Cross-dressing in Indian films

Mughal-e-Azam () is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by K. Asif. Starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, it follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on to become Emperor Jahangir) and Anarkali, a court dancer. Salim's father, Emperor Akbar, disapproves of the relationship, which leads to a war between father and son.

1913 film by Dadasaheb Phalke

2024 film by Nag Ashwin

1993 film by Subhash Ghai

1995 film by Ramesh Sippy

2009 film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi

2021 film directed by Prabhu Deva

Sadak (; ) is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It stars Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt. The film is one of the highest-grossing movies of the year 1991. It is an unofficial remake of 1976 American film Taxi Driver. This film was remade in Tamil as Appu (2000). A sequel, Sadak 2, was released on 28 August 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar, to extremely negative reviews.

Jaan-E-Mann () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shirish Kunder and was produced by Sajid Nadiawala. The film stars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta. This was Kunder's debut film as a director. He also edited and wrote the screenplay and dialogue.

Mohra () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Poonam Jhawer, Raza Murad, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. The film was also the first collaboration among the trio of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, who went on to collaborate several times later on.

2009 film by Anurag Singh

Laxmii is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language horror comedy film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence, marking his directorial debut in the Hindi film industry. A remake of his director's own Tamil film Kanchana (2011), it stars Akshay Kumar, Kiara Advani and Sharad Kelkar, while Ayesha Raza Mishra, Rajesh Sharma and Ashwini Kalsekar play pivotal roles. The film revolves around a man who gets possessed by the ghost of a transgender person. Kumar, also produced the film under his Cape of Good Films and Fox Star Studios, along with Tusshar Kapoor's newly launched production company,

1990 film directed by Deepak Shivdasani

1998 film by Kamal Haasan

2006 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty

Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women () is a 2003 Indian dystopian tragedy film written and directed by Manish Jha. The film examines the impact of female feticide and female infanticide on the gender balance and consequently the stability and attitudes of society. Its storyline bears some resemblance to real-life instances of gender imbalance and economics resulting in fraternal polyandry and bride buying in some parts of India. It depicts a future in an Indian village populated exclusively by males due to female infanticide over the years.

1966 film by O. P. Ralhan

2019 film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa

1962 film

2011 film directed by Mohit Suri

1978 film by Deven Verma

2020 film directed by David Dhawan

2006 film by Sangeeth Sivan

2008 Bollywood film directed by Rohit Shetty

1995 film by David Dhawan

Padosan (, ) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy film directed by Jyoti Swaroop and produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. It is a remake of the Bengali film Pasher Bari (1952) based on a short story of the same name by Arun Chowdhury, starring Bhanu Bandyopadhyay and Sabitri Chatterjee. The short story it was is considered to be an adaptation of the French play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) by Edmond Rostand. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu. Kishore Kumar, Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto Mukherjee played the supporting roles.

1995 film by Ashutosh Gowariker

2016 film

1966 film by Pramod Chakravorty

2018 Tamil film directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja

2018 Tamil film directed by Mari Selvaraj

Kanthaswamy is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed and written by Susi Ganesan. The film stars Vikram as the titular character, with Prabhu, Shriya Saran, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Tiwari, Krishna and Vadivelu appearing in supporting roles. The film was mostly dubbed in Telugu as Mallanna with Vadivelu's scenes partially reshot with Brahmanandam. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

1984 film by Rajendra Singh Babu

1998 Hindi film

1995 film

1994 film by Vimal Kumar

2023 film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa

1996 Tamil film directed by K. S. Ravikumar

2016 Tamil film directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan

2014 Telugu film directed by Srinivas

Tahalka () is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action adventure film directed by Anil Sharma, featuring an ensemble cast including Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Aditya Pancholi, Javed Jaffrey, Shammi Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Mukesh Khanna, Ekta Sohini, Pallavi Joshi, Sonu Walia, Shikha Swaroop, and Firdaus Dadi (in her acting debut). The film was the fifth highest grosser of 1992 and was declared a Hit by Box Office India. This film was loosely based on Hollywood action adventure films The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare.

2017 film

2025 film by Shazia Iqbal

1975 film by Narendra Bedi

2015 film by B. S. Lingadevaru

1994 film by Umesh Mehra

2022 film directed by Anil Ravipudi

Aazmayish is a 1995 Bollywood drama film starring Dharmendra, Anjali Jathar and producer Mohan Kumar's son Rohit Kumar in his acting debut. It is a story of a father and son, directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar.

2005 film by Sangeeth Sivan

1990 film

1992 Hindi film directed by David Dhawan

1994 film by David Dhawan

1968 film by Manmohan Desai

2004 film by Kundan Shah

1982 film by Mohan Segal

Ardhanaari is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language film about the life of transgender people in Kerala. The film is directed by Santhosh Souparnika and produced by M. G. Sreekumar under his production house MG Sound & Frames.

2000 film by Tatineni Rama Rao