Best movies & TV Shows like Kaala

A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Kaala Starring Rohan Vinod Mehra, Avinash Tiwary, Jitin Gulati, Taher Shabbir, and more. If you liked Kaala then you may also like: Omertà, Rosogolla, Water, Ik Kudi Punjab Di, My Architect: A Son's Journey 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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Omertà

A dramatization of the complex and dangerous life of Omar Sheikh. A convicted terrorist who many believe had financial connections to 9/11, Sheikh is widely known as the man responsible forthe 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Rosogolla

Based in the backdrop of 19th century Bengal, Rosogolla is a story of a young man with a romantic heart and brilliant mind — Nabin Chandra Das, who had set his heart on making the most delicious sweet of all time for his wife, Khirodmoni. Rosogolla is a story of the many trial and tribulations in his journey of making something unique, of innocent love, struggle and human aspiration for novelty.

Water

Jal revolves around a young man named Bakka, who is gifted with a special ability to find water in the desert. With the backdrop of water scarcity, the film tells a complex and intriguing story of love, relationships, enmity, deceit and circumstances that bring about the dark side of human character.

Ik Kudi Punjab Di

Ik Kudi Punjab Di tells a richly textured tale from a keenly female perspective set against the backdrop of male-dominated Punjabi society. It does so with a Shakespearean credo of “all the world’s a stage” and a lively cast.

My Architect: A Son's Journey

World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11.

Love Hostel

Set against the pulsating backdrop of rustic North India, Love Hostel traces the volatile journey of star-crossed lovers, being hunted by a ruthless mercenary on the orders of the area's MLA, who also happens to be the girl's grandmother.

Chittagong

Jhunku, a 14-year-old youth in 1930s British Bangladesh, embarks on a journey to determine where he belongs.

Mujib: The Making of a Nation

Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his country. How he led a country to it's independence with his inspirational presence and fight for the justice.

Phas Gaye Re Obama

Phase Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession/meltdown that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days. Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a 'recession-hit' underworld gang those who think that he is still a millionaire. What happens to Om, is he able to save his home, how did the 'poor' gangster cope with their 'poor' catch & what do small town Indian gangsters have to say to President Obama...is largely forms the rest of the story. The film, showcases how global recession/ meltdown impacted lives from an America based businessman to underworld dons in the dusty plains of small town India.

Hajj: The Journey of a Lifetime

For Muslims everywhere, the ultimate goal is to make the Hajj at least once during their lifetime. This spiritual journey is the basic premise of an entire religion and sees impoverished African Muslims mixing with their incredibly wealthy Western counterparts. This documentary follows some of the 20,000 Britons who make the journey to Mecca, unravelling the mysterious aura that surrounds this remarkable event. Combining the wondrous backdrop of Mecca with intriguing interviews that provide a previously undocumented view of Islam, Hajj will enchant both Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

Gehraiyaan

Alisha Khanna, 30, ambitious, now finds herself at crossroads in life. Her six year long relationship has grown monotonous, her career seems to be going nowhere. But just when she had begun to accept this reality as unchangeable, her life is usurped by the arrival of her cousin, Tia and her fiancé, Zain, with whom she bonds over a troubled past and a common wish to break from its confines.

Shakalaka Boom Boom

A tale of two different musicians, dramatically different but united in their passion for music, set against the backdrop of the international music industry.

Southern Fried Homicide

Southern Fried Homicide probes the juiciest stories from down in the Bible Belt. Classic true crime is served up against a backdrop of Southern hospitality, etiquette and Christian values. Good ol' morals give way to cold-blooded murder in these grim tales of love gone wrong, business deals turned sour, families divided, and more.

Captive

Documentary series reconstructing history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.

Peshwa Bajirao

Here comes yet another tale of an undefeated warrior Peshwa Bajirao. Peshwa Bajirao is the story of a warrior who fought and loved with equal passion, one, who stood up for what he believed in, and achieved in one lifetime more than most men cant even think of. This show showcases the untold story of the legendary warrior's upbringing - his journey from being an ordinary child to an extraordinary leader and the role that his parents, Balaji Vishwanath and Radhabai played in creating the hero that we know him as.

Black Monday

Travel back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley’s birthday party and the glass ceiling.

Ekattor

A love story amidst agitation and crime... Find out about the fight to survive, during the Bangladeshi freedom struggle.

Manbhanjan

This hoichoi web series, based on Tagore's timeless tale, Manbhanjan, is a housewife's journey from her home to the world outside, looking for love and identity.

Art of Persia

Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a complex and fascinating people, culture and history.

Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

This four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg's perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM.

Taqdeer

The plot of the series revolves arounds a story of a freezer van driver in Dhaka named Taqdeer (played by Chanchal Chowdhury) whose whole life turns upside down when he finds a dead body inside his van. A trail of chaotic events thereby follows which pushes Taqdeer and his best friend Montu (played by Shohel Mondol) into bigger difficulties

Murderous History

At the scene of every crime is a story of a time, the place, and its people. This six-part series steps back in time to examine the most gruesome and compelling murder mysteries of the past 200 years, viewed through the lens of the eras and cities in which they took place. Through cinematic reenactments, we follow the determined investigators and complex perpetrators while revealing how each case made its own mark on history.

Below Deck Down Under

Set against the stunning backdrop of the tropical Whitsunday Islands and world-famous Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia, this series explores the complex, often explosive dynamics of the crew and a rotating group of demanding charter guests on M/Y Thalassa.

Mohanagar

One fateful night, a police station in Bangladesh, and a motley crowd consisting of criminals, an eminent industrialist, media, general public. What does this night have in store for them?

Sumer Singh Case Files: Girlfriends

A mystery thriller with an edgy love story set against the backdrop of a young millennial Delhi party scene. ACP Sumer Singh faces official enquiry for his method of handling a case of a bunch of girlfriends, one of whom, Nirali, he fell in love with. A trail of crime and blackmail unfold that sends chills down the ACPs spine. Will his trust in Nirali be put to test? What dark secrets does a bunch of innocent-looking girls hide behind their glossy social media profiles? Will he ever find out?

Crime Stories: India Detectives

With unprecedented access to the Bengaluru City Police, this gripping series follows major criminal investigations from the moment the crime is reported through to the capture of the suspects. From murder to kidnap to extortion, each film tracks a shocking and compelling case in the heart of India's Silicon Valley. Filmed with senior officers at home and at work, this is a unique window into the lives of Bengaluru's police officers as they attempt to detect the most complex and serious crimes in the city.

Jugaadistan

Set in the nation’s capital, this is a story of our youth, on a journey packed with excitement, fun, life lessons, and many a wrong turn. Against the backdrop of college politics, amidst the pressure of impending examinations, a bunch of youngsters find friendship and romance as their paths crisscross, and they take decisions that could define their future, and change their lives forever.

Sabrina

When a doctor receives her namesake as an abused and injured patient, she is instantly invested in the latter's story and is determined to bring her justice. Sabrina is the heart-wrenching saga of one woman stepping up for another woman and a tale of universal womanhood.

Refugee

When a drug dealer from the Geneva Camp of Bangladesh gets involved in a spine-chilling conspiracy of the third generation of freedom fighters, it makes him keep his displeasure with his own country aside and fight to prevent a catastrophe!

The Hair Tales

The series leads the audience through a revelatory journey connecting the personal tales of phenomenal Black women to broader societal and historic themes. The stories shared in the series offer an honest and layered look into the complex culture of Black hair and, ultimately, Black women’s identity, beauty, cultural and social contributions and humanity.

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

This docuseries follows the rise and fall of financier Bernie Madoff, who orchestrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in Wall Street history.

Hunter - Tootega Nahi, Todega

Hunter is an action thriller web series that follows Suniel Shetty as ACP Vikram in his journey to the dark alleys of Mumbai's crime world. A mission to find a missing woman leads him juggling between his past and future.

Indubala Bhaater Hotel

From being a little girl in rural Bangladesh to being an entrepreneur in Kolkata, Indubala's journey is laced with the desolation of separation from her roots and the consolation of every taste being a memory of someone she has lost.

The Jengaburu Curse

A sudden call brings back Priya, a financial analyst from London to Odisha. A series of strange events follow as she sets on the search for her missing father, an activist who was imprisoned for siding with an indigenous tribe. Against the backdrop of bauxite mining, unexplained deaths and displaced tribals, Priya discovers an international nexus connecting various cities and Jengaburu. Why is the small mining town of Jengaburu at the epicentre of this?

Piya Rangrezz

A family drama set against a UP backdrop. It is the journey of Sher, who eventually stands up to his mother's tyranny.

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