The best Indian movies of 2016
This is only a personal opinion. I watch Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi movies and this list includes only the movies from these languages. Obviously there will be better movies in other languages too and would love recommendations.
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- DirectorAniruddha Roy ChowdhuryStarsAmitabh BachchanTaapsee PannuKirti KulhariWhen three young women are implicated in a crime, a retired lawyer steps forward to help them clear their names.
- DirectorRavikanth PerepuStarsAdivi SeshAdah SharmaAnasuya BharadwajRishi, a non-resident Indian, returns to India to help his ex-lover find her kidnapped daughter.
- DirectorVamshi PaidipallyStarsNagarjuna AkkineniKarthiTamannaah BhatiaImpressed by his carefree attitude, quadriplegic multi-billionaire Vikram hires a convict out on parole as his caretaker. What follows is a string of life lessons they learn from each other.
- DirectorHemanth M. RaoStarsAnant NagRakshit ShettySruthi HariharanThe film is about Venkob Rao (Anant Nag), a middle class simpleton ailing with Alzheimer's, who goes missing. His son, Shiva (Rakshit Shetty) is a career driven person, who is forced to pause his hectic life to search for his father. Sahana (Shruti Hariharan), a doctor who takes care of Venkob Rao also gets involved. In his search for his father, he finds a lot more than he set out to find.
- DirectorGoutam GhoseStarsShajbatiPrasenjit ChatterjeeKusum SikderThis consequences of partition is felt when the daughter of schoolteacher is seriously ill at a border side village in modern Bangladesh.
- DirectorDileesh PothanStarsFahadh FaasilAparna BalamuraliSoubin ShahirMahesh, a studio photographer and studio owner gets into a fight and loses. He ends up taking revenge which leads to certain realizations in his life.
- DirectorNagraj ManjuleStarsRinku RajguruAkash ThosarArbaz ShaikhIn interior Maharashtra, a fisherman's son and a local politician's daughter fall in love against the restrictions of caste hierarchy.
- 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.
- DirectorGauri ShindeStarsAlia BhattShah Rukh KhanKunal KapoorKaira is a budding cinematographer in search of a perfect life. Her encounter with Jug, an unconventional thinker, helps her gain a new perspective on life. She discovers that happiness is all about finding comfort in life's imperfections.
- DirectorNitesh TiwariStarsAamir KhanSakshi TanwarFatima Sana ShaikhFormer wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.
- DirectorMathur GoswamiNeeraj PandeyStarsSushant Singh RajputKiara AdvaniDisha PataniThe untold story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's journey from ticket collector to trophy collector - the world-cup-winning captain of the Indian Cricket Team.
- DirectorSasiStarsVijay AntonySatna TitusBagavathi PerumalA rich businessman chooses to lead the life of a homeless beggar for a period of 48 days in the hopes that he could cure his mother, who is on the brink of death.
- DirectorMerlapaka GandhiStarsSharwanandSurbhiUrvashiAfter handing over his girlfriend's favorite dog to dog catchers, Raja loses his love. Now, Raja has to go on an adventurous quest to find the dog before its too late.
- DirectorTharun Bhascker DhaassyamStarsAbhay BethigantiKeshav DeepakVijay DeverakondaA wannabe businesswoman and a happy-go-lucky guy meet each other during an arranged marriage blind date but eventually team up to start a food truck on their own.
- DirectorM. ManikandanStarsVidharthPooja DevariyaAishwarya RajeshA young man with a visual impairment uses his other heightened senses to unravel a murder mystery.
- DirectorRaja MenonStarsAkshay KumarNimrat KaurKumud MishraWhen Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
- DirectorRajesh MapuskarStarsTanvi AbhyankarKirti AdarkarPournima AhireGaju Kaka who never makes an appearance is breathing his last in the hospital few days before the Ganpati festival. As the news of his illness spreads, the entire extended family gathers to show their support, at the hospital. But as the family gathers and meets after a long time, a lot more happens in the hospital's waiting room.
- DirectorM. ManikandanStarsVijay SethupathiRitika SinghPooja DevariyaGandhi and Pandi decided to get a passport and travel to London to get rid of debts in their village. Things didn't happened has they planned.
- DirectorSudha KongaraStarsMadhavanNassarRadha RaviThe story of a former boxer who quits boxing following a fallout with the authorities over the underlying politics but goes on to coach a fisherwoman to fulfill his dream through her.
- DirectorVikram KumarVikram K. KumarStarsSuriyaSamantha Ruth PrabhuNithya MenenA scientist invents a time machine, which leads to a bitter battle between his evil twin brother and his son.
- DirectorKarthik SubbarajStarsS.J. SuryahVijay SethupathiBobby SimhaA drama about an alcoholic filmmaker and his friends who bring trouble to the women in their lives.
- DirectorArvinda SringeriStarsAvinash NarsimharajuPrakash BelawadiMeghashree Bhagavatar6 passengers board the last bus, anxious to reach their destination. But fate has other plans for them. Shock, anxiety, deceit, anger, frustration, fear takes over this unexpected journey that twists and turns into a nightmare.