Indian heist films

Dacoit: A Love Story is a 2026 Indian action romantic drama film directed by Shaneil Deo in his directorial debut, who co-wrote the film with Adivi Sesh. Produced by Supriya Yarlagadda under Annapurna Studios, the film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi.

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 Hindi film directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya

2006 film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi

Dhoom (transl. Blast) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. The story was written by Chopra with a screenplay by Vijay Krishna Acharya. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha and Rimi Sen. Set in contemporary Mumbai, the narrative follows a gang of motorbike-riding robbers led by Kabir, and the efforts of police officer Jai Dixit and motorcycle dealer Ali Akbar Fateh Khan to capture them.

2011 film directed by Farhan Akhtar

2014 film directed by Farah Khan

Saaho () is a 2019 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Sujeeth and produced by UV Creations and T-Series. Filmed simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi, it features Prabhas (in his Hindi film debut) in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast of Shraddha Kapoor, Chunky Panday, Jackie Shroff, Arun Vijay, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Lal, Tinnu Anand, Murali Sharma, Vennela Kishore, Mandira Bedi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Evelyn Sharma, Devan and Prakash Belawadi. The film follows two undercover officers who are searching for a mastermind responsible for stealing (US$284 million) and soon realise

2014 film by Sajid Nadiadwala

2016 film directed by Sajid-Farhad

2012 film directed by Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla

Dhamaal () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey in the lead roles, with Asrani, Sanjay Mishra, Murli Sharma, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Pahwa, Tiku Talsania and Prem Chopra in supporting roles. Inspired by Stanley Kramer's ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), it is the first installment of the Dhamaal film series''.

2010 film by Farah Khan

hindi film

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.

Kaante () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language epic heist action thriller film co-written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. Written by Milap Zaveri, the film stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Lucky Ali, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Rati Agnihotri, Rohit Roy, Isha Koppikar and Malaika Arora.

2024 Indian Hindi language comedy film directed by Rajesh Krishnan

1967 film by Vijay Anand

2002 film by Vipul Amrutlal Shah

2007 film by Ahmed Khan

1998 film by David Dhawan

1943 Indian film directed by Gyan Mukherjee

Tezz () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Priyadarshan. It stars Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut, Zayed Khan, Sameera Reddy, Boman Irani with Mohanlal in an extended cameo appearance. The film revolves a team of Asians place a bomb on a high-speed train operating between London and Glasgow. The train will explode if it slows below a certain speed; unless a ransom is paid.

2007 film by Sriram Raghavan

2013 Indian heist film by Neeraj Pandey

1980 Hindi film directed by Feroz Khan

2013 film by Raj Kumar Gupta

Baadshaho () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language heist action film written by Rajat Arora and directed by Milan Luthria. It stars Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D'Cruz, Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta and Sanjay Mishra. The film is set in the emergency era of 1975–77.

2007 film directed by Anubhav Sinha

Gayab () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language supernatural black comedy film directed by Prawaal Raman and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Tusshar Kapoor and Antara Mali as the lead protagonists. The film was declared below average at the box office. The simultaneously shot Tamil version, Jithan, had a delayed release in 2005.

Mankatha (; ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Dayanidhi Azhagiri's Cloud Nine Movies. The film stars an ensemble cast of Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja,Trisha Krishnan, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali, Andrea Jeremiah, Ashwin Kakumanu, Vaibhav Reddy, Premji Amaren, Mahat Raghavendra, Jayaprakash, Aravind Akash and Subbu Panchu. It is Ajith's 50th film as a lead actor and the third and penultimate film of the production studio. The film follows Vinayak, a corrupt ACP in Mumbai, who joins a gang of four to plan a heist of cricket betting mone

2018 Tamil film directed by Vignesh Shivan

2012 Tamil film directed by Karthik Subbaraj

Yamadonga () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by Chiranjeevi Pedamallu and Gangaraju Gunnam under Visvamitra Creations. It stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Mohan Babu, Priyamani, and Mamta Mohandas.

1993 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar

1996 film directed by Guddu Dhanoa

1980 Tamil film directed by I. V. Sasi

1980 film by Ravi Chopra

Thunivu (, also marketed as Thunivu – No Guts No Glory) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language heist action thriller film written and directed by H. Vinoth, and produced by Boney Kapoor under Bayview Projects LLP and Zee Studios. The film stars Ajith Kumar, alongside Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani, John Kokken, Ajay and Veera. It follows Dark Devil and his team who forms a plan and commit a bank heist to find the corporate looted people's money.

2022 Tamil film directed by R Ajay Gnanamuthu

2020 Tamil film directed by Desingh Periyasamy

2009 Telugu film directed by Surender Reddy

2025 Indian film

2023 Tamil film directed by Raju Murugan

2016 Tamil film directed by SurajR

2002 film by David Dhawan

2019 Bollywood film directed by Tarun Mansukhani

2012 film

1993 Telugu film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

1983 film by Deb Mukherjee

1941 Indian film

2019 Tamil film directed by Kalyaan

1990 film

2014 Indian Hindi-language film by Hansal Mehta

2013 film directed by Siraj Kalla

2005 Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannadh