Favourite Indian Heist Movies
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1. Mankatha (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Vinayak, a suspended cop, helps a group of four men rob cricket betting money amounting to 500 crores INR. When it comes to splitting the amount, betrayal hits the team hard and a chase ensues.
Director: Venkat Prabhu | Stars: Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Premgi Amaren
Votes: 16,173
2. Orkkappurathu (1988)
133 min | Action
Brokers , Freddy and Nicholas, try various ways to make money to repossess their boat from a businessman. However, they get into trouble when they resort to illegal ways to earn money.
Director: Kamal | Stars: Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Ramya Krishnan, Kollam Ajith
Votes: 215
3. Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014)
Not Rated | 148 min | Comedy, Thriller
Seven men, after getting acquainted in prison and finding out that all of their lives have been affected by the same con man, decide to raid the fraudster's life savings.
Director: Anil Radhakrishnan Menon | Stars: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Nedumudi Venu, Sudheer Karamana
Votes: 1,709
4. Shalimar (1978)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Sir John Locksley, the greatest jewel thief, decides his most prized possession, the Shalimar Ruby, should be passed on to a worthy successor. He invites the best rival jewel thieves to his island estate to participate in a deadly contest.
Director: Krishna Shah | Stars: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Rex Harrison, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 626
5. Dhoom 2 (2006)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Back in action DHOOM:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Go on and enjoy the ride once again with Jai and Ali.
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Uday Chopra
Votes: 29,896 | Gross: $2.64M
6. Dhoom (2004)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale for the 21st century. Fast bikes, big action, and non-stop fun make for a thrilling story.
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha Deol
Votes: 22,391 | Gross: $0.25M
7. Special 26 (2013)
Not Rated | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.
Director: Neeraj Pandey | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill
Votes: 59,222 | Gross: $1.08M
8. Naanayam (2010)
Not Rated | 136 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Ravi is an electronics engineer who works in a bank and is in love with Nandhini. Fareed is a criminal who claims that he can prove that Ravi has killed a man and blackmails him into robbing the bank.
Director: Shakthi S. Rajan | Stars: Prasanna, Sibiraj, Ramya Raj, Yasmin
Votes: 196
9. Pizza (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller
A pizza delivery boy lands in a mysterious circumstance and it works a dramatic change in his life.
Director: Karthik Subbaraj | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Ramya Nambeeshan, Aadukalam Naren, Karunakaran
Votes: 8,694
10. Rajathandhiram (2015)
Unrated | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Small-time criminals plan a big-time heist. Will they be successful in their attempt ?
Director: A.G. Amid | Stars: Veera Bahu, Regina Cassandra, Pattiyal K. Shekar, Darbuka Siva
Votes: 1,471
11. Soodhu Kavvum (2013)
Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Das, with his team, kidnap Arumai, son of a politician, who has been planning his own kidnapping to extract money from his father. Problems arise, when an insane cop is brought to handle the case.
Director: Nalan Kumarasamy | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Sanchita Shetty, Radha Ravi, M.S. Bhaskar
Votes: 11,788
12. Avane Srimannarayana (2019)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the pursuit of solving an ancient mystery of Amaravati, Narayana, a corrupt cop must battle the dangerous clan of dacoits and it's fierce leader.
Directors: Sachin Ravi, Sachin | Stars: Rakshit Shetty, Shanvi Srivastava, Achyuth Kumar, Balaji Manohar
Votes: 8,223
13. Guru (1980)
Not Rated | 159 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rich philanthropist has a secret occupation as a master thief.
Director: I.V. Sasi | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Y.G. Mahendran, Mohan Babu
Votes: 521
14. Arakkallan Mukkallan (1974)
Not Rated | 152 min
When Maala is threatened through a message by an unseen wanted thief, pseudonym Arakkallan, that he would steal her necklace, Arakkallan gets a message from Mukkalkkallan that he would steal the necklace before him.
Director: P. Bhaskaran | Stars: Prem Nazir, Adoor Bhasi, K.P. Ummer, Bahadur
Votes: 31
15. Thiruda Thiruda (1993)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Inspector is assigned to track down a large sum of stolen money. His investigations lead him to a couple of small time crooks, a village belle, a murder, an absconding suspect, and an international drug dealer.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajgopal, Anu Agarwal
Votes: 1,428
16. Gentleman (1993)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Due to a past tragedy , a small business owner by day becomes modern day Robin Hood by night takes from the rich to provide education for the poor.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Arjun Sarja, Madhoo, Subhasri, M.N. Nambiar
Votes: 2,685
17. Sathuranga Vettai (2014)
Not Rated | 145 min | Crime, Thriller
Ace conman Gandhi effortlessly thinks up schemes to swindle gullible and greedy folks. However on a rare occasion, things don't go according to plan and he ends up in the clutches of a ruthless gang who demand schemes from him for money.
Director: H. Vinoth | Stars: Nataraja Subramanian, Ishara Nair, Ponvannan, Ilavarasu
Votes: 3,617
18. Shamantakamani (2017)
130 min | Drama
'Shamantakamani' is a comedy caper, which revolves around the robbery of a vintage Rolls Royce.
Directors: Sriram Adittya, Sriram Eragamreddy | Stars: Aadi, Joy Badlani, Abhay Bethiganti, Tanikella Bharani
Votes: 545
19. 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: 58,373 | Gross: $3.68M
20. Kick (2009)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An adrenaline junkie's quest for kicks leads him to a life of crime.
Director: Surender Reddy | Stars: Ravi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz, Shaam, Brahmanandam
Votes: 5,990
21. Aankhen (2002)
Not Rated | 165 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a temperamental man is unceremoniously stripped of his duties as a bank manager, he decides to seek revenge by robbing the bank, for which he trains three blind men.
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Arjun Rampal
Votes: 13,945
22. Julayi (2012)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After helping the police foil a violent heist, a sharp minded young man must evade the criminal mastermind whose plans he has thwarted.
Director: Trivikram Srinivas | Stars: Allu Arjun, Ileana D'Cruz, Rajendra Prasad, Sonu Sood
Votes: 6,457
23. Navagraha (2008)
147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Story of a gang which tries to steal AMBARI"a royal and sacred thing made of gold weighing 750 kg only used in Karnataka's state festival 'dasara'". How they plan ,will they succeed and ... See full summary »
Director: Dinakar Thoogudeepa | Stars: Darshan Thoogudeep, Srujan Lokesh, Vinod Prabhakar, Dharma Keerthiraj
Votes: 492
24. Kaante (2002)
R | 150 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Six bank robbers trying to pull off the perfect heist discover one of them is an undercover cop.
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar
Votes: 5,417 | Gross: $1.04M
25. Operation Alamelamma (2017)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Thriller
Purmy's life takes a drastic turn when he is threatened to pay the ransom for rescuing his school-going son and gets unjustly arrested for the same.
Director: Suni | Stars: Manish Rishi, Shraddha Srinath, Rajesh Nataranga, Aruna Balaraj
Votes: 1,180
26. Kohinoor (2015)
139 min | Comedy, Thriller
The story develops during the 1987-88 period. It was a time when Mohanlal's 'Rajavinte Makan' and Mammootty's 'Athirathram' were such a rage among youth. Louis wishes to be like Vincent Gomas and Tharadas, the heroes in these movies.
Director: Vinay Govind | Stars: Asif Ali, Indrajith Sukumaran, Aju Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose
Votes: 693
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