTina ShilparajGowri PriyaPadmabhushan, a 25-year-old aspiring writer based out of Vijayawada and his middle class family take us on a roller coaster ride packed with innocuous fun and soft emotions, with their heart in the right place.
- DirectorYashowardhan MishraStarsSanya MalhotraAnant JoshiVijay RaazA local politician whose prized jackfruits go missing and a young police officer who is adamant to solve this bizarre case to prove herself.
- DirectorSankalp ReddyLee WhittakerStarsAnupam KherVidyut JammwalNissar KhanA spy action thriller about the two-front war between Indian intelligence agencies and the Pakistani establishment in 1971.
- DirectorRaj RachakondaStarsSaiyami KherGulshan DevaiahSandeep BhardwajTwo strangers inadvertently bump into each other in the metro and strike up an unlikely friendship, and in the process find themselves and each other.
- DirectorApoorv Singh KarkiStarsManoj BajpayeeAdrija SinhaSurya Mohan KulshreshthaA common man with honesty and integrity can take on the system when he has truth on his side.
- DirectorAli Abbas ZafarStarsShahid KapoorSanjay KapoorRonit RoyA messed up, tenacious man faces off against cops and crime lords to save the one relationship that matters to him.
- DirectorSrikanth OdelaStarsNaniKeerthy SureshShine Tom ChackoA brutal act sends an irresponsible small-time criminal on a mission of revenge.
- DirectorVinayak ChandrasekaranStarsSree ArthiManikandan K.Jagan KrishnanA simple boy-next-door whose biggest problem in life is his snoring, falls in love with a girl. Follow how the couple overcome his sleeping problem while living together.
- DirectorAmberdeep SinghStarsDiljit DosanjhNimrat KhairaDrishtii GarewalIn Punjab in the 1980s, this musical drama follows two artists revolutionizing Punjabi folk. As the most celebrated musical duos in the region, their love story emerges. A shroud of mystery envelopes their path.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsKaushik SenLily ChakravartyDaminee Benny BasuAfter Suman suffers an accident Meghna, the wife, and Subhra, his ex-wife, are compelled by circumstances to meet each other which leads to an awkward emotional duel between the two wives. Can a relationship ever be broken into two halves?
- DirectorAtanu GhoshStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeGargi Roy ChowdhuryVikram ChatterjeeBalmiki, an arrogant non-conformist writer of fiction. Explores the very basic concept of debt and the idea of freedom attached to the word.
- DirectorSudhir MishraStarsBhumi PednekarNawazuddin SiddiquiSumeet VyasAn advertising professional and a political heiress whose lives are upended by a viral social media rumour.
- DirectorMari SelvarajStarsVadiveluFahadh FaasilKeerthy SureshThe community that was exploited by the town's influential man, who completely rules due to the powerful backing of the authorities. A man collects evidence to flip him upside down when he was helpless to stop his endless torture.
- DirectorRajeev RaviStarsNivin PaulyPoornima IndrajithIndrajith SukumaranThe famous protests against the 'chappa' system that was practiced in the Cochin harbor during the 1950s.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsRahul BhatMegha BurmanAamir DalviAn insomniac ex-cop who dwells in different circumstances looking for redemption. The ex-cop, who is presumed dead for a long time, operates secretly for the corrupt system.
- DirectorSameer VidwansStarsKartik AaryanKiara AdvaniSupriya PathakA middle-class boy in Ahmedabad, Satyaprem falling in one-sided love with Katha, who is coping with her breakup with Tapan. Through the journey, they discover each other's life and complement in accomplishing what was left halfway.
- DirectorAmit RaiStarsAkshay KumarPankaj TripathiYami GautamAn unhappy civilian asks the court to mandate comprehensive education in schools in a dramatic yet amusing courtroom play.
- DirectorMansoreStarsAvinashShrunga B.V.Rramprasadd BanavaraA young tribal boy, a journalism student who fought against the system for his community and their constitutional rights. He is the first person who entered higher studies in the whole tribal community.
- DirectorSindhu Sreenivasa MurthyStarsSindhu Sreenivasa MurthyAnirudh AcharyaHarshil KoushikSet against the backdrop of 1960s Bangalore, follows the journey of a traditional family as they navigate the challenges of embracing modernity while honouring their roots
- DirectorNithin KrishnamurthyStarsManjunathPrajwal BPAniruddhaWhen a boys' hostel warden commits suicide, he leaves behind a note blaming some students residing on the premises for his death. The suspects must now come up with a plan to hide the body.
- DirectorDon PalatharaStarsVinay ForrtNilja K. BabyDivya PrabhaWhen a respected mentor reveals his evil nature, it brings a clash of family values and custom, enveloping a village in false normalcy.
- DirectorMadonne AshwinStarsSivakarthikeyanAditi ShankarMysskinA cowardly cartoonist starts being 'controlled' by a cartoon action figure, and takes on a corrupt politician.
- DirectorNelson DilipkumarStarsRajinikanthMohanlalShivarajkumarA retired jailer goes on a manhunt to find his son's killers. But the road leads him to a familiar, albeit a bit darker place. Can he emerge from this complex situation successfully?
- DirectorDevashish MakhijaStarsManoj BajpayeeSandeep ShikharAmrendra SharmaA father is on the run with his little baby girl to escape the ghosts of his past and the forces that want him dead.
- DirectorAtleeStarsShah Rukh KhanNayantharaVijay SethupathiA prison warden recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice - and that lead him to an unexpected reunion.
- DirectorHemanth M. RaoStarsRakshit ShettyRukmini VasanthChaithra J. AcharManu and Priya hail from a middle-class background and fall in love. When circumstances land Manu in jail, his relationship with Priya is put in jeopardy.
- DirectorR. BalkiStarsAmitabh BachchanShabana AzmiIvanka DasAbhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher will be seen as left-handed cricketers in this film, which is a fictional story set against the backdrop of cricket.
- DirectorNahas HidayathStarsAntony VargheseShane NigamNeeraj MadhavThe life of three mysterious individuals take a turn as their faces gets exposed.
- DirectorSai Rajesh NeelamStarsAnand DeverakondaVaishnavi ChaitanyaViraj AshwinTwo high-school sweethearts face challenges in their relationship when they take different directions in life.
- DirectorPushan KripalaniStarsKalki KoechlinDeepti NavalGordon WarneckeWith help from a neighbourhood and a past she has shunned, a young woman returns home to deal with her mother's dementia and the scars of her childhood.
- DirectorLaxman UtekarStarsVicky KaushalSara Ali KhanInaamulhaqKapil and Somya are a happily married couple from Indore who live in a joint family and decide to get a divorce one fine day. Things don't go as planned as their family gets to know of it, and thus begins a comedy of errors.
- DirectorBasil AlchalakkalStarsChaithra J. AcharNaresh BhatGopalkrishna DeshpandeToby, an estranged man deemed to be a beast, vows to break free from the evil world and transform himself for Jenny.
- DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsKareena KapoorJaideep AhlawatVijay VarmaA single mother and her daughter commit a crime and a neighbor helps them cover it up amid the police investigation.
- DirectorPiyush GuptaStarsHuma QureshiHardik ThakkarKukul TarmasterExplores Tarla Dalal's journey and legacy as an iconoclast during the early liberalisation period, empowering women through the art of cooking.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsKapil SharmaShahana GoswamiTushar AcharyaA man works as a food delivery rider, grappling with the world of ratings and incentives. To support the income, his homemaker wife begins to explore different work opportunities, with fear but also excitement of a new found independence.
- DirectorAkshat Ajay SharmaStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiAnurag KashyapMohd. Zeeshan AyyubIn this ZEE5 Original film, a transgender, Haddi moves to Delhi and joins a gang of transgenders and cross-dressers headed by an influential man. But is this move aspirational or driven by revenge?
- DirectorMahesh Babu P.StarsAnushka ShettyNaveen PolishettyJayasudhaMiss Shetty is a feminist living in London and wants to be single forever. Mr. Polishetty from Hyderabad in Telangana, India, wants to be in a committed relationship. The two appear to be in different stages of life but somehow connect.
- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsTabuAli FazalWamiqa GabbiKrishna Mehra is an operative at Indian spy agency known as R&AW. She is assigned to track down the mole selling India's defense secrets, while all along grappling with her dual identity as a spy and a lover.
- DirectorRam Arun CastroStarsBanuBalu BoseRam Arun CastroTraces the history of the postal service from the times of the first postman to the current times.
- DirectorJayaprakash RadhakrishnanStarsVasundhara KashyapKathirKatha NandiA man's long battle to save his comatose father is met with financial obstacles, and with his family suggesting euthanasia as the best possible option. What will he do?
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsVikrant MasseyMedha ShankrAnant JoshiThe real-life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.
- DirectorKarthik SubbarajStarsRaghava LawrenceS.J. SuryahNimisha SajayanIn 1975, a filmmaker agrees to collaborate on a film with a gangster who wishes to become a famous actor.
- DirectorAvinash ArunStarsShefali ShahJaideep AhlawatSwanand KirkireA delicate thread of emotions about love, loss, healing, awareness and liberation.
- DirectorVinay ShuklaStarsRavish KumarSushil BahugunaDeepak ChaubeyHow independent news reporting in India and beyond is increasingly under threat by budgetary cuts and especially, extremists leveraging alternative platforms to spread misinformation.
- DirectorKaran JoharStarsRanveer SinghAlia BhattDharmendraFlamboyant Punjabi Rocky and intellectual Bengali journalist Rani fall in love despite their differences. After facing family opposition, they decide to live with each other's families for three months before getting married.
- DirectorVignesh RajaT. Senthil ParamasivamStarsR. SarathkumarLisha ChinnuAshok SelvanA bright but faint-hearted rookie cop has to overcome his fears in order to succeed in his first case which sees him partnered with a reclusive senior officer to catch a serial killer on the loose.
- DirectorKaran TejpalStarsAbhishek BanerjeeShubhamMia MaelzerTwo urbane brothers witness a baby being kidnapped from an impoverished mother at a railway station in rural India. One guided by moral duty, convinces the other to help the mother and join a perilous investigation to find the baby.
- DirectorArjun Varain SinghStarsAnanya PandaySiddhant ChaturvediAdarsh GouravAhana, Neil and Imaad are three friends in their 20s trying to find meaning in the digital age. They lean on each other as they navigate complexities of relationships and self-discovery.
- DirectorTarun DudejaStarsRatna Pathak ShahFatima Sana ShaikhDia MirzaFour women, who set out for a road trip to the highest motorable pass in the world on their bikes on a journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorShiboprosad MukherjeeNandita RoyStarsVictor BanerjeeAmbarish BhattacharyaSatyam BhattacharyaThe homecoming of a man, who holds an important portfolio, and how an accidental blast in a firecracker unit unveils a bigger threat to his life.
- DirectorMeghna GulzarStarsVicky KaushalSanya MalhotraFatima Sana ShaikhRevolves around the high and low points of Sam Manekshaw who became the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.
- DirectorLokesh KanagarajStarsJoseph VijaySanjay DuttTrisha KrishnanParthiban is a mild-mannered cafe owner in Kashmir, who fends off a gang of murderous thugs and gains attention from a drug cartel claiming he was once a part of them.
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsTaapsee PannuRyan CretneyPriya SindherWhen his friends in Punjab struggle to clear the immigration process, an ex-soldier guides them on a risky journey to enter the UK without permission.
- DirectorJeo BabyStarsMammoottyJyotikaAnagha AkkuMathew, a retired bank secretary, reluctantly enters politics for a by-election. The movie delves into their marriage dynamics, justice, and personal fulfillment amidst a tight-knit village community.
- DirectorHemanth M. RaoStarsRakshit ShettyRukmini VasanthChaithra J. Achar10 years later, Manu gets released from jail and starts to build his life again. However, the memories of Priya haunt him and he is forced to enter her life again. A new life with Surabhi and memories of Priya along with it form plot.
- DirectorShouryuvStarsNaniMrunal ThakurKiara KhannaA single father begins to narrate the story of the missing mother to his child and nothing remains the same.
- DirectorRoby Varghese RajStarsMammoottyKishore Kumar G.VijayaraghavanThe gripping saga of a police officer and his team, their challenging journey to nab a criminal gang across the country. Further, it shows how he leads his team towards triumph, amidst professional uncertainties in this gripping drama.
- DirectorJeethu JosephStarsMohanlalSiddiqueSanthi MayadeviSara, a blind sculptor, seeks justice after suffering trauma. She contends with the legal system and her own resilience to find resolution.
- DirectorS.U. Arun KumarStarsSiddharthSahasra SreeS. Aafiyah TasneemA man is raising his niece like his own daughter, and everything appears normal in their life until the little girl goes missing.
- DirectorJude Anthany JosephStarsTovino ThomasKunchacko BobanAsif AliA disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.
- DirectorRamkumar BalakrishnanStarsHarish KalyanM.S. BhaskarIndhuja RavichandranAn elderly man and a youngster who are tenants sharing two different floors of an individual house fight over a parking space.
- DirectorFazil RazakStarsBeena R ChandranM.N. AnithaP P SubramanianGeetha, a solitary play school teacher, grapples with a dire existence. Diagnosed with a life-threatening illnesses, she plots a crime to access medical aid available to jail inmates.
- DirectorPrasanna VithanageStarsRoshan MathewDarshana RajendranShyam FernandoAn Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.
- DirectorAnand EkarshiStarsVinay ForrtZarin ShihabKalabhavan ShajohnAfter a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.