Tired of paying hefty subscription fees? If yes, then did you know that there are many free movies on YouTube for all Bollywood lovers? In this list, we will disclose some amazing Bollywood movies, old and contemporary, that you can enjoy on YouTube.
1. Pakeezah
Directed by- Kamal Amrohi
Written by- Kamal Amrohi
Starring- Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, and Raaj Kumar
Pakeeza is a musical romantic drama that came out in 1972. It tells the story of a tawaif (courtesan), Sahibjaan. While on a train she receives a note from a stranger who praises her beauty. Later, during her travels, she takes refuge in a forest and learns that the forest ranger wrote her that note. The two fall in love and marry. However, several conflicts arise when Sahibjaan’s professional background comes to haunt them.
2. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
Directed by- Kundan Shah
Written by- Ranjit Kapoor and Satish Kaushik
Starring- Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Satish Shah, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Kaushik, and Neena Gupta.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is a satirical black comedy that satirizes on the rampant corruption in Indian politics, new media, business, and bureaucracy. The film follows two photographers who witness and capture the murder of a contractor and coincidentally find his corpse.
3. Chupke Chupke
Directed by- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Written by- Shakeel Chandra, Upendranath Ganguly, Gulzar, D.N. Mukherjee, and Biren Tripathi.
Starring- Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Jaya Bachchan, Om Prakash, and Asrani
Based on Chhadobeshi by Upendranath Ganguly, the plot of Chupke Chupke tells the story of Professor Tripathi who falls in love with Sulekha. Soon they get married but Tripathi becomes insecure about Sulekha’s infatuation with her brother-in-law.
4. Awara
Directed by- Raj Kapoor
Written by- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Starring- Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Raj Kapor, Leela Chitnis, and Shashi Kapoor
Awara, also known as The Vagabond, tells the story of thief Raj, his girlfriend Rita, and Judge Raghunath, who is unaware that Raj is his son. The film expresses socialist themes and was a massive success in the Soviet Union, China, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, and Turkey.
5. Aisha
Directed by- Rajshree Ojha
Written by- Devika Bhagat, Ritu Bhatia, and Mana Rishi
Starring- Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Ira Dubey, Cyrus Sahukar, Amrita Puri, Anand Tiwari, Lisa Haydon, and Arunoday Singh
Adapted from Jane Austen’s Emma, Aisha tells the story of a rich upper-class girl who considers herself the perfect matchmaker. However, everyone in her life advises her to stop meddling in people’s lives. Her newest project is a middle-class girl Shefali and business tycoon/friend Randhir. Ayesha creates various circumstances for the two to fall in love.
6. Ugly
Directed by- Anurag Kashyap
Written by- Anurag Kashyap
Starring- Rahul Bhatt, Ronit Roy, Girish Kulkarni, Siddhanth Kapoor, Tejaswini Kolhapure, and Vineet Kumar Singh
The film follows Rahul, a struggling actor, whose daughter is kidnapped while she is under her care, as he tries to find her safely.
7. Monsoon Shootout
Directed by- Amit Kumar
Written by- Amit Kumar
Starring- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vijay Varma, Tanniishtha Chatterjee, Neeraj Kabi, Geetanjali Thapa, and Sreejita De.
Monsoon Shootout is a neo-noir thriller that follows a rookie cop in Mumbai, the commercial and mafia capital of India. He soon gets embroiled with a dreaded gangster, Shiva.
8. My Brother Nikhil
Directed by- Onir
Written by- Onir
Starring- Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Victor Banerjee, and Purab Kohli
Set between 1987 and 1994, My Brother Nikhil tells the story of Nikhil, a young gay man from Goa who is diagnosed with HIV. He is soon arrested by the police and forced into isolation alone. During this time, his parents and friends desert him. The only person by his side is his sister and her boyfriend.
