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Top 100 Best Indian movies of 2017

by seccess • Created 7 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
THE Best Indian movies of 2016 https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062692345/
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  • Aruvi (2016)

    1. Aruvi

    20162h 10mNot Rated
    8.3 (15K)
    A gentle girl born and brought up amidst the ever growing eco-social-consumeristic environment finds it difficult to fit in the society. She decides to take it hard on the people. What she does is the rest of the story.
    DirectorArun Prabhu PurushothamanStarsAditi BalanPadmashri Mohammad AliPradeep Anthony
  • Saanjh (2017)

    2. Saanjh

    20171h 46mNot Rated
    8.0 (206)
    When Saanjh's father sends her away to live with her grandmother in a remote village, she feels dejected and tries to escape. However with time as her bond with her grandmother becomes stronger, her understanding of home changes.
    DirectorAjay K SaklanniStarsAsif BasraTanu BhardwajAditi Charak
  • Sanjay Mishra in Dark Wind (2017)

    3. Dark Wind

    20171h 35m
    7.9 (1.7K)
    Story of a farmer and a bank recovery agent, whose lives are impacted by climate change. Both are willing to go to any length for the sake of their family. What does fate have in store for them?
    DirectorNila Madhab PandaStarsSanjay MishraRanvir ShoreyTillotama Shome
  • Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi in Vikram Vedha (2017)

    4. Vikram Vedha

    20172h 27mNot Rated
    8.2 (53K)
    Vikram, a no-nonsense police officer, accompanied by Simon, his partner, is on the hunt to capture Vedha, a smuggler and a murderer. Vedha tries to change Vikram's life, which leads to a conflict.
    DirectorsGayatriPushkarStarsMadhavanVijay SethupathiShraddha Srinath
  • Vijay Deverakonda in Arjun Reddy (2017)

    5. Arjun Reddy

    20173h 2mNot Rated
    7.9 (29K)
    Arjun Reddy, a short-tempered house surgeon, gets used to drugs and drinks when his girlfriend is forced to marry another person.
    DirectorSandeep Reddy VangaStarsVijay DeverakondaShalini PandeyJia Sharma
  • Kalki Koechlin and Sumeet Vyas in Ribbon (2017)

    6. Ribbon

    20171h 46m
    6.9 (722)
    A young working urban couple is overwhelmed with the birth of a baby girl and find that parenthood comes with its own challenges.
    DirectorRakhee SandilyaStarsKalki KoechlinSumeet VyasPathy Aiyar
  • Adil Hussain, Sanjay Bhutiani, Michael McSweeney, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Navnindra Behl, Anil Rastogi, Shubhashish Bhutiani, Tajdar Junaid, Manas Mittal, Palomi Ghosh, David Huwiler, Lalit Behl, and Sajida Sharma in Hotel Salvation (2016)

    7. Hotel Salvation

    20161h 42m80Metascore
    7.1 (2.5K)
    Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.
    DirectorShubhashish BhutianiStarsAdil HussainLalit BehlGeetanjali Kulkarni
  • Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh in Theeran Adhigaram Ondru (2017)

    8. Theeran Adhigaram Ondru

    20172h 37mNot Rated
    8.2 (18K)
    Theeran, a police officer, is entrusted with the task to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. The only clue left behind is that all the murders are committed in the same pattern.
    DirectorH. VinothStarsKarthiRakul Preet SinghAbhimanyu Singh
  • Kunchacko Boban, Fahadh Faasil, and Parvathy Thiruvothu in Take Off (2017)

    9. Take Off

    20172h 19m
    8.1 (7.9K)
    In 2014, a group of Malayali nurses was captured when terrorists took over the city of Tikrit in Iraq. This movie recounts the ordeal suffered by the nurses following their capture.
    DirectorMahesh NarayananStarsParvathy ThiruvothuFahadh FaasilKunchacko Boban
  • G Kutta Se (2017)

    10. G Kutta Se

    20171h 44m
    8.2 (60)
    Set in the badlands of Haryana, known for high rates of female foeticide, G Kutta Se explores the murky world of sexual transgression and honour killings in India.
    DirectorRahul DahiyaStarsRajveer Ankur SinghNeha ChauhanVibha Tyagi
  • Indrajith Sukumaran and Rima Kallingal in Kaadu Pookkunna Neram (2016)

    11. Kaadu Pookkunna Neram

    20161h 45m
    8.1 (56)
    A police group is deployed by the government to do away with Maoist menace (A banned Left organization) in a tribal village near forest. The police forcibly occupy a tribal primary school for their camp. A policeman follows a person deep into the forest and nabs the person. The person arrested happens to be a woman. He tries to come out of the forest with the arrested person, but he loses his way in the wild.
    DirectorBijukumar DamodaranStarsKrishnan BalakrishnanPrakash BareIndrans
  • Ratna Pathak Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aahana Kumra, and Plabita Borthakur in Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016)

    12. Lipstick Under My Burkha

    20161h 57m
    6.8 (7.6K)
    In order to be independent and break free from the conservative society, four women sets on a journey to discover freedom and happiness.
    DirectorAlankrita ShrivastavaStarsAahana KumraRatna Pathak ShahKonkona Sen Sharma
  • Aaba (2017)

    13. Aaba

    201722mShort
    8.9 (40)
    Aaba(grandfather) is set in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. An orphan girl staying with her grandparents comes across the news of her grandfather being in the advanced stages of lung cancer and would probably survive just a few weeks. With not much to do the grandfather spends rest of his days revisiting his personal possessions and digging his own grave. But then life has its own surprises and does not take the path we plan.
    DirectorAmar KaushikStarsDani ChunyaJohram KhopeyDani Randa
  • Charlie, Sundeep Kishan, Sri, and Munishkanth in Maanagaram (2017)

    14. Maanagaram

    20172h 17mNot Rated
    8.1 (8.4K)
    Four youngsters arrive in a big city and their lives become interlinked.
    DirectorLokesh KanagarajStarsSundeep KishanSriRegena Cassandrra
  • Atul Kulkarni, Kay Kay Menon, and Rana Daggubati in The Ghazi Attack (2017)

    15. The Ghazi Attack

    20171h 56mNot Rated
    7.5 (15K)
    A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
    DirectorSankalp ReddyStarsRana DaggubatiKay Kay MenonAtul Kulkarni
  • Lapachhapi (2017)

    16. Lapachhapi

    20172h
    7.6 (908)
    A new-born Indian baby... An age-old horror practice and the fact how evil are certain human practices
    DirectorVishal FuriaStarsPooja SawantUsha NaikVikram Gaikwad
  • Sexy Durga (2017)

    17. Sexy Durga

    20171h 25m
    6.0 (610)
    Durga, a north Indian migrant and a Keralite youth named Kabeer are running away on a midnight. The hapless Durga encounters a cross section of the society through the rest of the night.
    DirectorSanal Kumar SasidharanStarsRajshri DeshpandeSujith KoyickalBilas Chandrahasan Nair
  • Antony Varghese, Sarath Appani, and Tito Wilson in Angamaly Diaries (2017)

    18. Angamaly Diaries

    20172h 12m
    7.9 (7K)
    Vincent Pepe who wanted to be a powerful leader of a righteous gang that ruled the city, like his seniors. And then there's the rival clan with the malicious gangsters of Angamaly a locale on which the film is based.
    DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseAnna RajanBinny Rinky Benjamin
  • Allama (2017)

    19. Allama

    20172h 20mNot Rated
    8.1 (38)
    Story of the rebellious thinker Allama, also known as Allama Prabhu.
    DirectorT.S. NagabharanaStarsDhananjayaMeghana RajLakshmi Gopalaswamy
  • Rajkummar Rao in Newton (2017)

    20. Newton

    20171h 46mNot Rated
    7.6 (22K)
    A government clerk on election duty in the conflict ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
    DirectorAmit MasurkarStarsRajkummar RaoPankaj TripathiAnjali Patil
  • Biswa Kalyan Rath in Biswa Kalyan Rath: Biswa Mast Aadmi (2017)

    21. Biswa Kalyan Rath: Biswa Mast Aadmi

    20171h 15mTV-MATV Special
    8.3 (2.4K)
    Biswa Mast Aadmi is a stand up comedy show by Biswa Kalyan Rath, where he cracks jokes on topics. It's funny to the audience and they laugh, thus creating sound. This in turn encourages Biswa to crack more jokes, so he cracks more jokes on topics.
    DirectorSiddharth VasaniStarBiswa Kalyan Rath
  • Rajesh Tailang in The Brawler (2017)

    22. The Brawler

    20172h 34mNot Rated
    8.0 (9.2K)
    A boxer struggles to make his mark in the boxing world.
    DirectorsAnurag KashyapJay Dev BanerjeeStarsVineet Kumar SinghJimmy ShergillZoya Hussain
  • Arvind Kejriwal in An Insignificant Man (2016)

    23. An Insignificant Man

    20161h 36m
    8.5 (2.3K)
    A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive.
    DirectorsKhushboo RankaVinay ShuklaStarsArvind KejriwalSaurabh BhardwajPrashant Bhushan
  • Fahadh Faasil in Thondi Muthalum Driksakshiyum (2017)

    24. Thondi Muthalum Driksakshiyum

    20172h 15m
    8.0 (8.7K)
    Prasad and Sreeja enter wedlock and move to a new place to continue the rest of their lives. Unfortunate events begin to take place after Prasad, a small-time thief, robs Sreeja's gold chain during a bus journey.
    DirectorDileesh PothanStarsFahadh FaasilSuraj VenjaramooduNimisha Sajayan
  • Radiopetti (2017)

    25. Radiopetti

    20171h 22m
    7.2 (204)
    Radiopetti, the story of a man lost in another world, a world of the past, brought alive to his ears by a radioset. How his life journeys with his love for this inanimate thing alongside his family and friends. Where will this love take him?
    DirectorHari ViswanathStarsNivas AdithanLakshmanan KoraturShobana Mohan

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