Comedy movies are considered family entertainment in India. No matter the context of the comedy film, its impeccable storyline is guaranteed to make you laugh. And it tends to do exceptionally well at the box-office too.
A lovey-dovey love story would be just as humorous as a dark satire. Romantic and comedy movies are pegged evenly in the popularity charts. Prepared with intellect and humor in the right proportions, some of these timeless comedy movies are a gem of a Bollywood movie.
3 Idiots
3 idiots revolve around the lives of three friends; Rancho, Farhan, and Raju. It builds upon the academic and family pressure on the trio to succeed. It is a movie that will make you feel happy. You can find little spurts of comic scenes now and then, beautifully woven into the filmmaker’s narrative.
All The Best
To be accurate, All The Best is a comedy of errors. Veer wants to become a celebrated artist but is struggling to make ends meet. He fabricates about being married to get some money from his wealthy step-brother. However, one lie draws him into a swirl of lies and risk he exposes.
Andaz Apna Apna
Amar and Prem are a dynamic young duo. They want to make a successful life. Two are contesting against one another to marry Raveena, a tycoon’s daughter. Watch this classic comedy and become part of their love, riches, and happiness.
Angoor
Two sets of separated twins live in the same city. But, they happen to share the same name. We have two Ashoks and two Bahadurs, crossing paths years later, generating much confusion for themselves and others.
Bawarchi
The Sharma household doesn’t like each other much and is divided over inconsequential issues. With such negativity looming around, they have difficultly retaining any cook for more than a month. As a result, they are continually hunting for a cook. And in this, Raghu enters their life, and things start to change.
Bheja Fry
Ranjit, a music producer, invites people over at a dinner party to mock them. On one such occasion, he invites Bharat over to his house. But, Bharat has a reputation of his own: he creates a mess wherever he goes. And their meeting ensures that Ranjit’s life is the one troubled.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his inherited home, paying no heed to the cautions about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable incidences cause him to call a psychiatrist friend to help solve the mystery. This is one of the finest comedy-horror ever made in Bollywood.
Bombay To Goa
Bombay to Goa is a trip you wish you had taken! Hysterical to the core, this film is about Mala, who witnesses a murder, and her co-passengers on a bus bound to Goa.
Chachi 420
Jaiprakash and Janki are a divorced couple. And, Jaiprakash loses the custody of his daughter to Janki and is barred from visiting her. He re-invents himself as a nanny, Shrimati Lakshmi Godbole, to be with her. This resolves his problem but also creates a lot for Lakshmi.
Chalti Ka Naam Gadi
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi is undoubtedly one of the best comedy movies ever made in Bollywood. Brijmohan begrudges women as he reasons the woman he loved left him for another man. He decides he wouldn’t even let the shadow of a woman fall upon his garage. Nonetheless, his younger brothers are falling in love.
Chameli Ki Shaadi
Chameli Ki Shaadi is ridicule the caste system of India. Charandas and Chameli are deeply in love and want to marry each other. Their families sturdily object, owing to the difference in their caste. However, with a robust support system outside their families, the lovers elope.
Chashme Buddoor
Neha and Siddharth are in love: truly, madly, and deeply. This news is not well received by Siddharth’s friends, who are trying to break their relationship. Would their love fall victim to their friends’ plot?
Chup Chup Ke
Jeetu commits suicide but is miraculously saved by a fisherman. The fisherman trades him to a moneylender as a person with hearing and speech impairment. Jeetu plays along as a speech-impaired and deaf.
Chupke Chupke
Professor Tripathi, Sulekha’s husband, finds out that she admires her Jijaji’s intellect and is inspired by him. Out of spite, he tries to show her that he is no less by pranking her Jijaji. Chupke Chupke is a thoroughly enjoyable and timeless comedy that Bollywood has ever produced.
Coolie No. 1
Hoshiyar Chand claims to be the most intelligent man and wants both his daughters to be married into the wealthiest family. Shadiram Gharjode is insulted by Hoshiyar Chand, and in return, he decides to teach him a lesson. He ropes in Raju, a Coolie at the local bus stop, to make him out to be a rich person to Hoshiyar Chand. Raju marries Malathi and takes her to Mumbai. The following revelation, all the many twists, and a hilarious climax make this a great story with hilarious scenes.
Delhi Belly
A story of besieged roommates and a merciless gangster all jumbled in heavy doses of wittiness and action.
Dhamaal
Dhamaal is a film that scratches your funny bone every time you watch it. Four friends are on a mission to find a buried treasure in Goa. They are rushed by a corrupt cop, who keeps a tab on their every move making their hunt even harder. Dhamaal might be the only movie where the characters wore the same outfits in the entire movie.
Dhol
Four friends want to get rich by getting hitched to a rich girl. They are on the lookout for such a girl for themselves when they cross paths with Ritu. And in hopes of marrying here, get twisted in a perilous situation.
Dulhe Raja
When a wealthy business person troubles a sly little eatery owner, trouble follows. But the excitement here is that the trouble-maker businessman ends up getting into trouble. To add to his unhappiness, his only daughter marries the eatery owner.
Fukrey
Hunny, Choocha, Lali, and Zafar want to make easy money and approach the notorious Bholi to invest in their plan. But when they lose her money, they must come up with a plan or face the consequences.
Golmaal
Ram Prasad works for Bhavnani, a man of many ideals. He gets a job by forging to be the idyllic candidate that Bhavnani was looking for. However, he gets caught when his boss sees him at a football match.
Golmaal – Fun Unlimited
This movie introduces us to partners in mischief: Lucky, Madhav, Gopal, and Laxman. They prank people for money, but they find themselves in lots of misfortune more often than not. We can’t help but giggle at the chaos they create!
Haseena Man Jayegi
Amirchand wants both his sons Sonu and Monu to be somber in life. To teach them this lesson, he warns them to mend their ways or leave his house. However, the duo lives up to their bad reputation and create more troubles for Amirchand.
Hera Pheri
A timeless comedy, Hera Pheri is not romantic at all and yet brilliant in parts; the subplots, side characters, and the classic one-liners. It would help if you watched it as it is one of the best comedy films you’ll ever come across in Bollywood.
Hulchul
Jai and Anjali come from feuding families. They pretend to be in love with a vengeance from one another. Things become difficult for them once they realize they’ve fallen in love.
Hungama
Radhey Shyam Tiwari, along with his wife, decides to move to his city bungalow. Anjali playacts to be Radheysham Tiwari’s daughter to secure a job and Nandu’s wife to get housing. With lots of mix-ups and lots more hilarity, this movie shouldn’t be missed!
Ishq
Harbans Lal and Ranjit, the two rich businessmen, want to get their children married. But, their children have a proposal of their own. The film is a rollercoaster of funniness, which will leave you in splits as you watch the parents and their kids top each other.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
Set in Mumbai of the 1980s, it brings to the vanguard the ingrained corruption in India. All that element in a comical set-up! Never seen before and never made again: this film is regarded as one of the best Bollywood comedy movies and rated amongst the industry’s all-time bests.
Khosla Ka Ghosla
A local thug grabs kamal Khosla’s land. His son Cherry hatches a guaranteed plan to get it back. The film deals with a genuine problem of land grab although subtly and funnily! A relevant and light comedy, totally worth the watch!
Khubsoorat
Nirmala Gupta is a housewife and a mother of four. She is authoritarian and runs the house with regulations. And although the family members criticize her, they do follow her rules. Nirmala’s autocratic world gets a jolt of reality when the family members gravitate towards fun and jolly Manju.
Malamaal Weekly
Malamaal Weekly should be watched for several reasons: a simple story, a great cast, and even greater humor. A lottery vendor finds out that he sold the winning lottery tick. He tries to trace the winner but finds himself in murky water.
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Munna decides to do M.B.B.S. to fulfill his father’s desire. Despite being a goon in the past, he makes his way in the orthodox medical college with love, humor, and generosity. The film brought Sanjay Dutt into a new light; Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is also one of the recent times’ must-watch movies.
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Namak Halaal
Amitabh Bachchan could talk English, walk English and laugh English too. In an age when CGI was nonexistent, at least in Hindi cinema, Mr. Bachchan and a fly were all it took to draw endless fits of laughter from the audience. There were the usual masala movie tropes in there too. This was like a Deewar with Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh, but with some intense comedy.
No Entry
Newspaper owner Kishan has always been faithful to his wife, Kaajal, who constantly suspects him of having affairs. Meanwhile, Kishan’s married friend Prem frequently cheats on his doting wife, Pooja, without getting caught, incurring Kishan and photographer Sunny’s disapproval.
Padosan
As we watch Bhola trying to impress his neighbor Bindu, we can’t help but love and laugh at the naive and childlike innocence of Bhola. The evergreen comedy would leave you laughing out loud. Padosan is one of Bollywood classics starring several legendary names and one of the best Bollywood comedy movies of yesteryears.
Phas Gaye Re Obama
Om, who returned from the USA, wants to get rid of his debt by selling his ancestral property in India. But local goons think of him as super-rich and kidnap him. He was thereby ruining his plans completely.
Pyaar Ka Punchnama
Pyaar Ka Punchnama narrates the anguish that men face in modern-day relationships. Trouble arises when Nishant, Rajat, and Vikrant feel that their girlfriends have taken control of their lives.
Satte Pe Satta
It is about seven brothers who are living an uncivilized life out on a farm. Ravi, the eldest, falls in love with a nurse, Indu, and marries her. She happens to be the first woman in the household and brings changes in their uncouth lifestyle. And afterward, the other six brothers fall in love, too.
Tere Bin Laden
A promising filmmaker, Sharma, chooses to make a film with Osama bin Laden’s look alike. While the shooting is on, they got the news that the actual Osama is dead. With Osama deceased, Sharma must find a way to recompense the producer’s money and fulfill his dreams of becoming a film director.
Vicky Donor
Many people struggle for several things in life: love, career, and money. But Vicky doesn’t! He is a jolly guy who makes a living by providing his sperms. His only impasse is: how would his girlfriend and mother react to this?
Welcome
What happens when you date the most infamous don’s sister? You run for your life. But Rajeev didn’t wince. Instead, he made them quit crime life by fooling them. And this makes Welcome one of the epic funny films of Bollywood.
How many of these timeless Bollywood comedy movies have you already watched?
