VP's Greatest Patriotic Indian Movies of All time
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- DirectorJ.P. DuttaStarsSunny DeolSuniel ShettyAkshaye KhannaIn 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsShah Rukh KhanGayatri JoshiKishori BallalA successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
- DirectorAnil SharmaStarsSunny DeolAmeesha PatelAmrish PuriDuring the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver falls in love with a Muslim girl belonging to an aristocratic family.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAamir KhanRaghubir YadavGracy SinghThe people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
- DirectorAditya DharStarsVicky KaushalParesh RawalMohit RainaIndian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group.
- DirectorOm RautStarsAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanSharad KelkarTanhaji Malusare, a military chieftain in the army of the Maratha king Shivaji, leads the charge to capture the strategically important Kondhana fort guarded by the army of the fierce Rajput chieftain Udaybhan Rathod.
- DirectorMeghna GulzarStarsAlia BhattVicky KaushalRajit KapoorA Kashmiri woman agrees to marry a Pakistani army officer in order to spy on Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
- DirectorFarhan AkhtarStarsHrithik RoshanPreity G ZintaAmitabh BachchanAn aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
- DirectorAbhishek SharmaStarsJohn AbrahamBoman IraniDiana PentyAshwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.
- DirectorMehul KumarStarsNana PatekarDimple KapadiaAtul AgnihotriDisowned by his parents at a young age, a man ends up in a small village controlled by underworld dons and powerful politicians. Lazy, alcoholic, and unemployed, he gets influenced by a journalist with a positive mission.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsAamir KhanRani MukerjiToby StephensThis is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
- DirectorMilan LuthriaStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttAkshaye KhannaA group of Indian POW (Prisoners Of War) rebels against Pakistani army and tries to escape from their captivity during India-Pakistan war in 1971.
- DirectorRaja MenonStarsAkshay KumarNimrat KaurKumud MishraWhen Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsSanjay DuttHrithik RoshanPreity G ZintaA 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.
- DirectorRohit ShettyStarsAjay DevgnAbhishek BachchanBipasha BasuColonel Ranvir and ACP Jaideep joins forces to fight against Pakistani terrorists, who hijacks an Indian airplane and demands to free their militant leader in return.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsAnil KapoorJackie ShroffManisha KoiralaA 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.
- DirectorMehul KumarStarsRaaj KumarNana PatekarDeepak ShirkeBrigadier Suryadev Singh and Police Inspector Shivajirao Waghle are appointed to bring down Pralayanth, a terrorist who murdered officer Rudrapratap Chauhan and plans to evade India.
- DirectorManoj KumarStarsDilip KumarManoj KumarShashi KapoorThe story of India's freedom struggle between the years 1825 and 1875.
- DirectorSubhankar GhoshNana PatekarStarsNana PatekarDimple KapadiaGautam JoglekarPrahaar is the story of Major Chauhan, a tough and stern soldier, trained to destroy the enemy. He can see the enemy on our borders but is unaware of the invisible enemy within ourselves. When one of Major's Commandos - Peter D'Souza is killed, he is shown the harsh reality revolving around us, the enemy is within ourselves. The battlefield changes and Major Chavan makes his final attack on the enemy within this crumbling society.
- DirectorAnurag SinghStarsAkshay KumarParineeti ChopraSuvinder VickyBased on an incredible true story of the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897.
- DirectorAmrit SagarStarsManoj BajpayeeRavi KishanDeepak DobriyalBased 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.
- DirectorBedabrata PainStarsManoj BajpayeeBarry JohnDelzad HiwaleSchool kids organize an armed revolt in the 1930s in British occupied Chittagong. There are casualties on both sides. Later, one of those kids successfully leads the peasants to regain their food-grains earlier commandeered by the British.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAjay DevgnSushant SinghD. SantoshThe story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
- DirectorManoj KumarStarsAsha ParekhManoj KumarPrem ChopraCult classic highlighting the contrast between Indian and Western values in the newly independent state.
- DirectorManoj KumarStarsAshok KumarSaira BanuManoj KumarCirca British rule in India, Harnam betrays a freedom fighter, and as a result is rewarded, but the freedom fighter is killed, leaving his wife, and family devastated and destitute. Years later, the freedom fighter's son, Bharat, has grown up and goes to Britain to study. On his arrival in Britain, he is quite shocked to find that the Indian population settled there, shun India and Indians. He takes it upon himself to try and change their way of thinking, meets with Prithi, a Blondie of Indian origin, and both fall in love. Prithi accompanies him to India, and is appalled at the conditions that Bharat and his family in. Will this shock end their relationship?
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
- DirectorShimit AminStarsShah Rukh KhanVidya MalvadeSagarika GhatgeKabir Khan, the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team, dreams of making his all-girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
- DirectorJohn Mathew MatthanStarsAamir KhanNaseeruddin ShahSonali BendreAfter his brother is killed and father severely injured by terrorists, a young med student quits his studies to join the Indian Police Service to wipe out the terrorists.
- DirectorJ.P. DuttaStarsSanjay DuttAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanBased on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.
- DirectorS. Ram SharmaStarsKamini KaushalNirupa RoyAnand KumarShaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.
- DirectorChetan AnandStarsBalraj SahniDharmendraVijay AnandA platoon of Indian soldiers encounters harsh realities while fighting in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsVinay AnandIla ArunPankaj BerryThe 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.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsAnil KapoorSrideviAmrish PuriA 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.
- StarsRajvir ChauhanSunny KaushalSharvari WaghLieutenant Sodhi and his army fight for Indian Independence during World War II as part of the Indian National Army; the journey and sacrifice of the Indian National Army from its soldiers' point of view.
- DirectorNeeraj PandeyStarsAnupam KherNaseeruddin ShahVeerendra SaxenaA retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraStarsAamir KhanSoha Ali KhanSiddharthThe story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraStarsFarhan AkhtarKousi OrfahliDeepak Singh RawatThe truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.
- DirectorChandra Prakash DwivediStarsUrmila MatondkarManoj BajpayeeSanjay SuriIn the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
- DirectorOmung KumarStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasSunil ThapaRobin DasA chronicle of the life of Indian boxer Mary Kom, who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
- DirectorJagan ShaktiStarsAkshay KumarVidya BalanTaapsee PannuBased on true events of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launching the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), making it the least expensive mission to Mars.
- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsNargisSunil DuttRajendra Kumar TuliIn this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
- DirectorRadha Krishna JagarlamudiKangana RanautStarsKangana RanautDanny DenzongpaSuresh OberoiStory of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsParesh RawalTom AlterDeepika AminAn account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country.
- DirectorRam MadhvaniStarsSonam KapoorShabana AzmiYogendra TikkuThe story of courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986 when it was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
- CreatorEkalavya BhattacharyaJyoti Kapur DasEkta KapoorStarsRajkummar RaoNaveen KasturiaEdward SonnenblickThe man. The legend. The mystery. He fascinated us in life, and long after his "death". This is the story of India's biggest cover-up: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and the mystery of his alleged death.
- DirectorHemen GuptaStarsPrithviraj KapoorGeeta BaliRanjana
- CreatorSamar KhanStarsWashi KhanNimrat KaurAkshay OberoiPreparing to be the Indian Army's first female test case in a combat role, Captain Shikha Sharma will do anything to fit into the male-dominated academy. Will she finally be the Indian Army's first ever Female Combat Officer?
- DirectorSatyen BoseStarsAbhi BhattacharyaPranoti GhoshBipin GuptaSent to a hostel as a punishment, a rebellious lad leads a revolt and creates havoc in the institution.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsArvind SwamyMadhooPankaj KapurA woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.