Best movies & TV Shows like Dil Dhoondta hai

A man and a woman come from two very different cultural backgrounds, and decide that they won't get married until they convince their parents. As feared, differences between the families pose a hurdle.

In the suburban neighborhood of Mumbai, a wall separates the haves and the have-nots. Sudhir and Seema, a newly married middle class couple, live a life without hardship while Vishwas, a slum dweller, dreams of dignity for his people. Their lives collide as post nightfall the town fills up with ominous cries and moans that don't belong to people - they belong to zombies.

Science College Principal Tripathi is criticized by the college professors, as his younger brother Ajay failed the exam twice and fell behind by two years. Tripathi is angry with Ajay and wants him to give up poetry and concentrate on his studies. Ajay does not do this and instead leaves the house, telling his brother that he will establish himself as a poet and then return home. He submits his poems for publication but is told that they are lacking. He falls in love with the beautiful Nikita (Mamta Kulkarni), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Ajay wants to establish himself before getting married, and relocates to Bombay. Upon reaching there, he becomes engaged to Bollywood actress Jyoti (suchitra Krishnamurthy), and starts gambling and drinking. Nikita moves to Bombay and finds Ajay, a ruined young man. Together they must try to set his life right, so that he can fulfill the promise he made to his brother.

Suraj dreams of following in his idol's footsteps, but as he moves to Mumbai to follow his dream, he discovers that following your dreams may have a cost.

Six couples who do not know each other are brought together by destiny, fate and love

Nandini(Sai Tamhankar) is someone who is a staunch believer in love marriages but following her father's orders, she gets married to Siddharth (Swapnil Joshi) who is coping with heartbreak. Eight years later, Siddharth and Nandini are leading happy lives in Mumbai with their daughter. Kamlakar Bhanushali (Girish Oak), a politician who has some connection with Siddharth's past, comes to Siddharth's workplace and makes a proposal to him. He tells Siddharth that he's ready to fund Siddharth's work plant with Rs 25 crore provided he gets rid of Nandini. Turns out, Siddharth used to be in a relationship with Bhanushali's daughter Bhairavi (Tejaswini Pandit).How this situation resolves forms the crux of the story.

Shekar has moved to Mumbai from his home in Punjab and has fallen in love with Nisha. However, he is called back to his home to hear that his disabled sister is to marry a young man named Harpreet, but on the condition that Shekar marry Harpreet's sister. Unable to refuse, Shekar must lead a double life until matters come to a head many years later.

A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.

A man's (Abhishek Bachchan) innocent gift to his grandfather sparks a power struggle in a village that recently received electricity.

A story of a young, middle-class urban working couple wanting to get married and their tribulations in finding a house in the city of Mumbai.

Commitment-shy Haley is as anti-marriage as it gets, but when she tries on her grandma’s ‘magical’ wedding veil, she’s transported to her future, where she and long-term boyfriend Scott are happily married with two beautiful children. Shocked, Haley tracks down her family to make sense of her vision and her view on love is changed for good. Is Haley ready to take the veil off – and is she finally ready for what will come after?

The movie revolves around Munnabhai a dreaded but good-hearted underworld don of Mumbai. Once while beating up one of his foes, he sees Komal and is so smitten by her beauty that he starts visualizing her wherever he goes and in whatever he does. Not understanding this new phenomenon in Munnabhai"s life, his men take him to Doctor Rastogi. The Doctor realizes it"s a love virus so he advises him to woo the girl somehow, not realizing that Munnabhai has fallen for none other than his own younger sister Komal. Munnabhai starts wooing Komal but she is in love with Raja, a local vagabond doing nothing except working in a bowling alley as a bouncer. It is not long before the doctor realizes that his underworld patient is in love with his own sister, so he decides to take her to Malaysia and get her married off...

Set in the backdrop of Punjab in the 1980s, Jodi is a musical journey of two talented and passionate artists who redefine the Punjabi folk music while falling in love with each other. With their love growing stronger, a shroud of mystery envelopes their path. Sitaara is a musician without audience. Kamaljot is in love with him and accompanies him on stage. Improvising a song, she gets fame. Kamaljot and Sitaara will have to challenge their ego to make true love win.

Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but Tanu, a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.

Kamalpur-based Khular family make a lot of sacrifices to get their daughter and eldest son married; as well as ensure their youngest, Himmat, gets a good education in Patiala's Punjabi University. After Himmat completes his education and returns home, the family even arrange his marriage with an America-based wealthy bride so that he can re-locate abroad and live a better life. The family's peace and harmony is shattered, the house gets divided, after Himmat refuses to marry the bride, and instead sets off with his friends to open a lowly Dhaba. He also starts wooing Resham, the wealthy daughter of Deep Singh, the President of Punjab Hotel Association - who will never permit her to marry a lowly Dhaba owner, and is already making plans to get her married to someone very wealthy.

A dreamy man arrives in the city of Mumbai with many dreams and immediately falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be his best friend's sister. Will he be forced to sacrifice his love for the sake of friendship?

The story of Alex, a copy-writer dreaming of being an adventure novelist someday, who meets and romances Indian beauty Reena, while she is vacationing in California. Torn by her blossoming feelings for Alex and her Indian family values and obligations, Reena returns home without saying goodbye. Alex, distraught by the turn of events, decides to follow her to Mumbai and win her back.

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.

Tips Films maiden Punjabi venture "Dil Apna Punjabi" produced by Kumar S. Taurani & Ramesh S. Taurani, written & directed by Manmohan Singh, is set in the lively village of modern day Punjab, where a joint family spanning over four generations lives under one roof a family which is united by values, tradition and warmth headed by Sardar Hardam Singh (Dara Singh).

Sachin is an engineering graduate from a middle class Mumbai family, but his passion is for the world of cinema. He is dreaming and planning for a future as a director, when he sees Jessie. It is love at first sight for Sachin. However, Jessie is from a strict Malayali Christian family, and her parents would never approve of their romance. The other problem is Jessie insists that she doesn't want a romantic relationship, but wants only to be friends. Of all the girls in the world why did Sachin have to fall for Jessie?

The story of a Parsi boy's view of his community in modern day Mumbai.

A Punjabi village undergoes a makeover to welcome a child born abroad.

In Mumbai for a wedding, a married man contemplates an affair with a sexy starlet who has an ulterior motive for flirting with him.

Recently divorced from his wife, Pooja Talwar, Gujarat-born Vivan Shah, who works as a Jockey with Mumbai's Radio Mirchi, dramatically meets with Shanaya Dhingra - whose mother is Parsi and father a Punjabi. Circumstances force him to gate-crash her wedding ceremony and spend a night in a prison cell by her enraged DCP father. Subsequently, a friendship develops between the two and she even assists him with his job - and lands one herself. The duo gets so popular that their employer decides that they perform a live show on TV while the Dhingras believe the duo are in love.

Intricately woven cross-border love story between Ali, a UK delivery agent pursuing his travel dream and Meher, a student aiming for solo travel in her Magic Bus. Destiny weaves their story until a web of cross-border lies complicates their journey, leading to consequences that Ali must bear. As the narrative rights itself, unforeseen twists reshape their lives, unfolding a heartfelt tale of love and resilience amidst life's unexpected turns.

Esperanza Guerrero is a single mother working as a teacher at two schools, a state school and an elite school to provide for her two teenagers, Pedro and Patricia. Ricardo Alegría, a married father with two young children, works as an Interpol agent in Los Angeles. Seeking to capture a sleazy jewellery thief known as ‘La Sombra’, he infiltrates the private school where Esperanza is employed and masquerades as the teacher of the criminal’s son. Esperanza and Ricardo are reunited following a 20-year separation and fight to rekindle their love.

An assassination attempt on Mumbai's most powerful politician triggers a dirty game of power and politics in the Gaikwad family. With his son and daughter racing to the throne, lines between moral and immoral blur and a lot is at stake

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.

Aditya is a pilot who lives in Mumbai with his family and wife, Pooja. Zoya lives in Mussoorie with her husband, Yash. They both love their spouses a lot. One day, they see their spouses dead in an accident together and holding hands. This begins the story of mystery, drama, suspense, and romance.

Follow the life of Punjabi matriarch Sarla Arora who runs a marriage hall and lives with the hope of seeing her two daughters Pragya and Bulbul who're poles apart, happily married some day.

This Punjabi web series chronicles the life of a married couple, Sara and Sapan, who have their ‘expected’ responsibilities swapped. The wife goes to work, while the husband is a homemaker. Sara and Sapan try to live life, not king size but differently. From dealing with a surprise guest who doesn’t know he is a house husband to fighting over butter chicken and paneer, are you ready to uncover this unusual love story?

Pavitra Rishta is an Indian soap opera that airs on Zee TV. It premiered on 1 June 2009 and airs weeknights. It is produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. Pavitra Rishta portrays the life of two common middle-class Maharashtrian families in the city of Mumbai and their day-to-day life. It particularly focuses on the journey of the couple Manav and Archana and their grown-up children.

Bisaat is a mystery thriller, that revolves around a psychiatrist, Kiyana Verma, who has a habit of getting involved in her patient's life. Kiyana Verma is a young, beautiful woman, who runs a flourishing psychiatric practice in Mumbai, she is married to a talented doctor Abhijit. Kiyana’s biggest problem is that she gets overly emotional about her patients and tries to help them out in her own way which creates more problems in an already cold marriage. Abhijit and Kiyana are perfectly playing the part of an ideal couple but without warmth and love because of a bitter past. Kiyana’s habit of over-involvement in her patient’s life creates more tension in her personal life.

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?

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