Indian action comedy films

Bhooth Bangla is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Akshay Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and Cape of Good Films. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Jisshu Sengupta, Rajpal Yadav, Tabu and Wamiqa Gabbi.

Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu is a 2026 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Anil Ravipudi. The film is produced by Sahu Garapati and Sushmita Konidela. It stars Chiranjeevi in the titular role, alongside Venkatesh, Nayanthara and Catherine Tresa. The plot follows Shankara Vara Prasad, a national security officer who seeks to protect his estranged wife and children, seeing it as a chance to re-unite with them.

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.

2013 Tamil film directed by Rohit Shetty

Dabangg () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. The film stars Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan and Sonu Sood in the lead roles, while Om Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar and Mahie Gill feature in supporting roles. The film marks the debut of Sinha as an actress, Arbaaz Khan as a producer and Kashyap as a director. Arora makes a special appearance in the song "Munni Badnaam Hu

2015 film directed by Rohit Shetty

2014 film directed by Farah Khan

1998 film by Mahesh Bhatt

2014 film by Siddharth Anand

1983 film by Manmohan Desai

2014 film by Sajid Nadiadwala

2012 film by Arbaaz Khan

2012 film directed by Duniya Soori

1999 film by Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla

2009 film by Sabbir Khan

1994 film by Rajkumar Santoshi

2023 Tamil film directed by Nelson Dilipkumar

2012 film by Sajid Khan

2009 film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi

Judwaa () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film Hello Brother (1994), which in turn is inspired from the Hong Kong action comedy film Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan, which itself is a remake of Ranjit Mallick's Bengali film Shathe Shathyang (1982).

Dishoom () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language buddy cop action drama film directed by Rohit Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem and Akshaye Khanna, while Parineeti Chopra, Akshay Kumar and Nargis Fakhri make special appearances in the film. The film revolves around two cops tasked with rescuing a kidnapped Indian cricketer from a cricket bookie.

2016 film directed by Sajid-Farhad

2016 film by Remo D'Souza

2019 film directed by Prabhu Deva

2022 Tamil film directed by Nelson Dilipkumar

2013 film by Rajkumar Santoshi

Aagadu () is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla. Written by Anil Ravipudi, Upendra Madhav and Praveen Varma, the film was jointly produced by Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta and Anil Sunkara under their banner 14 Reels Entertainment. It stars Mahesh Babu, Tamannaah Bhatia and Sonu Sood in lead roles while Rajendra Prasad, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar, and Brahmanandam play supporting roles.

2011 film by Anees Bazmee

2009 film by Nikhil Advani

Dookudu () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla and written by Vaitla, Kona Venkat, and Gopimohan. It is produced by Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta, and Anil Sunkara under the banner 14 Reels Entertainment. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Samantha, Prakash Raj, and Sonu Sood alongside Brahmanandam who played a supporting role. The film revolves around Ajay Kumar (Babu), a police officer and son of ex-MLA Shankar Narayana (Raj), who awakes from coma, but his health remains perilous. To aid his recovery, Kumar masquerades as a MLA fulfilling his father's ambition f

2011 film directed by Abhinay Deo

Bairavaa is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film The film was written and directed by Bharathan, and produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy. The film stars Vijay in the titular role alongside Keerthy Suresh, Jagapathi Babu, Daniel Balaji, Sathish, Thambi Ramaiah, Mime Gopi, Sija Rose, Harish Uthaman and Aparna Vinod.

2009 Telugu film directed by Sukumar

2013 film by Sajid Khan

2017 film by David Dhawan

2013 film by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.

1994 film

2010 film by Rohit Shetty

2017 film directed by Harsha

1998 film by David Dhawan

2020 film directed by Anurag Basu

2002 film by David Dhawan

2012 film by Rohit Shetty

2022 film directed by Farhad Samji

1982 film by Raj N. Sippy

2009 film by Rohit Shetty

2008 film by Vijay Krishna Acharya

2012 film by Harish Shankar

2015 Tamil film directed by Vignesh Shivan

2017 film by Rohit Shetty

2003 film by David Dhawan

1955 film by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu

2018 film directed by Sriram Adittya

1992 Hindi film

2013 film by Anthony D'Souza

2004 film directed by Jeeva

Julayi () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written & directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by S. Radha Krishna under Haarika & Hassine Creations banner. The film stars Allu Arjun and Sonu Sood, alongside Ileana D'Cruz, Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmaji, Tanikella Bharani and Sheetal Menon. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, while cinematography and editing were handled by Chota K. Naidu-Shyam K. Naidu and Prawin Pudi.

1979 film by Rakesh Kumar

2020 film directed by Trivikram Srinivas

2014 film directed by Surender Reddy