Indian biographical films

2016 film directed by Nitesh Tiwari

Neerja is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical thriller film directed by Ram Madhvani and written by Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh. It was produced by Atul Kasbekar's company, Bling Unplugged, alongside Fox Star Studios. The film stars Sonam Kapoor as the eponymous lead, with Shekhar Ravjiani, Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tiku, Kavi Shastri and Jim Sarbh in supporting roles.

2007 film by Feroz Abbas Khan

1977 film by Shyam Benegal

1966 film by Lekh Tandon

2016 Hindi film directed by Neeraj Pandey

2013 film by Sanjay Gupta

2011 film by Raj Kumar Gupta

2012 film by Hansal Mehta

Shershaah () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film based on the life of Vikram Batra, martyred in action in the Kargil War, directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Hindi film debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava. The film was produced by Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment, with Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi serving as producers. Sidharth Malhotra stars in a dual role as Vikram Batra and his twin brother Vishal, with Kiara Advani as his girlfriend Dimple Cheema.

1931 Tamil film directed by H. M. Reddy

2019 film directed by Vikas Bahl

2007 film by Apoorva Lakhia

2021 film directed by Kabir Khan

2020 film by Anu Menon

2015 Tamil film directed by Gunasekhar

1996 film by Shyam Benegal

Mahanati () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film features Keerthy Suresh as Savitri while Dulquer Salmaan (in his Telugu debut) plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. The film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Vijay Deverakonda, while Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya, Divyavani, Mohan Babu and Prakash Raj appear in supporting roles. The plot follows Savitri's life, depicting her turbulent rise to prominence, marriage

2009 film by Paresh Mokashi

2010 film by Tigmanshu Dhulia

Thalaivii () is a 2021 Indian biographical drama film based on the life of Indian actress-politician J. Jayalalithaa. Directed by A. L. Vijay and written by Madhan Karky (Tamil) and Rajat Arora (Hindi), it was produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shailesh R Singh of Vibri Motion Pictures and Karma Media And Entertainment, respectively. The film starred Kangana Ranaut as Jayalalithaa, Arvind Swamy as M. G. Ramachandran, Nassar as M. Karunanidhi, Raj Arjun and Samuthirakani as R. M. Veerappan in the Hindi and Tamil versions, respectively. Shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi, the film also fe

1983 Indian film

2004 film directed by Shyam Benegal

2013 film by Milan Luthria

1991 film by Tapan Sinha

film directed by Omung Kumar

1961 film by Satyajit Ray

2024 Indian Hindi-language film

2021 film directed by Kookie Gulati

2017 Indian biographical film directed by James Erskine

2020 film

1979 Indian biographical film by Gulzar

2010 film by Milan Luthria

2023 film by Meghna Gulzar

1935 film by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala

2010 film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

1954 film by Vijay Bhatt

2024 Indian film

2017 film directed by Krish

2016 film by Ram Gopal Varma

1936 film by Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Govind Damle

2012 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao

Hawaizaada () is a 2015 Indian Hindi drama film written, directed and produced by Vibhu Puri along with Reliance Entertainment. Inspired by the biography of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, the film stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Sharda. Talpade, a resident of Bombay, is claimed to have constructed and flown an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895. Contemporary accounts of a successful flight do not exist, and no reliable historical records document its existence. The film depicts Talpade successfully conducting a manned flight. It was released on 30 January 2015. The f

2016 Indian film

1998 film by G. V. Iyer

2016 film by Ram Gopal Varma

1967 film

2019 film by Abhijit Panse

Methagu () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film based on the life of Velupillai Prabhakaran. The release of the film was postponed several times due to legal issues, but finally had the digital release through OTT platform 'BS Value' on 25 June 2021 with positive response.

1986 film by P. A. Backer

1963 film by M. Sadiq

2011 film by Prakash Jadhav

1960 film directed by Samudrala Raghavacharya

Indian biographical film

2025 film directed by Kangana Ranaut

2016 film by M. Ranganath

film directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi

1945 Tamil film directed by Ellis R. Dungan

1956 Telugu film directed by B. S. Ranga

2022 film directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka