Films about social issues in India

Jolly LLB 3 is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language legal comedy drama film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. It is the third installment in the Jolly LLB series and the sequel to Jolly LLB 2. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla, with Amrita Rao and Huma Qureshi all reprising their roles from the previous films.

Sholay (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film follows two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), who are hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless bandit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The soundtrack was composed by R D Burman.

2006 film by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Swades () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-written, directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, alongside Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, and Lekh Tandon.

2018 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar

1992 film by Raj Kanwar

Deewaar ( The Wall) is a 1975 Indian action crime film directed by Yash Chopra, from a story by Salim–Javed. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan alongside an ensemble cast of Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi, Iftekhar, Madan Puri, Satyen Kappu and Manmohan Krishna. The music was composed by R. D. Burman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Kay Gee Koregaonkar and T. R. Mangeshkar-Pran Mehra. In the film, two impoverished brothers struggle to survive in the slums of Mumbai and eventually find themselves on opposing sides of the law. The film's title signifies th

2001 film by Rajkumar Santoshi

Sairat () is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language social romantic tragedy film directed and co-produced by Nagraj Manjule under his banner Aatpat Production, along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Vision Productions and Zee Studios. Starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar in their debuts, it tells the story of two young college students from different castes who fall in love, sparking conflict between their families.

2023 film by Kiran Rao

2021 Tamil film directed by T. J. Gnanavel

2017 film directed by Ravi Udyawar

2014 film by Sohail Khan

2016 Hindi film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

2023 film directed by Ava DuVernay

2016 film directed by AR Murugadoss

Bluffmaster! is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Rohan Sippy and produced by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Mishra, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar. It is an adaptation of the 2000 Argentine film Nine Queens. It follows a conman who gets dumped by his girlfriend and after realising he is suffering from a severe illness, decides to help a new apprentice before dying. It is also inspired from 1997 film The Game.

1980 film by Govind Nihalani

2018 film by Amar Kaushik

2019 film directed by Anubhav Sinha

1975 film by Shyam Benegal

2000 film by Priyadarshan

2000 film by Kundan Shah

2018 Tamil film directed by A. R. Murugadoss

1967 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

2024 film directed by Shankar

Diljale () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Harry Baweja, with screenplay by Karan Razdan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Madhoo and Sonali Bendre along with Parmeet Sethi, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Amrish Puri in supporting roles. The film received positive reviews, and earned a lifetime gross of 15.85 crore. IBNLive included Diljale among its list of "Ajay Devgn's memorable films".

1982 film by Baldev Raj Chopra

2013 film by Subhash Kapoor

1988 film

2016 film by Alankrita Shrivastava

2019 film directed by Ajay Bahl

2016 film by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

2006 film by Vikram Chopra

Daawat-e-Ishq () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Parineeti Chopra, Aditya Roy Kapur and Anupam Kher in the lead roles. The soundtrack was composed by Sajid–Wajid.

Srimanthudu () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva. The film is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu and Rajendra Prasad. Sampath Raj, Mukesh Rishi, Sukanya and Harish Uthaman appear in supporting roles. It was distributed globally by Eros International.

1999 film by Murali Nair

2021 film directed by Renuka Shahane

Ghulami () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by J. P. Dutta (in his directorial debut). The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Reena Roy, Anita Raj, Raza Murad and Om Shivpuri. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Gulzar and the music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal, who would go on to collaborate with Dutta in all his films until Kshatriya (1993). It was shot at Fatehpur, Rajasthan. Amitabh Bachchan narrated the film.

1996 film by Rajkumar Santoshi

2015 film by Hansal Mehta

2015 Hindi film directed by Ketan Mehta

2021 film directed by Hardik Mehta

1955 film by Guru Dutt

2011 film directed by Gurvinder Singh

2020 film

Nagamandala (; ) is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language drama film, directed by T. S. Nagabharana and written by Girish Karnad. Produced by Srihari L. Khoday with music by C. Aswath, It is an adaptation of a 1988 play by Karnad with the same name which is based on a local folk tale and ritual. It stars Prakash Raj and Vijayalakshmi in the lead roles. The film depicts a romantic plot between a woman and a snake in the disguise of her uncaring husband.

1989 film by Rakesh Roshan

2005 film directed by S.S. Rajamouli

1979 Telugu-language film directed by Kasinathuni Viswanath

2018 film directed by Anubhav Sinha

2005 film

Kaththi () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It is produced by Allirajah Subaskaran's Lyca Productions. The film stars Vijay in dual roles alongside Samantha, Neil Nitin Mukesh (in his Tamil debut), Tota Roy Chowdhury, and Sathish. In the film, a petty thief assumes the identity of his lookalike and attempts to lead a rebellion by farmers from the latter's village, Thanoothu, and helps them fight against an entrepreneur who exploited Thanoothu's water resources.

1977 film by Mrinal Sen

2006 film by A. R. Murugadoss

2018 film directed by Shree Narayan Singh

1983 Telugu film directed by Kasinathuni Viswanath

2020 film directed by Akarsh Khurana

2024 Indian film by Mudassar Aziz

2019 film by Vamsi Paidipally