Indian romantic drama films

2018 film directed by Pushpdeep Bhardwaj

1942 film by Amiya Chakravarty

2018 film by Shoojit Sircar

1960 film

Chhalia is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Manmohan Desai. It stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Pran, Rehman and Shobhna Samarth. The story is loosely based on the 1848 short story "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but is focused on the issue of estranged wives and children in the aftermath of partition. Chhalia was shot in black-and-white. Music by Kalyanji-Anandji, played a part in the film's box office success.

1957 Hindi film directed by Subodh Mukherjee

2013 film by Luv Ranjan

2006 film by K. S. Adhiyaman

Nagamandala (; ) is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language drama film, directed by T. S. Nagabharana and written by Girish Karnad. Produced by Srihari L. Khoday with music by C. Aswath, It is an adaptation of a 1988 play by Karnad with the same name which is based on a local folk tale and ritual. It stars Prakash Raj and Vijayalakshmi in the lead roles. The film depicts a romantic plot between a woman and a snake in the disguise of her uncaring husband.

2021 film directed by Abhishek Kapoor

1954 film by Mehboob Khan

2002 film by Indra Kumar

Kudrat () is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language drama film, written and directed by Chetan Anand. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini, supported by Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh and Vinod Khanna. This is the second movie of the Rajesh Khanna-Hema Malini pair with a reincarnation theme after Mehbooba. Rajesh Khanna received the 1982 All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for Kudrat. The film was a box office hit and it won the Filmfare Award for Best Story.

1966 film by Pramod Chakravorty

1969 film by Raj Khosla

2017 Tamil film directed by C. Prem Kumar

2013 film directed by Vishesh Bhatt

1952 Indian film by Guru Dutt

1991 film

1996 Tamil film directed by Kathir

1980 film by Esmayeel Shroff

2019 film

Parugu () is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Bhaskar and was produced by Dil Raju on Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film stars Allu Arjun, Sheela Kaur and Prakash Raj. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while cinematography was handled by Vijay K. Chakravarthy.

2001 film by Satish Kaushik

1966 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

1963 film by C. V. Sridhar

Majhdhaar is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala and Rahul Roy. The film was a box office failure.

2012 film by Ashim Ahluwalia

1992 Hindi film directed by Pramod Chakravorty

2006 Tamil film directed by M. Raja

1991 film by Suresh Krissna

2004 Tamil film directed by K. Selvaraghavan

1979 film

1977 Tamil film directed by Bharathiraja

Tohfa () is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language melodrama comedy film produced by D. Ramanaidu under the Suresh Productions banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Jeetendra, Jaya Prada and Sridevi. The film was a massive box office success, grossing and becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of 1984.

1950 film by S.K. Ojha

1975 Tamil film directed by K. Balachander

2007 film directed by Prakash

2016 film by Anubhav Sinha

Sahibaan is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Ramesh Talwar. It features Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit in the lead roles. It marked Kapoor's fourth onscreen collaboration with Talwar after Doosra Aadmi (1977), Duniya (1984) and Zamana (1985) and second with Dutt as well after Hathyar (1989).

1971 film

Gehraiyaan () is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shakun Batra and produced by Dharma Productions, Viacom18 Studios and Jouska Films. The film stars Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi in lead roles, with Ananya Panday, Dhairya Karwa, Rajat Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah in supporting roles.

1970 film by Dev Anand

1958 film

1933 film

1986 film by Kranthi Kumar

Premam () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age romantic comedy drama film written, directed and edited by Alphonse Puthren. It was produced by Anwar Rasheed and stars Nivin Pauly and Sai Pallavi (in her major film debut). It also features an ensemble supporting cast including Madonna Sebastian, Anupama Parameswaran, Shabareesh Varma, Krishna Sankar, Siju Wilson, Ananth Nag, Vinay Forrt, Soubin Shahir, Sharafudheen and others. The plot follows George (Nivin)’s romantic journey with his friends from their teens to adulthood. While George's first love turns out to be a disappointment

1983 Telugu film directed by Kasinathuni Viswanath

1956 Tamil film directed by S.U. Sunny

2005 film by Prabhu Deva

2018 Tamil film directed by Mari Selvaraj

2006 film by Yogaraj Bhat

1971 film by Basu Bhattacharya

1947 Hindi film

Samundar is a 1986 Indian romantic action film directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Mushir Riaz. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, Roshni and Paresh Rawal in lead roles.

1992 film

1996 Tamil film directed by Agathiyan

2003 film by Anurag Basu

Dhoon (Tune or Passion) is a 1953 Bollywood film directed by M. Kumar. The film was produced by Silver Kings, a production company formed by Kumar and his then wife, actress Pramila. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal, Kumar, Pramila, E. Bilmoria, Leela Mishra and Kamal Mehra. Mehra was a lesser known comedian who started his career in 1951 with Naujawan. He went on to act in several films before starting his own production company Pride Of India under which he made films like Kismat (1968), Mahal (1969) and Naami Chor (1977). The music was composed by Madan Mohan.

1966 film by Shaheed Latif