INDIAN WAR & PATRIOTIC MOVIES
by samnigam20 | created - 18 Aug 2015 | updated - 24 Jun 2017 | PublicBollywood Movies on War and Conflicts.
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1. Haqeeqat (1964)
184 min | Action, Musical, War
A platoon of Indian soldiers encounters harsh realities while fighting in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Vijay Anand, Indrani Mukherjee
Votes: 557
War Drama of Indo China War 1962
2. Humsaya (1968)
Action, Drama, Mystery
A disgraced Indian air force officer impersonates a look-alike Chinese spy.
Director: Joy Mukherjee | Stars: Mala Sinha, Joy Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Rehman Khan
Votes: 29
Indo China spy thriller drama and romance
3. Prem Pujari (1970)
192 min | Action, Drama, Musical
Ramdev Bakshi is the only son of widower and former Indian Army General Durgaprasad, who has been decorated several times with various medals for bravery shown in the line of duty. Alas ... See full summary »
Director: Dev Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Shatrughan Sinha, Zaheeda
Votes: 262
Chinese spies, cowardice, romance and Indo-Pak War of 1965
4. Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973)
152 min | Action, Drama, War
War movie based on Operation Cactus Lilly in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh, Balraj Sahni, Padma Khanna
Votes: 138
Indo Pak 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War - Air combat b/w rival air forces of the 2 rival nations...! amid-st war, chaos, romance, drama and songs.
5. Vijeta (1982)
151 min | Drama
Angad is a confused teenager trying to find himself and is caught in between the marital problems of his Maharashtrian mother Neelima and Punjabi fat.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Supriya Pathak, Kunal Kapoor
Votes: 331
Based on 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war against Pakistan. The movie is based on the life, struggles, love life and training of a IAF Sikh fighter pilot before the war breaks out.
6. Aakraman (1975)
139 min | Drama, History, Romance
Ajay Verma is a major in the Indian army, and is principled, dedicated, and honest. His family has arranged his marriage with beautiful Sheetal, and both are to be married soon. Shortly ... See full summary »
Director: J. Om Prakash | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Rakesh Roshan, Rajesh Khanna
Votes: 52
1971 Bangladesh Liberation war against Pakistan
7. Border (I) (1997)
Not Rated | 176 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.
Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Jackie Shroff
Votes: 17,767
1971 Bangladesh Liberation war against Pakistan. Based on true events of Battle of Longewala. 2000 against 120. The battle was eventually won by the IAF (Indian Air Force)
8. Tango Charlie (2005)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tarun Chauhan, a rookie army officer undergoes ups and downs in his mission and learns the true meaning of 'war' to overcome his weaknesses.
Director: Mani Shankar | Stars: Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty
Votes: 2,298
True story of the diary of an unknown Indian soldier. His stroy ranges from unrest in the North East, Maoist Terror, Gujarat Riots to Kargil War of 1999.
9. 1971 (2007)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
Director: Amrit Sagar | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 2,738
Fictional drama of POW Escape post 1971 War
10. Samadhi (1950)
Not Rated | 165 min | Drama
The story is based on the true incident at INA. Shekhar (Ashok Kumar) falls in love with Lilly D'Souza (Nalini Jayawant). She cheats him and they break up. Freedom struggle is going on and ... See full summary »
Director: Ramesh Saigal | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Kuldip Kaur, Shyam
Votes: 42
World War II - Rise on nationalism and story of the soldiers of Azad Hind Fauj of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose fighting the British led royal Indian Army
11. Lalkar (The Challenge) (1972)
Action, Drama, Romance
India is in a state of war with Japan and former Colonel Kapoor's sons, Rajan and Ram are both with the Indian Armed Forces. While Rajan is a Wing Commander with the Indian Air Force, Ram ... See full summary »
Director: Ramanand Sagar | Stars: Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 133
B-Grade Indian movie on World War II
12. Hum Dono (1961)
164 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When an army officer is presumed dead in battle, his lookalike is tasked with breaking the news to his family. However, circumstances force him to impersonate the dead man.
Directors: Amarjeet, Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Nanda Karnataki, Sadhana Shivdasani, Lalita Pawar
Votes: 499
Classic War time Romantic Drama about an Indian army officer and his look alike during WWII Burma Campaign. A touching Indian love story during the last year of World War II.
13. Gandhi to Hitler (2011)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, History, War
Adolf Hitler assists India in its freedom struggle against the British, while Mohandas Gandhi writes to him to end the violence.
Director: Rakesh Ranjan Kumar | Stars: Avijit Dutt, Raghubir Yadav, Neha Dhupia, Aman Verma
Votes: 231
One believed in peace, harmony and worldy brotherhood while the other in Dictatorship, Violence and racial hatred of humanity...!!!
14. Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (2004)
163 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of Indian POW (Prisoners Of War) rebels against Pakistani army and tries to escape from their captivity during India-Pakistan war in 1971.
Director: Milan Luthria | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Amrita Rao
Votes: 1,621
fictional account of POW escape and patriotic love story. Good copy of Hollywood classic The Great Escape.
15. Upkar (1967)
175 min | Drama, Romance, War
Cult classic highlighting the contrast between Indian and Western values in the newly independent state.
Director: Manoj Kumar | Stars: Asha Parekh, Manoj Kumar, Prem Chopra, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Votes: 626
A family drama of 2 brothers on the backdrops of 1965 Indo Pak war and bad poverty of India during the 1960s.
16. Asoka (2001)
R | 180 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The epic tale of King Asoka's life is recounted.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Hrishitaa Bhatt
Votes: 15,282 | Gross: $0.70M
Romantic War Drama based on the life of Emperor Ashoka and the rise of Mauryan Dynasty in Ancient India. In the end the movie shows the tragic, bloody infamous Kalinga War that shook Ashoka.
17. Kurukshetra (2008)
109 min | War
In the Kargil war of 1999, an Indian commander faces off against his Pakistani counterpart.
Director: Major Ravi | Stars: Mohanlal, Siddique, Biju Menon, Meheck Bhatiya
Votes: 430
Malyalam film on Kargil conflict. A patriotic war drama film..!
18. Mission Kashmir (2000)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni
Votes: 7,658
Kashmir Conflict
19. ...Yahaan (2005)
142 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the disputed territory of Kashmir, a young Muslim woman meets and falls in love with a Hindu man. As a result of their love and desire for marriage, they commit the greatest sin according to those wrapped up in the Kashmiri conflict.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Minissha Lamba, Yashpal Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari
Votes: 1,224
Kashmir Conflict
20. Mutthina Haara (1990)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War
Mutthina Haara - A Necklace of Pearls - tells the tale of an Indian (Coorg) soldier, Achchappa and an army nurse, Annapurna (Anu) and the toils of warfare on them during the 1940's to the 1960's.
Director: S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu | Stars: Master Anand, K.S. Ashwath, Sadashiva Brahmavar, Mukhyamantri Chandru
Votes: 320
South Indian B-Grade Drama Movie on Wars India Fought - WWII, 1947 Kashmir War and 1962 India China War.
21. Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004)
193 min | Action, Drama, War
Kunal unwillingly joins the army to maintain his family's tradition and soon finds himself fighting ruthless terrorists who want to destroy the peace and harmony between India and Pakistan.
Directors: Anil Sharma, Sanjay Sharma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Divya Khosla Kumar
Votes: 1,815
Romantic Drama on the backdrops of Kargil War and present terrorism in Kashmir. But the movie starts with the Naval Combat in the end of 1971 Bangladesh Conflict .
22. Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir (2010)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Indian Military Intelligence deputes an agent to Kashmir incognito to find out who is behind extremist attacks.
Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor, Anupam Kher
Votes: 716
Kashmir Conflict
23. Fanaa (2006)
Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A sweet blind girl Zooni meets a flirty Rehan. She ignores her friends' warnings. It's her time to discover life. Is she making the right love choice?
Director: Kunal Kohli | Stars: Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Tabu
Votes: 35,250 | Gross: $2.10M
Kashmir Conflict
24. Haider (2014)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon
Votes: 58,227 | Gross: $0.90M
Kashmir Conflict
25. LOC: Kargil (2003)
Not Rated | 255 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.
Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Suniel Shetty
Votes: 3,428
Powerful War Drama and true events of Kargil Conflict of 1999. Later Indian armed forces take back the captured heights and win the war.
26. 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: 25,722 | Gross: $0.75M
Fictional Action War Drama based on actual events of Kargil incursions against Pakistani Northern Light Infantry Intruders during 1999 Kargil war
27. Objective, Burma! (1945)
Approved | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias
Votes: 5,614
Although a Hollywood War Film on World War II Burma. The ending shows a big thanks to the Indian Army who fought the Japanese in Burma alongside the British and American Allies.
28. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)
208 min | Biography, Drama, History
The film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Vinay Anand, Ila Arun, Pankaj Berry, Nicolas Chagrin
Votes: 1,365
Based on the struggles of Netaji subash Chandra bose the forgotten hero during the bloody times of World War II
29. Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)
98 min | Drama, History, War
In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a ... See full summary »
Directors: Vijay Raaz, Karan Arora | Stars: Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi Chadha, Raj Zutshi, Vishwajeet Pradhan
Votes: 1,948
30.
Pradhanmantri (2013– )
Episode:
Pokhran-II and Kargil War
(2013)
History, News
Stars: Shekhar Kapur, Shahab Khan
Votes: 6
31. Sarhad Paar (2006)
117 min | Action, Drama
An Indian soldier tries to exact revenge on those who had wronged him is backed by the emotional support of two women.
Director: Raman Kumar | Stars: Mahima Chaudhry, Tabu, Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Singh
Votes: 137
32. Param Veer Chakra (1988– )
Drama, War
Stars: Gufi Paintal, Sameer Rajda, Annu Kapoor, Shyamsundar Kalani
Votes: 83
TV Series Based on the lives of India's true War Heroes who fought against her enemies post Independence.
It shows true War Stories of bravery and guts of Indian soldiers, Tank Commanders and Airmen who fought the enemy with valor and glory. They fought with Axis powers pre Independence during World War II followed by post Independence wars fought against Pakistan and the Communist Chinese.
Conflicts of 1947, 1962, 1965 and 71 wars with Pakistan.....
33. 1971 (2007)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
Director: Amrit Sagar | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 2,738
34. Agni Pankh (2004)
Action, Drama, Romance
Based on the true story of Air Force personnel in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Director: Sanjeev Puri | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Rahul Dev, Shamita Shetty
Votes: 132
Drama movie on IAF pilots and their romances before and during Kargil Conflict of 1999
35. Madras Cafe (2013)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Nargis Fakhri, John Abraham, Raashi Khanna, Gaurav K. Sharma
Votes: 25,519
36. Children of War (2014)
160 min | Drama, History, War
Would you go to war for peace? A war child's search for acceptance and a nation inundated in blood.
Director: Mrityunjay Devvrat | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Victor Banerjee, Pawan Malhotra, Indraneil Sengupta
Votes: 1,291
37. Kabul Express (2006)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A thrilling story spanning 48 hours of five individuals linked by hate and fear but brought together by fate to finally recognize each other.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Hanif Hum Ghum
Votes: 3,715 | Gross: $0.30M
38. Junoon (1979)
141 min | Drama
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Nafisa Ali, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 578
1857 war of Indian Independence
39. Mangal Pandey (2005)
Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
Votes: 10,563 | Gross: $0.87M
1857 uprising against the British and war for Indian Independence by Indian Leaders and soldiers like Mangal Pandey. The movie also shows the controversial story of grease cartridges.
40. Agent Vinod (2012)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A series of seemingly unconnected events across the world leads to Agent Vinod undertaking a globe-trotting mission to discover why his colleague was murdered.
Director: Sriram Raghavan | Stars: Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Adil Hussain, Ravi Kishan
Votes: 8,121 | Gross: $0.63M
41. Ek Tha Tiger (2012)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
India's top spy Tiger and his love Zoya battle the dark world of intelligence and espionage that forbids its soldiers from loving the enemy.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Girish Karnad, Ranvir Shorey
Votes: 38,936 | Gross: $2.35M
42. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
Not Rated | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kareena Kapoor
Votes: 98,321 | Gross: $8.18M
43. Phantom (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced Indian soldier carries out a series of assassinations in the hope of restoring his honour.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajesh Tailang
Votes: 9,951 | Gross: $0.21M
Fictional idea to strike back against 26/ 11 monster masterminds and terrorists who planned the carnage.
44. Red Alert: The War Within (2009)
120 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An impoverished cook is forced to join a band of Naxalites.
Director: Anant Mahadevan | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vinod Khanna
Votes: 377
45. Sikandar (1941)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama, History, War
The story is set in 326 B.C. The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. He respects ... See full summary »
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Sohrab Modi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Vanamala, Meena Shorey
Votes: 95
The only Bollywood movie based on invasion by Alexander the Great and resistance by great Indian King Porus in 326 BC.
46. Sikandar E Azam (1965)
158 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The film is set in 326 B.C. when Alexander the Great aka Sikander (Dara Singh) having conquered Persia and the Kabul valley descends to the Indian Border at Jhelum. King Porus (Prithviraj ... See full summary »
Director: Kedar Kapoor | Stars: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dara Singh Randhawa, Mumtaz Askari, Veena
Votes: 45
47. Mausam (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Romance, War
A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.
Director: Pankaj Kapur | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sonam Kapoor, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 5,673 | Gross: $0.73M
Love story based on true events. Its a beautiful romantic story amidst Kashmir unrest, Kargil war, 9/11 attacks and Gujarat riots. It also shows the bomb run by IAF Mirage pilots on the hill top points of Tiger Hill during the last days of Kargil War but ends with backdrops of 9/11 and infamous Gujarat riots.
48. Burma Rani (1944)
115 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Director: T.R. Sundaram | Stars: Honnappa Bhagavathar, Kundrathur L. Vasantha, T.R. Sundaram, Serukalathun Sama
Burma Rani is a 1945 Indian Tamil-language war-spy film during World War II.
49. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is set in the 2nd World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s. Enter a magical world of nostalgia and 'Expect the Unexpected'.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Divya Menon
Votes: 24,523 | Gross: $0.58M
50. Airlift (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
When Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
Director: Raja Menon | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Kumud Mishra, Prakash Belawadi
Votes: 59,181
51. Shaheed (1965)
150 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.
Director: S. Ram Sharma | Stars: Kamini Kaushal, Nirupa Roy, Anand Kumar, Prem Chopra
Votes: 401
52. The Ghazi Attack (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Thriller, War
A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
Director: Sankalp Reddy | Stars: Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Om Puri
Votes: 14,697
Inspired by true events The Ghazi Attack showcases what could have led to the sinking of enemy Pakistan sub PNS Ghazi and its crew during the 1971 Indo Pak Bangladesh War.
53. Objective, Burma! (1945)
Approved | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias
Votes: 5,614
Although an American Hollywood war film. In the end the movie thanks the brave Royal Indian army for fighting and supporting US and British troops against the Japanese during WWII.
54. Kandahar (2010)
150 min | Action, Drama
Another mission with Mahadevan and crew, as they deal with international terrorism with a flight being hijacked by hardcore terrorists.
Directors: Major Ravi, Kudamaloor Rajaji | Stars: Mohanlal, Amitabh Bachchan, Ganesh Venkatraman, Ragini Dwivedi
Votes: 441
55. Rangoon (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Drama, History
Julia travels to the Indo-Burma border to perform for the troops during World War II on the insistence of her lover Billimoria, and ends up falling in love with a soldier there, Jemadar.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Manav Vij
Votes: 5,124
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