Top Bollywood movies in 2021

Indian Cinema, one of the oldest world cinemas, with larger outputs, had a massive evolution over time. One of the major impression being Bollywood, formerly known as Bombay Cinema, has made Indian Cinema get a wider reach. Bollywood movies crack the top 10 in the U.S box office a lot lately. Although quarantine have made a substantial impact on the theatrical releases, there are movies that have reached a good height. Viewers were forced to stay indoors which made many movies stream on OTT website.

Here goes the top 10 picks of 2021 for Bollywood lovers,

SHERSHAAH

Shershaah, the life story of Vikram Batra is a satisfactory tribute to the valour of this valorous army captain in The Kargil war,1999. Vikram Batra’s meteoric rise is well captured in this 135 minutes movie. One can’t avoid the lump in the throat when the movie ends.

This movie also comprises of a romantic subplot where the screen presence of Dimple Cheema, the girlfriend of Vikram Batra is so pleasing to the heart. Dimple Cheema still lives single with only the memories of Vikram Batra which adds more to the life of this young man who fell at just 24.

Shershaah, the title which is his code name in The Kargil war, 1999 is one of the most watched movies on Amazon prime. This movie deserves a theatrical rerelease which was actually released on OTT platform.

Awards and Nominations

Smita Patil Memorial Global Award for the lead role Kiara Advani for Shershaah.

Ratings

IMDb : 8.7 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes : 54%

MIMI

Mimi is a comedy drama film which is a remake of National award winning Marathi movie Mala Aai Vhhaychy. It’s a gripping story on surrogacy and its after effects. Mimi, a small town girl from Rajasthan, India gets an offer to act as a surrogate to an American couple in exchange of 2 Million. She decides to deliver the baby but left with a hindrance to hide her pregnant belly from her parents and the society at large.

Mimi touches the main challenges and struggles of surrogacy. It also makes a point on how the society views surrogacy. The movie has some funny and melodramatic scenes that is negligible. Other than that you should watch Mimi once. Mimi is now streaming on Netflix.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS :

Sound track of Mimi by A.R Rahman is submitted to the 64^th Grammy Awards.

RATING:

IMDb : 8 / 10

DHAMAKA

Dhamaka is an action thriller film written and directed by Ram Madhvani who has also worked with Ronnie Screwvala. The story revolves around Arjun Pathak, the once top news anchor becomes a bitter host of current affairs due to an unsavoury situation. One fine morning, he receives a peculiar phone call from a terrorist who threatens to blew up a bridge killing many innocents.

Arjun, realising that it could be once in a lifetime opportunity to get back his prime time TV news joins hand with the profit and ratings obsessed news producer. Making his phone call with the terrorist go live on television, the further twists and turns makes the movie compelling to watch.

Karthik Aaryan playing the role of Arjun Pathak gives a promising performance. Though this movie delivers cliché dialogues it also gives an action thriller treat.

RATINGS:

IMDb : 7.6 / 10

KAAGAZ

Kaagaz is a biographical comedy film where a common man struggles to prove his existence after being falsely declared death on government records. Bharat Lal Bihari’s struggle went on for 19 long years and this movie depicts his struggle and fight against the Indian Bureaucracy.

This movie first premiered on Zee5 from 7 January, 2021. Though the story is made light hearted and comic it also questions the negligence of the government.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:

Filmfare OTT awards : Best Actor (Nominee)

Filmfare OTT awards : Best supporting actor (Nominee)

RATINGS:

IMDb : 7.5 \ 10

NAIL POLISH

Nail Polish is an enthralling thriller with a captivating story and an outstanding performance. Veer Singh is accused for mercilessly killing a migrant worker’s children. Afterwards, he faces a numerous court trials that takes startling turns.

Is Veer Singh really a merciless killer or is he simply being targeted based on assumptions? Watch the movie to know further.

Nail Polish is an intriguing legal thriller following the trial of a famous social activist and a sport coach for the heinous rape and murder of two children. This movie manages to maintain the chill of the twists and turns.

Nail Polish premiered on Zee5 on January 1, 2021.

RATING:

IMDb : 7.3 / 10

Times Of India : 3.5 / 5

MEENAKSHI SUNDARESHWAR

Meenakshi Sundareshwar is a movie about the struggles of a newly wed couple who is forced to live apart due to unique job perspectives. This movie stared Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu who made the screen appearance in the ethnic Tamil culture which made the movie so pleasing to watch.

Its so ridiculous that they coupled because, their first names together make Madurai’s most famous temple Meenakshi Sundareshwar. When they get into Long distance relationship there comes the trouble and of course the climax. What keeps the couples together is a kind of magic that one has to feel.

RATINGS:

IMDb : 7.3 / 10

Times Of India : 3/5

CHHORII

Chhori is a story of Eight month pregnant mother Sakshi to save her child from the society and the paranormal threat. It is a horror movie with a quite appreciable camera work. With a few characters this film hooks you to the seat with a realistic touch.

Sakshi and Hemanth packs their bags to live in an underground house in the sugarcane field due to some unfortunate conditions. There begins the horror story. Will Sakshi be able to save her child from the threatening evil or will she become the victim?

Watch Chhorii, the horror movie to know more on Amazon prime.

RATING:

IMDb : 7.1 /10

BOB BISWAS

Bob Biswas, a crime thriller movie is the story of a contract killer who lost his memory. Bob Biswas is married to Mary and has 2 children, Mini and Benny which he couldn’t recollect. Later, he realises that Mini is his step daughter and he married Mary when David (Mary’s first husband) died in an accident.

When he gets to know that he was earlier a contract killer he starts taking up new contracts too. During one of the project he remembers the past where David was actually killed and his death was not an accident. What happens next is the story which is available now on ZEE5’

RATING:

IMDb : 7/10

SHERNI

After the breakout hit of Newton, Masurkar comes with his new movie Sherni. This is an intriguing movie on wildlife conservation and ecological balance. This potent movie leaves us with a haunting message. The movie is all about a new Divisional Forest Officer, Sherni in the forests of Madya Pradesh where a village in the vicinity is threatened by a tigress on the prowl. Will she be able to restore the balance in this man versus wild?

Though this movie is far from the typical Bollywood ones, this keeps the viewers hooked till the end. Sherni gives a visual treat to the audience combined with the sound tracks that makes it hard to walk away without falling in love with the dense forests.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:

Vidya Balan bagged the best actress award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne for her role as Sherni in the movie.

RATING:

IMDb : 6.8 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes : 100%

BELL BOTTOM

Bell Bottom, the spy thriller is yet another patriotic movie based on true incidents. This film is a fictionalized hijackings of 1980s, where an Indian commercial airline is hijacked by terrorists.

In spite of the factual errors this movie is so much an engaging espionage thriller. The best thing about this movie is that it’s not over nationalistic or over dramatic.

RATING:

IMDb : 6.2 / 10

That’s it for now. These top 10 picks are specially made to end 2021 with a bang. 2021 is the year of more movies in all the streams and its better to spend time on top ones than the average movies.

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