Films set in ancient India

Baahubali: The Epic is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language epic action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the script with V. Vijayendra Prasad. Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under Arka Media Works, the film stars Prabhas in dual roles alongside, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Ramya Krishna, Nassar, Sathyaraj, Subbaraju and Adivi Sesh.

2004 film by Oliver Stone

2015 film by S. S. Rajamouli

2017 film by S. S. Rajamouli

Padmaavat is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language epic historical drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Sinhalese-born Rajput queen known for her beauty, wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, played by Shahid Kapoor. Sultan Alauddin Khilji, played by Ranveer Singh, hears of her beauty and attacks her kingdom to enslave her. Aditi Rao Hydari, Jim Sarbh, Raza Murad, and Anupriya Goenka are featured in supporting roles.

2005 film directed by Stanley Tong

2001 film by Santosh Sivan

2022 film directed by Ayan Mukerji

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1966 film by Lekh Tandon

1996 film by Mira Nair

2016 film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker

1992 film by Yugo Sako

2016 Chinese-Indian film by Huo Jianqi

2019 Indian Bollywood film directed by Farhad Samji

1931 Tamil film directed by H. M. Reddy

2015 Tamil film directed by Gunasekhar

2011 Indian film directed by A. R. Murugadoss

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.

1972 film directed by Conrad Rooks

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2009 Telugu film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna

1964 Hindi film directed by Kidar Sharma

2013 film by Rupesh Paul

2017 film directed by Krish

1969 Tamil film directed by K. Shankar

2017 film by Tsui Hark

2010 Tamil film directed by K. Selvaraghavan

1937 film by Franz Osten

film directed by Mukesh Kumar Singh

1956 Telugu film directed by B. S. Ranga

2018 film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne

1941 film by Kidar Sharma