Best movies like Ananda Thandavam

When Ronit meets Isha, both are attracted to each other and fall in love. They want to surprise Ronit's parents and Raj, and they accordingly decide to share this news with Raj, only to find out that Raj has been actively involved in trying to get Ronit married to Monishka Rai.

Two strangers pretend to be husband and wife in order to use a pre-reserved ticket bought from a scalper to get on a train, because of last second plans, find that their lives intersect and later fall in love.

A young man gets angry with his father and runs away to Singapore. He decides to impress his father with his wealth and persuades a girl to masquerade as his fiancee.

Mullankolli is a rustic remote village in northern Kerala. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area. Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician - Member Kurupu (Jagathy) and Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique), son-in-law of Valiya Nambiar who wants to rule over the village in his own way.

The film portrays an aggressive and belligerent police officer named Nariman who investigates a murder case for which an innocent man is falsely accused.

Baputty goes to his friend Abdu's house after his death to support his family and falls for Nabeesa, Abdu's sister. However, Nabeesa's greedy mother tries to get her close to the rich Kunjali.

Venu is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistakenly nabbed by the police for kidnapping Gopika Varma, an NRI girl. Will he be able to prove his innocence?

Krishna arrives in India to get married to Shruti, but when Krishna saves her father from an attack, it is revealed he has a hidden agenda.

Randu Penkuttikal is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Mohan from a screenplay by Surasu, which is partially based on the novel of the same name by V. T. Nandakumar. This movie is one of the earliest movies to explore the theme of lesbianism in a normalised way.

Raja is a petty thief living around the streets of Bombay, indulging in pickpocketing. In the same city lives Rani who makes a living through dancing. The two meet and fall in love. Raghu, the owner of a cycle company, lives luxuriously with his wife Sarala and children in Madras. Madhu, his manager, has been misappropriating the company funds with the help of his lover Manorama who Raghu is later attracted to. The company is soon closed due to losses, putting Sarala and her children in poverty.

Ullas is a scamster living in a small town, who'd do anything for good money. A confusion leads him to get married to a rich NRI girl, who has an alcohol problem. What will become of this marriage?

Suraj Kapoor is a single, wealthy young man. One day he meets Shubangi, and they fall in love. Shortly thereafter they marry and settle down to enjoy a harmonious married life. During their stay at a hotel, the couple are approached by a man who claims that Shubangi is his wife and her real name is Madhu. Suraj and Shubangi are shocked and ask him to leave, which he does. Then the guy rings up Suraj one night and asks him to come to his room. When Suraj comes the guy tells him that his name is Vishwanath.

Akelinder or Bhangari Dada (Kader Khan) has a shop at Chor bazaar which he runs illegally, he lives with his wife and only daughter Kiran (Raveena Tandon). Bhangari wants his daughter to be married to a gangster, so he begins his search. He finds Shakti dada (Shakti Kapoor) and wants him to be married to Kiran but Kiran already loves Raj (Govinda), a wealthy man who has no links to crime. But in order to satisfy her dad, she persuades Raj to pose as a Gangster for time being. For this they search a Trainer called Subramaniam (Johnny Lever), who teaches Raj to act as a Gangster. Finally Raj becomes successful posing as a gangster but Bhangari's dad (Kader Khan) somehow appears and doesn't want Kiran to marry to a gangster. Will Raj be able to clean his image?

A short-tempered man falls in love with a woman, who is also pursued by a gangster that wants to marry her. As the man sets out to take on the mighty mob, his estranged family gets drawn into the fight.

After a serious accident a girl who was hospitalized forgets her past. She stops worrying about her past when she fall in love with a man and finds herself secure with him.

Madhu aka Madhavan (Jayaram) is a successful playback singer. Chandramathi (Urvashi) is his illiterate, rustic, betel-chewing wife with a bad habit of spitting in wrong places, and they have four children. It can be described as incompatible matrimony but still a happy one. Madhu loves his wife even though they are out of sync because she has brought him luck. Here enters Lekha (Mamta Mohandas), a sophisticated urban model-cum-singer, who finds a place in the hearts of all the family members. Chandramathi thinks Lekha will be the perfect wife for her husband and a good mother for her children.

Latha (Rekha) who is running her father's business empire after he suffered a debilitating stroke, receives a call from a mysterious stranger Raji, threatening to reveal embarrassing details about her father unless she pays up Rs. 500,000. Since she has no idea how to deal with the blackmailer, she turns to Capt. Hariharan who runs a detective agency for help. Things take a grim turn when Raji, and then Latha's cousin Suresh, both turn up murdered one after the other. The evidence unearthed by Hariharan seems to implicate either Latha or her sister Malini - but are the girls up to murder to protect their dad's good name?

Gopala Rao, an atheist, finds himself in the midst of crises. When Govinda Hari enters his home, Rao's life changes in miraculous ways.

Alexander is a powerful underworld don but in reality, he is Vinu, the son of the current Inspector-General of Police, Balakrishnan (Madhu). Balakrishnan is torn between his duty as a police officer and as a father. Alexander too has the same dilemma: he has a son of his own as well.

Patel S.I.R avenges the death of this son's family by going on a killing spree. He vows to kill everyone that was the reason for the death of his son's family before his blinded granddaughter gets her vision back. Why did the villains kill Patel's son in the first place? How a sixty year old Patel does have his revenge?

The NRI's are back to Hyderabad after a long time. They accidentally brush against Ismail the local leader. Ismail comes to know that NRI are back again. He calls Salim and begin their hunt again to take the old revenge.

Chathurangam movie is about Attiprakkal Jimmy (Mohanlal) who is a young wrestler from Kottayam,and who is associated with the Keraladesham Congress Party and is anticipating a seat in the next assembly elections.Minister Kora (Saikumar) takes a special liking for Jimmy and considers him his lieutenant and political heir. Paulose (Vijaya Raghavan) who leads the rival faction is always at loggerheads with Kora and very often Jimmy steps in to humble Paulose and his men.

After witnessing the murder of his father by Eappachan, Kochu flees his village to escape him. Years later, Kochu, now a don, returns to the village to avenge his father.

A family of misfits is trying to hide some secrets from the NRI suitor and his family as they want their daughter to get married to a well-to-do NRI guy resulting in a series of comical twists and turns.

An NRI enlists the help of his cop-friend to sell off his ancestral home, but later hears rumours of it being haunted. Unwilling to let go of the property at a throwaway price, he asks a team of four quirky guys to spend a night in the house and prove that it isn’t a ghost den.

Gopala Krishna (Ajay) is a 40 year old man who has got married at an early age. He falls in love with an young aerobic instructor Samhitha (Sana Maqbool). He helps her out and wins her trust. He gets close to her heart. His son Madhu (Naga Shourya) is a college student and he likes Samhitha (an elder by 2 years) without knowing that his father is in love with her. Rest of the story is all about what happens when he comes to know that his father is in love with Samhita and consider marrying her.

Sugunan is the typical male chauvinist who thinks a wife is meant to cook, clean and take care of the house. His wife Bindu suffers silently for many years when an incident makes her take a drastic step.

Manu Krishnan (Dileep) is a male nurse in a reputed hospital. He is the Son of Ratheesh Kumar (Cochin Haneefa), a film junior artist. He has a special relationship with Dr. Priya (Vimala Raman), but is also in love with Leena (Samvrutha Sunil), the star contestant in the popular music reality show. Manu later in search of a job goes to an Agraharam to take care of a mentally ill patient and a girl from the Agraharam, Bhama (Sruthi Lakshmi) falls in love with him. Now the three girls want to marry Manu but none of their parents want to have Manu as son-in-law. The rest of the movie is about the trouble Manu has to take when the three meet and whom does he marry.

A well-educated, ‘settled’ NRI falls for a stand-up comedian and wants to marry her. But when she knows what she wants from her husband, will he fit the bill?

Niyati is a middle-class girl, whose father is frustrated with unethical practices and is desperate to get Niyati married to an NRI guy. But Niyati is in love with their neighbour. How far will they go for the consent of their parents?

Vishwam and Sita, who resist the opposition from their families, elope and marry. The unemployed couple begin a happier married life, but soon land in a sea of perils without a source of income.

Atma Rao falls for Madhumati, who is studying in the same college. Madhu though loves him decides not to confess it to him until she gets the green signal from her family. She invites all her friends along with Atma Rao to her sister's marriage. However, on the day of her marriage, shocking developments happen, and the police arrest Rao.

A young man named Karthik falls in love with Deepa and decides to propose to her. However, Deepa makes him wait for the approval of her parents, who do not support the union.

There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.