Best movies & TV Shows like Bombay Begums
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Bombay Begums Starring Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, and more. If you liked Bombay Begums then you may also like: The Women, Aitraaz, Ascharya Fuck It, Bachelor Girls, Chandni Bar and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
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Aitraaz
Aitraaz revolves around the character Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) a successful businessman who has everything going for him, including a lovely wife (Kareena Kapoor). Just when he thinks things can't get any better, Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) - his ex-girlfriend, now the boss's wife - walks back into his life - and she wants Raj at any cost.
Ascharya Fuck It
Desire and greed intertwines the lives of a Bollywood star, his chauffeur, a prostitute and her pimp in an unlikely love story.
Bachelor Girls
Through intimate interviews, this documentary explores the stigma facing independent women who seek housing in modern Mumbai.
Chandni Bar
The gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.
Mumbai Diaries
Arun is a reclusive and lonely modern art painter. Shai is an American banker who is on a visit to Mumbai. Munna is a washerboy also living near Arun and Yasmin. The movie is about these four characters from different class of society and how the lives of four characters are intertwined.
The Dirty Picture
After running away from home in search of movie stardom, a village girl rises to become a prominent sex symbol.
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
A young engineer, from a small town, moves to Mumbai, with big dreams. As he hugely advances in his career, he gets caught up in the rich and glamorous lifestyle and starts getting changed. After becoming a victim of a conspiracy, he realizes his mistake and tries to redeem himself.
Rajnigandha
A Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.
Footfairy
The plot is set in Mumbai, a city of dream and land of opportunities. The psychological crime thriller showcases an intriguing chase between a serial killer with a distinctive fetish and CBI officer named Gulshan. In the serial killer's point of view, the film explores the fugitive's darkest desire for momentary pleasure.
Chakda ‘Xpress
It is inspired by the journey of Jhulan Goswami as she moves up the ladder despite the problems created by misogynistic politics to fulfill her dream of playing cricket for India. The climax would be India women's ICC World Cup final against mighty England at the Lord's on July 23, 2017 where Jhulan Goswami and co. were narrowly defeated.
A Thursday
When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.
Skater Girl
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Yeh Ballet
Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.
Aval Appadithan
Manju, a modern woman who works for a male chauvinist boss, helps Arun to film a documentary on the lifestyle of women from different backgrounds. As their work progresses, he falls in love with her.
If You Dare Desire...
February, 2011. In a small village of West Bengal - Swapna and Shucheta - two young women in love with each other - took their own lives, leaving a letter claiming love, life, recognition... a letter challenging violence, hate, invisibilisation. No one from their families came to claim their dead bodies. They died as they dared to love. Their bodies remained unclaimed by family and society. What if they were not dead but alive today? Like many other couples, Aparna-Kajlee from Bongaaon, Moyna-Bandana from Purulia... They died for love but still live among us. What if Swapna and Shucheta ran away and survived? How would their life together look like and their desire? If you dare Desire, is a film of possibilities. Beyond the domination of patriarchy and hetero-normativity, the women in love resist with their bodies, with their hearts. They live many lives. They die many deaths. They resist and they dream. In the daily struggles of a far-away village. In the dark glitters of a big city.
Mitthye Premer Gaan
A reclusive, introverted singer-songwriter embarks on a journey of self discovery after he falls in love with an ambitious, pragmatic girl. They are forced to navigate their insecurities, fears, dreams and reality while battling their own loneliness and existential crisis.
Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
The show revolves around the lives of the members of an Uber Wealthy - High Society Gujarati family of Cuffe Parade - South Mumbai, whose daughter-in-law is from a middle class Delhi background.
Four in the Morning
An unconventional comedy spiked with a touch of magical realism that follows four friends in their twenties as they navigate life at the unpredictable, emotional, but illuminative hour of 4 a.m. Dealing with themes of life and death, love and heartbreak, friendship and betrayal, it's a series about self-discovery, disappointment, and clawing after dreams that always feel out of reach.
Four More Shots Please!
Four unapologetically flawed women live, love, blunder and discover what really makes them tick through friendship and tequila in millennial Mumbai.
Hum: I'm Because of Us
Having a sister is the best gift one can get, but what happens when that is at stake? Aspirations and desires take the three sisters to Mumbai. The sisters share a thick bond and always have each other's back, but the big city has different plans in store for them. Will their bond be tarnished when ambition and love bring about a conflict? Will the big city make their dreams come true or test what it takes? Watch to know more. Streaming soon on ALTBalaji.
Pivoting
In a small, middle-class town in Long Island, NY, three women – and close-knit childhood friends – cope with the death of the fourth member of their group. When faced with the reality that life is short, these women pivot, and alter their current paths, by way of a series of impulsive, ill-advised and self-indulgent decisions. These pivots will strengthen their bond and prove it’s never too late to screw up your life in the pursuit of happiness.
Sanak - Ek Junoon
Ajay and Ragini, an ambitious couple from a small town relocate to Mumbai in search of a better life. Mr. Shekhawat offers Ajay, a junior lawyer, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in exchange for compromising his morals. Will Ajay compromise his values for this life-changing opportunity? Until when will he continue to be unhappy with his current lifestyle? What consequences await him on the other side of this deal? Gear up to witness his impending decisions and the events that follow.
Young Dreams
The story of two teenage girls Gunjan and Rachna. Gunjan, a modern girl living in Mumbai, loses her very loved mother after she gets diagnosed with cancer. Sneha, Gunjan's late mother, tells her sister Shail before she dies to take Gunjan back to her very large family and home in Banaras. Rachna, an old-fashioned, sweet, and simple girl living in Banaras is delighted to have a sister and makes Gunjan happy in every way she can with her mischievous little cousin, Dholu. Lots of problems enter the Garg household but will they be able to handle them whilst sticking together as one?
Modern Love Mumbai
Explore 6 unique yet universal stories of human connection and love in its varied forms – romantic, platonic, parental, sexual, familial, marital, self-love.
Leaked!
The life of Mumbai's elite attending the prestigious "Oakwood High School". Rebellious teenagers, bursting with emotions as they navigate their complex lives filled with secrets, we all would want to know. The 'seemingly perfect' lives of privileged teenagers go for a toss when the 'IT Girl' of the school is found dead.
From boardrooms to society's margins, five ambitious women from various walks of life navigate dreams, desires and disappointments in modern Mumbai.
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Bombay Begums Starring Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, and more. If you liked Bombay Begums then you may also like: The Women, Aitraaz, Ascharya Fuck It, Bachelor Girls, Chandni Bar and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
The Women
The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.