Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Javed Akhtar

1. 3 Idiots (2009)

PG-13 | 170 min | Comedy, Drama

Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".

Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi

Votes: 436,060 | Gross: $6.53M

2. Maidaan (2024)

181 min | Biography, Drama, History

Inspired by the Indian national football team coach and manager Syed Abdul Rahim, who is regarded as the architect of Indian football.

Director: Amit Ravindernath Sharma | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Priyamani, Gajraj Rao, Nitanshi Goel

Votes: 14,096

3. Dunki (2023)

Not Rated | 160 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

When his friends in Punjab struggle to clear the immigration process, an ex-soldier guides them on a risky journey to enter the UK without permission.

Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Taapsee Pannu, Ryan Cretney, Priya Sindher, Ketan Desai

Votes: 74,382

4. Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023)

TV-14 | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ahana, Neil and Imaad are three friends in their 20s trying to find meaning in the digital age. They lean on each other as they navigate complexities of relationships and self-discovery.

Director: Arjun Varain Singh | Stars: Ananya Panday, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Adarsh Gourav, Kalki Koechlin

Votes: 29,309

5. Sholay (1975)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.

Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan

Votes: 58,855

6. Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Not Rated | 186 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Naina, an introverted, perpetually depressed girl's life changes when she meets Aman. But Aman has a secret of his own which changes their lives forever. Embroiled in all this is Rohit, Naina's best friend who conceals his love for her.

Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Preity G Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bachchan

Votes: 75,660 | Gross: $1.79M

7. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport

The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley

Votes: 120,873 | Gross: $0.91M

8. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

Not Rated | 183 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity G Zinta

Votes: 75,950 | Gross: $0.30M

9. Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)

Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inspector Surjan Shekhawat, who is dealing with a depressing past, has to investigate a high profile murder case, deal with his crumbling marriage and use the help and solace of a prostitute by the name of Rosie.

Directors: Reema Kagti, Priyamvada Narayanan | Stars: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Votes: 45,196 | Gross: $2.71M

10. Veer-Zaara (2004)

Not Rated | 192 min | Drama, Family, Musical

"Veer-Zaara" is a saga of love, separation, courage, and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.

Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity G Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kirron Kher

Votes: 57,607 | Gross: $2.92M

11. Om Shanti Om (2007)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.

Director: Farah Khan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher

Votes: 49,943 | Gross: $3.60M

12. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their friends gets engaged.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif

Votes: 86,198 | Gross: $3.11M

13. Gully Boy (2019)

Not Rated | 154 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Raaz

Votes: 43,886 | Gross: $5.57M

14. Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

Not Rated | 213 min | Action, Drama, History

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha

Votes: 34,680 | Gross: $3.44M

15. Main Hoon Na (2004)

Not Rated | 182 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.

Director: Farah Khan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Suniel Shetty, Zayed Khan

Votes: 40,425 | Gross: $1.72M

16. Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)

Not Rated | 170 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Mehra family must contemplate over their way of living and their love lives while on a cruise celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ranveer Singh

Votes: 19,980

17. Swades (2004)

Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Musical

A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth

Votes: 98,728 | Gross: $1.22M

18. Seeking True Love (2017)

Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Romance

Set in the small-town of Bareilly, Bitti is a free-spirited young girl who lives life on her own terms and refuses to be pressured into getting married. Her life takes a shift when she meets Chirag Dubey and Pritam Vidrohi.

Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi

Votes: 25,840

19. Raees (2017)

Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.

Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Sunny Leone, Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Jaideep Ahlawat

Votes: 50,786 | Gross: $3.26M

20. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)

Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya

Votes: 37,929 | Gross: $0.04M

21. The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)

R | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

A young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson

Votes: 14,594 | Gross: $0.52M

22. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

Not Rated | 193 min | Drama, Romance

Dev, a former football player is married to Rhea, a successful fashion editor. Maya is a kindergarten teacher who is married to Rishi, an outgoing event planner. These couples' lives intersect and they each question their own marriage.

Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan

Votes: 21,856 | Gross: $3.28M

23. Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A much abused loner achieves success, and even wins the heart of his gorgeous co-worker, after getting early morning mysterious phone calls from someone.

Director: Vijay Lalwani | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor, Shefali Shah

Votes: 13,710 | Gross: $0.26M

24. Don (I) (2006)

Not Rated | 171 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Vijay is recruited by a police officer to masquerade as his lookalike Don, the leader of an international gang of smugglers. Things go wrong when the officer is killed and Vijay is left to fend for himself.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppikar

Votes: 41,129 | Gross: $0.80M

25. Baadshah (1999)

175 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.

Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Amrish Puri, Johny Lever

Votes: 20,219

26. Don 2 (2011)

Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Don turns himself in and escapes with Vardhaan from prison, following which he recruits a team to steal currency printing plates from a bank in Berlin.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Florian Lukas, Om Puri, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 58,494 | Gross: $3.68M

27. Bad Newz (2024)

Comedy, Romance | Post-production

A crazy laugh riot which will show the outcomes of two sophisticated Punjabi men and a Christian-Hindu girl. One of the man has a one night stand with the girl and somehow, craziness happens when she is pregnant unexpectedly.

Director: Anand Tiwari | Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, Ammy Virk, Sanya Malhotra

28. Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007)

Not Rated | 153 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Ace car racer RV and his wife have the world at their feet. But he has an accident and his world is turned upside down. Can he reclaim his lost glory?

Director: Siddharth Anand | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Jaaved Jaaferi, Ali Haji

Votes: 5,597 | Gross: $0.87M

29. Wake Up Sid (2009)

Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.

Director: Ayan Mukerji | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Supriya Pathak, Anupam Kher

Votes: 34,058 | Gross: $0.72M

30. Chalte Chalte (2003)

Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, Romance

A man pursues a woman who is already engaged and eventually gets married to her. Differences between the two lead to a bitter separation that threatens to destroy their relationship forever.

Director: Aziz Mirza | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Jas Arora, Satish Shah

Votes: 16,646 | Gross: $0.84M

31. Shaitan (2011)

Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.

Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, Gulshan Devaiah, Rajeev Khandelwal

Votes: 8,955

32. Mohenjo Daro (2016)

Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 2016 BC, a kind farmer leads an uprising in the city of Mohenjo Daro.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh

Votes: 12,764 | Gross: $1.25M

33. 1942: A Love Story (1994)

Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Drama, History

A young Indian couple, both from wealthy backgrounds, find themselves caught up in the 1940's Indian revolutionary movement against their families whom are under the thumb a sadistic British general.

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher

Votes: 3,688

34. Lakshya (2004)

Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance

An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri

Votes: 25,616 | Gross: $0.75M

35. Aalavandhan (2001)

Not Rated | 177 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Nandu and Vijay are brothers, who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.

Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Kitu Gidwani

Votes: 2,998

36. Earth (1998)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War

It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.

Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna

Votes: 8,121 | Gross: $0.53M

37. Yes Boss (1997)

163 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Rahul Joshi wants to be a successful businessman so he works hard for his boss Siddharth. One day Rahul meets Seema, an up and coming model, and he feels like he's finally met his match. Will Seema fall for Rahul?

Director: Aziz Mirza | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Aditya Pancholi, Kashmira Shah

Votes: 14,281

38. Force (2011)

R | 137 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A vengeful gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.

Director: Nishikant Kamat | Stars: John Abraham, Genelia Deshmukh, Vidyut Jammwal, Raj Babbar

Votes: 8,431

39. Lahore1947

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Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Aamir Khan, Preity G Zinta, Ali Fazal, Vicky Kaushal

40. Deewaar (1975)

Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Vijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.

Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi

Votes: 11,753

41. Mr. India (1987)

179 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Satish Kaushik

Votes: 16,596

42. The Sky Is Pink (2019)

143 min | Drama, Romance

Based on the love story of a couple spanning 25 years and told through the lens of their spunky teenage daughter Aisha Chaudhary, who was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.

Director: Shonali Bose | Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim, Rohit Saraf

Votes: 9,844

43. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)

Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History

A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.

Stars: Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto, Aleksandr Sokurov, Norman Lloyd

Votes: 4,838

44. Luck by Chance (2009)

Not Rated | 156 min | Drama

When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia

Votes: 11,071 | Gross: $0.36M

45. Umrao Jaan (2006)

188 min | Drama, Romance

J.P. Dutta's adaption of the Urdu novel "Umrao Jan Ada" by Mirza Haadi Ruswa (1905).

Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan

Votes: 2,055

46. Indian Idol (2004– )

Music, Reality-TV

The latest addition to the Idol phenomenon. Indian Idol, like Pop, Canadian, and American Idol, brings the entire country together to compete to become the next singing sensation.

Stars: Anu Malik, Vishal Dadlani, Neha Kakkar, Hussain Kuwajerwala

Votes: 796

47. Procession of Memories (1973)

164 min | Action, Drama, Musical

Three brothers are separated after their parents' murder. Years later, their only hope of avenging their parents and reuniting as a family lies in the song they learned as children.

Director: Nasir Hussain | Stars: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Imtiaz Khan

Votes: 2,162

48. Billa (2009)

Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A police inspector sends a gangster-lookalike to uncover the gang's secrets.

Director: Meher Ramesh | Stars: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Krishnamraju, Hansika Motwani

Votes: 2,720

49. Zubeidaa (2001)

Unrated | 153 min | Biography, Drama, History

Zubeidaa, an aspiring Muslim actress, marries a Sikh prince to become his second wife. Her tumultuous relationship with her husband, and her inner demons lead her to a decision which has fatal consequences for them all.

Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajit Kapoor

Votes: 1,702

50. Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002)

Not Rated | 158 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sanjay wakes up to the truth that he loves his best friend Sanjana reluctantly but surely and sets off on a noble mission - to break her wedding.

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Bipasha Basu, Tanaaz Currim Irani

Votes: 2,494