Indian comedy-drama films

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.

Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Savin SA and written by Vipin Das. It is a sequel to Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys (2024). The film stars Hashir H., Alan Bin Siraj, Ajin Joy, and Vinayak V., alongside Vijay Babu, Aju Varghese, Bijukuttan, Alphonse Puthren, and Sudheesh in supporting roles.

Thaai Kizhavi (transl. Godmother) is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Sivakumar Murugesan, in his directorial debut. Produced by Sudhan Sundaram and Sivakarthikeyan under Passion Studios and Sivakarthikeyan Productions, the film stars Radikaa Sarathkumar in the titular role, alongside Singampuli, Aruldoss, Bala Saravanan, and Munishkanth. Thaai Kizhavi released in theatres on 27 February 2026 to critical acclaim and commercial success.

2006 film by Rajkumar Hirani

2015 film directed by Kabir Khan

2012 film by Gauri Shinde

2014 film directed by Vikas Bahl

1955 film by Raj Kapoor

2013 film by Ken Scott

2018 film by R. Balki

2017 film directed by Saket Chaudhary

2011 film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj

Hichki (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film co-written and directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra. It is produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma under the banner of Yash Raj Films. Based on American motivational speaker Brad Cohen's autobiography Front of the Class, it stars Rani Mukerji as Naina Mathur, an aspiring teacher who gets rejected by many schools due to her Tourette syndrome, until she is accepted at the St. Notker's School, her alma mater. She is assigned to teach students from a nearby slum in the class 9F, which was created by the Government of India to fill a q

2017 Indian film directed by Shree Narayan Singh

1954 Indian film

2000 film directed by Aziz Mirza

2023 film by Kiran Rao

1999 film by David Dhawan

2006 Hindi film by Priyadarshan

Khubsoorat () is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film, directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and written by Gulzar, Shanu Banerjee, Ashok Rawat, and D. N. Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan and Dina Pathak. It was a box-office success. The film was remade in Telugu as Swargam in 1981, in Tamil as Lakshmi Vandhachu, and in Malayalam as Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki. The 2014 film of the same name was loosely based on it. The 2023 film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani directed by Karan Johar also drew heavily from it.

2020 film directed by Homi Adajania

2007 film by Anees Bazmee

Jagriti () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Satyen Bose. A remake of Bose's 1949 Bengali film Paribartan, the film stars Rajkumar Gupta, Abhi Bhattacharya, and Ratan Kumar in the lead roles. The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film at the 3rd Filmfare Awards in 1956. Bhattacharya received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his outstanding performance in Jagriti at the same ceremony. Jagriti still considered one of the best children-centric films of India.

2009 film by Priyadarshan

1967 Indian Hindi film directed by Tapi Chanakya

Ishqiya () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language slapstick black comedy film directed by debutante Abhishek Chaubey and produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bhardwaj. The film stars Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi. The film was released on 29 January 2010.

2018 film directed by Sharat Katariya

2018 film directed by Amit Sharma

2000 film by Priyadarshan

1998 film by Kamal Haasan

2015 Tamil film directed by Rosshan Andrrews

2015 film by Zoya Akhtar

1971 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

2000 film by Anil Devgan

2016 film by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

2017 Indian Hindi-language film by Subhash Kapoor

2012 film by Shoojit Sircar

2013 film by Subhash Kapoor

2006 film directed by Dibakar Banerjee

2021 film directed by Laxman Utekar

Premalu (Telugu word; ) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Girish A. D. and produced by Bhavana Studios, Fahadh Faasil and Friends, and Working Class Hero. The film stars Naslen and Mamitha Baiju, alongside Sangeeth Prathap, Akhila Bhargavan, Shyam Mohan, Meenakshi Raveendran, Mathew Thomas and Althaf Salim. In the film, Sachin Santhosh, a graduate from Kerala, plans to move to UK but instead goes to Hyderabad to take a GATE course, where he meets and falls in love with Reenu Roy, an IT company employee.

film directed by B.V. Nandini Reddy

1999 film by Sohail Khan

Indian film

2002 film

2014 Tamil film directed by Velraj

Oopiri () is a 2016 Indian bilingual comedy-drama film directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by PVP Cinema. The film is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages; the latter titled Thozha (). It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Karthi (in his Telugu debut) and Tamannaah Bhatia while Prakash Raj, Ali, Vivek, Jayasudha, Kalpana and Tanikella Bharani playing supporting roles. The narrative focuses on the lives of Vikramaditya, a quadriplegic billionaire, and Seenu, his ex-convict caretaker, highlighting their realisation of the importance of life and relationships over money and disability.

2021 film directed by Renuka Shahane

Bawarchi (translation: The Chef) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in India on 7 July 1972, the film stars an ensemble cast of Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bhaduri, Asrani, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, A.K. Hangal, Durga Khote, Manisha, Kali Banerjee, Usha Kiran and Raju Shrestha. The film was ranked the eight highest-grossing film of the year 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In Bawarchi, I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in Anand (197

2015 film

2022 film directed by Raj Mehta

2008 Bollywood film directed by Rohit Shetty

2014 film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar

2025 film by R. S. Prasanna

2023 film directed by Amit Rai

1975 film by Naresh Kumar

2017 film by Umesh Shukla

2017 Indian Hindi-language film

2014 film

2022 film directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni