Films about Hinduism

Akhanda 2: Thaandavam is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language fantasy supernatural action drama film written and directed by Boyapati Sreenu. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in dual role, alongside Aadhi Pinisetty, Samyuktha Menon, and Harshaali Malhotra. It is a sequel to the 2021 film Akhanda.

1984 film by Steven Spielberg

1965 musical comedy-adventure film starring the Beatles

1939 film by George Stevens

1960 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray

2020 Bollywood Film

Kantara is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda under Hombale Films. The film stars Rishab Shetty in a dual roles as Kaadubettu Shiva and Annappa, along with Sapthami Gowda, Kishore, and Achyuth Kumar.

Mahavatar Narsimha is a 2025 Indian animated epic mythological action film directed by Ashwin Kumar in his directorial debut, written by Jayapurna Das and produced by Kleem Productions. Presented by Hombale Films, the film is the first installment in the planned seven-part animated Mahavatar Cinematic Universe, based on the ten avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu.

Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 is a 2025 Indian Kannada-language epic mythological action drama film co-written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda under Hombale Films. The film stars Rishab Shetty in a four roles as Berme, Mayakara, Annappa and Kaadubettu Shiva, along with Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah. A prequel to the 2022 film Kantara, the story delves deeper into the origins of the tradition and ancestral conflict introduced in the first film. Despite the release of the predecessor, this film is considered to be the first chapter of the franchise.

1983 Indian film

2011 film by V. V. Vinayak and the hero is alluarjun

1979 Indian biographical film by Gulzar

1988 film by Govind Nihalani

2006 film by Pankaj Parashar

Bholaa is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ajay Devgn and produced by Ajay Devgn Films, Reliance Entertainment, T-Series Films and Dream Warrior Pictures. It is a remake of the 2019 Tamil film Kaithi and stars Devgn alongside Tabu, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra, Gajraj Rao and Vineet Kumar. The music was composed by Ravi Basrur, while cinematography and editing were handled by Aseem Bajaj and Dharmendra Sharma.

1936 film by Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Govind Damle

1932 film by H. M. Reddy, Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu

Firaaq (English: Separation) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Nandita Das. It is set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat, India, and looks at the aftermath and its effects on the lives of everyday people. It claims to be based on "a thousand true stories." Firaaq means both separation and quest in Arabic. The film is the directorial debut of actress Nandita Das and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Inaamulhaq, Nassar, Paresh Rawal, Sanjay Suri, Raghubir Yadav, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, and Tisca Chopra.

2022 film directed by Abhishek Sharma

1998 film by G. V. Iyer

2022 film directed by Koratala Siva

1991 film by Arun Kaul

Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language superhero action film written and directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dulquer Salmaan for Wayfarer Films. It stars Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen, with Sandy, Chandu Salim Kumar and Arun Kurian in other significant roles. In the film, Chandra, a mysterious woman, comes to Bengaluru to fight the evil. Her life changes after she meets young Sunny and his friends, and gets entangled with a corrupt cop Nachiyappa and an organ-trafficking ring associated with him.

2015 film

1962 film by Bijoy Basu

2007 film by Bhavna Talwar

2019 film by Kaushik Ganguly

2008 film