Editor's Choice: List of Top 50 Best Hindi Comedy Movies of All Time | Indian Cinema's Greatest Bollywood Comedy Films Ranked.
1. Gol Maal (1979)A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring: Amol Palekar, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma
2. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)Two friends, attempting to start-up their own photo studio, come across shady dealings, corruption and murder, and must fight to bring the guilty to light.
Director: Kundan Shah
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve
3. Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
Starring: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas, B.M. Vyas
4. Andaz Apna Apna (1994)Two slackers competing for the affections of an heiress inadvertently become her protectors from an evil criminal.
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Starring: Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon
5. Padosan (1968)A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
Director: Jyoti Swaroop
Starring: Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu, Mehmood, Kishore Kumar
6. Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)Three woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.
Director: Satyen Bose
Starring: Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Anoop Kumar, Kishore Kumar
7. Chupke Chupke (1975)A newly wedded husband plays a practical joke on his wife's family with full support from his wife and friends.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring: Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan
8. Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)A Delhi based retired middle class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends. Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Starring: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma
9. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)Arun, a timid young man, falls in love with Prabha but is too afraid to share his feelings with her. Things take a turn when another man attempts to woo Prabha.
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Starring: Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar
10. Hera Pheri (2000)Three unemployed men look for answers to all their money problems - but when their opportunity arrives, will they know what to do with it?
Director: Priyadarshan
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal
11. Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Two womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably.
Director: Sai Paranjape
Starring: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi
12. Bawarchi (1972)
A dysfunctional middle-class family is transformed by the attentions of their talented new chef -- until he vanishes along with their valuable jewels.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring: Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bachchan, Usha Kiran, Harindranath Chattopadhyay
13. Jagte Raho (1956)
An innocent guy who has arrived from a village to Kolkata gets himself involved into trouble in search of water after he gets thirsty in the middle of the night.
Directors: Amit Mitra, Sombhu Mitra
Starring: Pradeep Kumar, Sumitra Devi, Smriti Biswas
14. Satte Pe Satta (1982)
The eldest of seven brothers, who run a family farm together, marries a pretty nurse, inspiring his country-bumpkin siblings to follow his example.
Director: Raj N. Sippy
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Ranjeeta Kaur, Amjad Khan
15. Half Ticket (1962)
A diamond thief hides his loot on an innocent child, but the child turns out to be an adult posing as a youngster to purchase a half-priced train ticket. Now, the thief will have to outwit the eccentric in a series of wacky misadventures.
Director: Kalidas
Starring: Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Pran
16. Naram Garam (1981)
An impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring: Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal
17. Dulhe Raja (1998)
Poor Raja opens a fast food restaurant right opposite a five star hotel run by it's owner Singhania, earning his wrath. The wealthy hotel owner uses all his influence to remove Raja.
Director: Harmesh Malhotra
Starring: Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra
18. Raja Babu (1994)
A man tries to become a better son after his intended bride rejects him and he learns he was adopted from a poor family.
Director: David Dhawan
Starring: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan
19. Angoor (1982)
Based on Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors', this is a story of identical twins and mistaken identities.
Director: Gulzar
Starring: Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Deven Verma, Aruna Irani
20. Bombay to Goa (1972)
College student Mala has dreams of becoming a Bollywood movie actress; her dreams began materializing into reality when she is approached by Mr. Sharma and his assistant Mr. Verma.
Director: Mehmood, S. Ramanathan
Starring: Mehmood, Aruna Irani, Amitabh Bachchan
21. Namak Halaal (1982)
Brought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.
Director: Prakash Mehra
Starring: Waheeda Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan
22. Khubsoorat (1980)
A strict matriarch's regimented household is upended by the arrival of a spunky relative who challenges the rules.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring: Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Shashikala
23. Baton Baton Mein (1979)
Tony and Nancy daily board 9:10 Bandra to Churchgate local.Nancy is accompanied by her uncle Tom who develops friendship with Tony and introduces both of them.
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Starring: Amol Palekar, Tina Ambani, Asrani, David Abraham
24. Khatta Meetha (1978)
Two old people get married and their children from their previous marriages now have to live together under the same roof. Clashes and hilarity ensue.
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Starring: Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami, Raju Shrestha
25. Hungama (2003)
The story of a bunch of misfits whose misconception about each others backgrounds end up in a series of chaotic, yet comic outcomes.
Director: Priyadarshan
Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal
26. Chachi 420 (1997)
Desperation to be with his only child forces a divorced man to take the guise of the child's nanny. Situations get really messy when the child's grandfather (the man's ex-father-in-law) falls in love with his disguised ex-son-in-law.
Director: Kamal Haasan
Starring: Kamal Haasan, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Tabu
27. Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978)
Adam & Eve live a worry-free life in paradise. They are instructed not to eat an apple. One day they cannot resist the temptation, and both take a bite out of it. Nature takes offense.
Director: B.R. Chopra
Starring: Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Ranjeeta Kaur
28. Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Munna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan
29. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh, Boman Irani
30. Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983)
Kailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Utpal Dutt
31. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Starring: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta
32. Sholay (1975)
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Starring: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar
33. Mr. India (1987)
A 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.
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri
34. Hulchul (2004)
A man and woman from feuding families each pretend to fall in love, as part of a revenge plot. Chaos ensues when their fake romance becomes a reality.
Director: Priyadarshan
Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Lakshmi, Paresh Rawal
35. Garam Masala (2005)
A rib tickling tale of two flirts who constantly flirt with women despite one of them being engaged. Chaos ensues when the fiancé finds out that her to-be groom is cheating on her.
Director: Priyadarshan
Starring: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Paresh Rawal, Rimi Sen
36. No Entry (2005)
Kishan and Sunny's life are troubled after their womanizing friend Prem sets them up with a hooker named Bobby, leading to web of lies and confusions.
Director: Anees Bazmee
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu
37. Phir Hera Pheri (2006)
Baburao, Raju and Shyam are living happily after having risen from rags to riches. Still, money brings the joy of riches and with it the greed to make more money. And so, with a don as an unknowing investor, Raju initiates a new game.
Director: Neeraj Vora
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal
38. Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006)
Four runaway crooks take shelter in a bungalow which is owned by a blind couple.
Director: Rohit Shetty
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor
39. Deewana Mastana (1997)
Chaos ensues when a small time crook and a mental patient tries to win heart of a beautiful woman with comical outcomes.
Director: David Dhawan
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Johnny Lever
40. Coolie No. 1 (1995)
In order to avenge his insult against wealthy Hoshiarchand Choudhary; Pandit Shaadiram Gharjodhe asks Raju; a coolie by profession to masquerade as a wealthy business tycoon so that he can get marry to Choudhary's daughter Malti.
Director: David Dhawan
Starring: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Harish
41. Dhamaal (2007)
Four lazy slacker conmen buddies who are jobless, homeless and broke learn about the secret of a hidden treasure from a dying thief and later embark on a race against time to find the mobster's buried treasure and claim it.
Director: Indra Kumar
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi
42. Hero No. 1 (1997)
Timid Rajesh Malhotra escapes his tyrant father and meets Meena in a foreign land. The two lovers decide to marry, but when Meena's parents object, Rajesh decides to win them over in the quirkiest way.
Director: David Dhawan
Starring: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Paresh Rawal
43. Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986)
A man lives a poor lifestyle in a small town with his older brothers. He is unemployed and commits himself to be a wrestler, but he has to promise to be celibate until he is 40 years old.
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Om Prakash, Amjad Khan
44. Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997)
A slacker must impress a wealthy man to marry her daughter.
Director: David Dhawan
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Paresh Rawal, Anil Dhawan
45. Judwaa (1997)
Twin brothers who are separated soon after birth, meet in adulthood and join forces to defeat their common enemy, a notorious criminal.
Director: David Dhawan
Starring: Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Rambha
46. Ishq (1997)
Harbans Rai and Ranjit Rai are two wealthy businessmen who absolutely loathe poverty and poor people . As fate would have it , Harbans Rai's daughter Madhu falls for a poor mechanic Raja.
Director: Indra Kumar
Starring: Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Juhi Chawla, Kajol
47. Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994)
A dreamer falls for a girl who is in love with someone else and tries to create a rift between her and the man she loves.
Director: Kundan Shah
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Deepak Tijori, Rita Bhaduri
48. 3 Idiots (2009)
Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Starring: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi
49. Delhi Belly (2011)
Three struggling room-mates unknowingly become potential prey of a ruthless gangster.
Directors: Abhinay Deo, Akshat Verma
Starring: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Shenaz Treasury
50. Katha (1983)
Secretly in love with his neighbor, a mild-mannered clerk is heartbroken when his much bolder, more charming friend wins her heart instead.
Director: Sai Paranjape
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Jalal Agha
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