Bollywood is known for making some best and funny Hindi movies of all time. Watching any comedy movie in hindi gives different kind of pleasure and it makes you laugh badly. Bollywood has produced some of the best and cult classis hindi comedy movies over the years. Few well known directors who made some of the brilliant comedy hindi movies are Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, David Dhawan, Priyadarshan, Luv Ranjan, Dibakar Banerjee and much more.
If we talk about evergreen comedy actors then we have plenty of names who made comedy scenes and movies memorable in Indian history of cinema. Some of well known comedy actors includes Asrani, Amol Palekar, Rajesh Khanna, Johnny Lever, Kader Khan, Govinda, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor and Akshay Kumar.
Here we have researched on well known and best hindi comedy movies of Bollywood from different decades includes 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s and 2010’s.
Currently OTT platforms are rising and everyone watching some good hindi web series on this platform but most viewers doesn’t know that they can watch best hindi comedy movies on these platforms as well. Yes, all hindi comedy movies are available on OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and many more.
Bollywood has different genre movies which are best in it’s own segment which includes crime, action, thriller movies and comedy movies. But, comedy movies are the one which always remains on top.
This movies will take you on another laughing ride and believe me this will be binge watch for you. So, let’s begin the ride.
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55+ Best Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of All Time
Here we have segmented best bollywood hindi comedy movies based on Decades which gives you idea about old movies as well. Our team has also included the movie release year, director, IMDB ratings and most importantly where this movie is available. We as movie lovers always believes in good quality content and this list consists all the elements of comedy.
Best Old Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 1960 to 1970
#1 Padosan (1968)
Director – Jyoti Swaroop | IMDB – 8.1 | Amazon Prime
Padosan was a cult classic hindi comedy movie of all time. If you want to enjoy comic timing of great Kishore Kumar and Mehmood then don’t miss this movie. Padosan movie was produced by Mehmood and he simply gave one of the best performances of his life. Padosan has some brilliant cast including Mehmood, Kishore Kumar, Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu.
All the songs of Padosan movie was super hit and movie lovers still listens these songs and dance on it’s tunes.
#2 Half Ticket (1962)
Director – Kalidas | IMDB – 7.3 | Amazon Prime
Half Ticket is one of the best comedy movies from 1960’s starring Kishore Kumar, Madhubala and Pran Saab. Half Ticket movie was directed by Kalidas and produced by Bombay Talkies. Half Ticket movie got the critical and commercial success at the box office and became the cult film. It was also the last movie of Madhubala with her husband Kishore Kumar.
Kishore Kumar is playing the character of Vijay who is a son of rich industrialist and is good for nothing. Vijay decided to leave Bombay to start a new life but he doesn’t have any money. Now, Vijay disguised as a child to get the half ticket and used as a mule for Pran saab who is a diamond smuggler in this movie. This movie has some hilarious comedy scenes which you will surely love.
Best Old Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 1970 to 1980
#1 Gol Maal (1979)
Director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee | IMDB – 8.5 | Amazon Prime
Golmaal is one of the finest Hindi comedy movie made in Bollywood ever. Hrishikesh Mukherjee is known for making brilliant comedy movies and Golmaal is masterpiece. Golmaal was a huge hit at the box office at that time and people loved this classic comedy movie. Golmaal movie has some very good cast including Utpal dutt, Amol Palekar, Bindiya and Deven Verma.
If you want some good laugh during weekend time with family then do watch this hindi comedy movie straight away.
#2 Chupke Chupke (1975)
Director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee | IMDB – 8.3 | Amazon Prime
Chupke Chupke is classic cult comedy movie starring one of the great cast Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Asrani, Om Prakash, Jaya Bachchan & Keshto Mukherjee. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was greatest director ever when it comes to direct comedy movies. Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan are known to do action movies but in this movie the way they have done some comic scenes it doesn’t seem like they are meant to do action movies only.
One more important thing about Hrishikesh Mukherjee is BGM in important comedy scenes which make those scenes more memorable. No over acting by actors and just simple drama which looks absolutely real. The charm of Dharmendra in this movie was at it’s peak.
#3 Bawarchi (1972)
Director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee | IMDB – 8.1 | Amazon Prime
Rajesh Khanna was the first super star of Bollywood and he has done some fantastic comedy movies over the years. Bawarchi is again directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and the subject of this movie was different. Bawarchi movie was inspired by 1966 Bengali film named Galpa Holeo Satyi.
Bawarchi has some very talented cast starring Jaya Bhaduri, Asrani, AK Hangal & Durga khote. Viewers can also listen the voice of Amitabh Bachchan who was narrating the story.
Bawarchi movie also inspired many other directors and film makers to do the remakes. One of the most popular remakes of Bawarchi was Govinda’s Hero No. 1.
#4 Bombay to Goa (1972)
Director – Mehmood, S. Ramanathan | IMDB – 6.8 | Amazon Prime
You may have experienced many films based on Road Trips whether it’s Highway or ZNMD but if you want to experience comedy road trip movie then do watch Bombay to Goa. Mehmood as an actor and director nailed his part for this movie.
Bombay to Goa is by far one of my favorite hindi comedy movie as I can watch it again and again without getting bored. Bombay to Goa was a remake of popular 1966 tamil film Madras to Pondicherry.
Bombay to Goa star cast includes Amitabh Bachchan, Aruna Irani, Mehmood, Shatrughan Sinha, Lalita Pawar, Keshto Mukherjee and Mehmood junior.
Best Old Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 1980 to 1990
#1 Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Director – Sai Paranjpye | IMDB – 8.1 | Amazon Prime
Farooq Shaikh is one of the most underrated actor of Bollywood who delivered some of the great performance in Hindi Comedy Movies. Chashme Buddoor is a movie about jealousy amongst friend and how 2 friends develops a plot to break love birds apart. Chashme Buddoor has some hilarious comedy scenes amongst friends which are still relatable in 21st century.
Chashme Buddoor has some brilliant cast including Farooq Shaikh, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani and Deepti Naval.
Chashme Buddoor remake was also made in 2013 with star cast Siddharth, Ali Zafar, Divyenduu and Tapsee Pannu.
#2 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
Director – Kundan Shah | IMDB – 8.4
If you are 90’s or 00’s kids and really want to explore Hindi Comedy Movies world then start with Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. It was a cult classic comedy movie of 80’s which made people crazy during that time.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro movie perfectly matches with today’s scenario. JBDY was satire comedy film based on corruption in Indian political system, Bureaucracy and business. This movie has some brilliant and wonderful cast starring Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Bhakti Barve and Neena Gupta.
The climax of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro movie is considered as one of the best in Hindi Comedy movies history. Don’t miss this evergreen movie and enjoy laughing riot with family.
#3 Chameli ki Shaadi (1986)
Director – Basu Chatterjee | IMDB – 7.5
Chameli ki Shaadi was the average movie at the box office but was critically acclaimed. This movie didn’t do well at the time of the release but over the years this movie developed some cult following and now considered as one of the best hindi comedy movie of 80’s.
Chameli ki Shaadi was the satire move on Indian caste system. In this Movie Anil Kapoor was aspire to be wrestler and fall in love with Amrita singh who was a daughter of coal depot owner but this affair opposed by family members as both were from different caste.
This movie is also considered as female centric movie because of Amrita singh’s role. Amrita Singh played young, headstrong and outspoken Chameli which is considered as her lifetime best performance till date.
#4 Kissi se na Kehna (1983)
Director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee | IMDB – 7.4 | Amazon Prime
Kissi se na kehna is best light comedy hindi film made by Hrishikesh Mukherjee starring Amol Palekar, Akhok Kumar, Vidya Sinha and Asrani. This movie is all about getting love without hurting her. Vidya Sinha was one of the most underrated actress starring in very few films at that time.
Ashok Kumar had guiding role in this film who trains Amol Palekar to win heart of Vidya Sinha. In this movie you will also see the little cameo of Amitabh Bachchan. This movie has very good comic scenes which are unforgettable. In this movie Asrani was also trying to get Vidya Sinha thus it makes it very interesting to see who gets the girl at the end.
Best Old Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 1990 to 2000
#1 Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
Director – Rajkumar Santoshi | IMDB – 8.1 | Netflix
Andaz Apna Apna probably the first blockbuster Hindi Comedy movie of 90’s. Andaz Apna Apna has all the super stars and best actors in the industry including Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor, Viju Khote and more.
Each and every scene of this movie was evergreen weather is Amar & Prem’s discussion about business in Bus, Police Station scene or even the Climax scene. Growing up in 90’s we realized that villain can be funny too after seeing Shakti Kapoor as Crime Master GoGo.
Many 90’s and 00’s kids may have felt ROFL moments after watching this movie first time. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, then open Netflix straight away and enjoy approx 3 hours of your life.
#2 Judwaa (1997)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6 | Voot
After Hrishikesh Mukherjee, David Dhawan was the director who made some very good comedy movies. David Dhawan collaborated with Govinda in many films during the 90’s and gave so many hits. Judwaa was exceptional case as this time David Dhawan collaborated with Salman Khan here and gave one of the biggest hit of 90’s.
Judwaa has comedy, action, dance and every pinch of entertainment which makes this movie complete blockbuster. Judwaa cast has some good actors including Salman Khan, Anupam Kher, Kader Khan, Rambha, Karishma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor and Mukesh Rishi.
#3 Dulhe Raja (1998)
Director – Harmesh Malhotra | IMDB – 6.6 | Voot
Govinda + Kader Khan + Johnny lever considered as best comedy trio in Bollywood film industry. Dulhe Raja movie will be remembered for it’s scenes and comic timings of Govinda and Kader Khan. Dulhe Raja movie has some very hit songs as well.
Govinda was the comedy king of 90’s era and Dulhe Raja was one of the biggest hit of his career. Dulhe Raja has good cast starring Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Kader Khan, Johnny Lever, Prem Chopra, Asrani and Mohnish Bahl.
#4 Hero No. 1 (1997)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.2 | Hotstar
Hero No. 1 was the remake of Bawarchi movie but with little change in base story. Govinda is playing the role of Industrialist’s son (Kader Khan) who fall in love with Karishma Kapoor. Govinda becomes servant in Karishma’s home to win hearts of their family members which produces great comedy content.
Hero No. 1 has also very good case including Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Paresh Rawal, Satish Shah, Tiku Talsania, Shakti Kapoor and many more. If you are fan of Govinda and David Dhawan duo then do watch this movie.
#5 Ishq (1997)
Director – Indra Kumar | IMDB – 6.9 | YouTube
Aamir Khan is one of the most underrated actors in comedy niche. Ishq movie was blockbuster on box office and collected good money. Ishq movie was romantic, comedy and action movie but it has some unforgotten comedy scenes which still makes us laugh thus we have added this movie as best comedy hindi movie of 90’s.
Ishq movie starring Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgan, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Dalip Tahil, Tiku Talsania and Johnny Lever.
#6 Chachi 420 (1997)
Director – Kamal Hassan | IMDB – 7.4 | YouTube
Chachi 420 movie was a remake of tamil film Avvai Shanmughi whch was also inspired from Hollywood movie Mrs. Doubfire. Chachi 420 was directed by great Kamal Hassan. Kamal Hassan made and acted in very few hindi films but all the movies were impactful weather it’s Chachi 420 or Hey Ram!.
Chachi 420 was the favorite movie of all kids in the 90’s as every kid loved Kamal Hassan in the role of Lakshmi Godbole. Chachi 420 was also the last movie of great Johnny Walker and he made his role quite memorable.
Chachi 420 cast includes Amrish Puri, Tabu, Fatima Sana Shaikh (Daughter), Om Puri and many more.
#7 Raja Babu (1994)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.3 | Hotstar
Raja Babu is again class hit movie of comedy duo David Dhawan and Govinda. Raja Babu is a remake of popular tamil film Raasukutti. Raja Babu includes some regular cast of David Dhawan movies like Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Aruna Irani, Shakti Kapoor and Prem Chopra.
Raja Babu is cult classic movie because we still remember the characters played by actors in this movie. Who can forget iconic character of Nandu played by Shakti Kapoor and his dialogue “Nandu Sabka Bandhu” and “Samajta nahi he yaar”.
First half of this movie is full of comedy where in second half you will witness some real drama and acting by all the characters.
#8 Aankhen (1993)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.7 | Hotstar
Aankhen was all time blockbuster movie at the box office. Aankhen was the highest grossing bollywood movie in 1993. It was also remade in Telugu as Pokiri Raja in 1995 starring Venkatesh and Ali.
Aankhen was the rise of Chunky pandey as he did brilliant in the movie. Govinda was starred as double role in this movie along with other cast members kader khan, Raageshwari, Ritu Shivpuri, Raj Babbar, Shilpa Shirodkar, Shakti Kapoor and Sadashiv Amrapurkar.
As per reports this movie was inspired by 1977 Kannada movie Kittu Puttu. Aankhen movie songs were also very hit composed by Bappi Lahiri.
#9 Coolie No 1 (1995)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.6
Coolie No 1 is classic cult hindi comedy film ever made in Bollywood. Kader khan is obviously renowned actor but very few people knows that he is brilliant writer as well. Coolie No. 1 movie was written by Kader Khan along with Rumi Jaffery.
Over the years Coolie No. 1 became sensation as it started appearing on television sets. Govinda received star screen award for “Performer of the decade” for his role in Coolie No 1. This movie also made Karishma Kapoor a huge star.
Coolie No 1 was a remake of the 1993 tamil film Chinna Mapillai. In 2020 David Dhawan has remade of his own film with his son Varun Dhawan along with Sara Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal.
#10 Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.4 | Hotstar
Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi is also David Dhawan film which is one of the most popular hindi comedy film of Akshay Kumar. Before Hera Pheri Akshay Kumar did few comedy films but Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi was hit amongst them. This movie was also remake of 1992 Telugu film Aa Okkati Adakku.
Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi was cult classic movie in which many renowned actors worked including Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Kader Khan, Satish Kaushik, Gulshan Grover and Paresh Rawal. This movie is still in people’s mind due to its climax where Akshay Kumar fights with big guy in the ring.
#11 Haseena Maan Jayegi (1999)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.2
1990’s officially belongs to David Dhawan as he gave many hit comedy movies to Bollywood. No doubt most of the comedy movies are remake from south Indian movies but still they made their mark in Bollywood. This movie was inspired by 1966 movie Pyar Kiye Jaa which itself remade of 1964 Tamil movie Kadhalikka Neramillai.
Haseena Maan Jayegi has milestone movie of Govinda’s career as it’s regarded as of the best performance ever by Govinda. In this movie many renowned and talented actors worked including Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Paresh Rawal, Anupan Kher, Kader Khan, Pooja Batra, Karishma Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and Ashish Vidyarthi.
If you want to lighten your mood then do watch Haseena Maan Jayegi.
#12 Deewana Mastana (1997)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.7
Deewana Mastana is super hit comedy film of 1997 made by David Dhawan. In this movie you will see Govinda along with Anil Kapoor in comic roles and they have nailed it. In this movie Anil Kapoor is playing the role of crook where as Bunnu (Govinda) is son of wealthy businessman. Both Anil Kapoor and Govinda fall in love with Juhi Chawla who is psychiatrist in this movie.
Both Anil Kapoor and Govinda trying their best to get Juhi Chawla and does various techniques which turns out to comedy errors every time. In this movie Salman Khan has also done his cameo.
#13 Biwi No. 1 (1999)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 5.7 | HotStar
If you love to see hindi comedy movies of 90s then we recommend you to watch either David Dhawan – Govinda movies or David Dhawan – Salman Khan movies. Biwi No. 1 movie is directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani. Biwi No. 1 Movie was a remake of 1995 Tamil movie Sathi Leelavathi.
Biwi No. 1 has also very big star cast including Karishma Kapoor, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Sushmita Sen and Tabu. This movie has some special appearance as well by Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan. This movie was made in 9 Cr and it has global collection of 52 crores which made this movie as the third highest grossing film of the year.
Best Old Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 2000 to 2010
#1 Hera Pheri (2000)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 8.2 | Voot
Hera Pheri is cult classic comedy hindi movie of all time and there is no doubt about it. Akshay Kumar was bored of doing action movies for quite a long time and then jumped to different genre with Hera Pheri. Clearly Akshay Kumar nailed his role as Raju in Hera Pheri along with Babu Bhaiya (Paresh Rawal) and Shyam (Sunil Shetty).
Hera Pheri became so hit that it’s meme still surfaces online till date. The story was epic and the direction of Priyadarshan was on point. Each and every actor of this movie gave their best performance.
Hera Pheri cast includes Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Gulshan Grover, Asrani, Om Puri, Mukesh Khanna and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
If you haven’t watched this movie and just seen the clips on internet then just watch this movie.
#2 Phir Hera Pheri (2006)
Director – Neeraj Vora | IMDB – 7 | Netflix
After the huge success of Hera Pheri, makers decided to release second part of this movie. Believe me or not Phir Hera Pheri was not disappoint at all as it was even bigger hit. Phir Hera Pheri was directed by much talented Neeraj Vora and this movie include some new characters including Rimi Sen, Bipasha Basu, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Milind Gunaji and much more.
Who can forget the iconic characters of this movie including Pappu (Rajpal Yadav), Munna Bhai (Johnny Level) and brilliant Kachra Seth (Manoj Joshi). Each and every scene of this movie is turned out to meme for today’s generation. Phir Hera Pheri movie make Akshay Kumar and God of Memes as so many memes of this movie are still viral on Internet.
#3 Akhiyon Se Goli Maare (2002)
Director – Harmesh Malhotra | IMDB – 5.1 | Amazon Prime
Akhiyon se Goli Maare is one of the most underrated hindi comedy movie of Govinda. Many Indian viewers may not have seen the full movie but they have seen some clips on television while watching it. This movie is super hit on television thus it became cult over the time.
Few of the comedy scenes of this movie are unforgettable weather it’s Bhangari’s dialogue delivery (Kader Khan) or Govinda’s speech and comic timings. You will fall in love with Raveena Tandon after watching this movie for sure as she looks super gorgeous in this movie.
If you really want to enjoy best climax of any hindi movie then do watch this movie along with Dulhe Raja. Kader Khan + Govinda + Johnny Lever are treat to watch in any hindi comedy movie.
#4 Hungama (2003)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 7.5 | Hotstar
After David Dhawan, Priyadarshan is the next super star director making some brilliant hindi comedy films. In early 2000 he made some brilliant comedy films which we still watch on television. Hungama film was remake of 1984 malayalam film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi.
Hungama movie has some good star cast including Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor.
In Hungama movie Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav had played brilliant and most memorable role of their career. This movie wouldn’t have been successful if there was no Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav.
#5 Munna Bhai MBBS (2003)
Director – Rajkumar Hirani | IMDB – 8.1 | Netflix
Munna Bhai MBBS is one of the best hindi comedy movie ever. This movie also gave one of the best director in Bollywood history and that’s Raj kumar hirani. Munna Bhai MBBS movie was the milestone in Hindi film industry as it was biggest box office hit at that time.
Munna Bhai MBBS had one of the finest cast including Sanjay Dutt, Arsad Warsi, Boman Irani, Jimmy Shergil, Gracy Singh and ever green Sunil Dutt. This movie was the last movie together for Sanjay Dutt and Sunil Dutt. Sanjay Dutt was very low in his bollywood career at that point and this movie actually boosted his popularity.
Munna Bhai MBBS had given us so much joy and specially introduced “Jadu ki Jappi” which is still very popular amongst friends. Arsad Warsi as Circuit will be remembered as one of the finest comedy role ever in the bollywood history. If you haven’t watched this movie then we recommend you to watch right away.
#6 Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Director – Rajkumar Hirani | IMDB – 8 | Netflix
After the immense hit of Munna Bhai MBBS, creators decided to make sequel of the movie. Raj Kumar Hirani was under pressure while making the story of next movie as he was eying for perfect release and wanted to make Munna Bhai series a hit one.
Raj Kumar Hirani was on point for Lage Raho Munna Bhai movie as well because it was even bigger hit then Munna Bhai MBBS. This movie was not the official sequel of the previous one as the story and cast was different compared to previous one. Only Munna Bhai and Circuit was the constant in this movie.
This movie will be remembered as one of the best movie to spread messages and learning of Mahatma Gandhi. In first part “Jadu ki Jhappi” was hit and in second part “Gandhigiri” became very popular amongst Indian people.
In this movie viewers praised the work of Vidhya Balan, Boman Irani and specially Dilip Prabhavalkar who played the role of Mahatma Gandhi. This movie is still very popular and people do watch occasionally.
#7 3 Idiots (2009)
Director – Rajkumar Hirani | IMDB – 8.4 | Netflix
3 Idiots was one of the highest grossing hindi movie of all time. 3 Idiots movie was written by Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. This duo first started working on script together from Lage Raho Munna Bhai and then Rajkumar Hirani was very comfortable working with Abhijat Joshi and from then he worked on all the movies together.
3 Idiots will be considered as one of the best hindi movie based on Education system. 3 Idiots movie was based on “Five Point Someone” novel by Chetan Bhagat. This movie has one of the finest bollwood actors including Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Kareena Kapoor and Boman Irani. Omi Vaidhya as Chatoor became the cult character due to his acting and dialogue delivery.
Boman Irani’s role as Virus and Aamir Khan’s role of Rancho are unforgettable till date. People goes to watch Rajkumar Hirani’s movie without second thought after what he did in Munna Bhai series.
If you want some good emotional, drama, story and comedy then do watch this movie as each scene of this movie are iconic.
#8 Bhool Bhulaiya (2007)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 7.3 | YouTube
Bhool Bhulaiya is the masterpiece movie made by Priyadarshan. This movie was the remake of 1993 Malayalam movie Manichitrathazhu. Bhool Bhulaiya became instant hit due to the story of this movie and specially Akshay Kumar and Vidhya Balan’s Acting.
Bhool Bhulaiya is not just comedy movie but it has some real good acting by all the actors. But some of the scenes of Akshay Kumar are very hilarious which makes this movie into this best hindi comedy movie list. Bhool Bhulaiya was also very popular due to it’s music given by Pritam. Each and every song of this movie were hit and still very popular.
#9 Dhamaal (2007)
Director – Indra Kumar | IMDB – 7.3 | Amazon Prime
Dhamaal was one of the super hit movie of 2007 and later became the cult hindi comedy film. Dhamaal Movie directed by Indra Kumar who directed films like Dil, Beta, Ishq and Raja in early 90’s. Indra Kumar then decided to jump into comedy movies and made Masti in 2004 which was moderately hit movie.
Dhamaal movie was the biggest hit made by Indra Kumar and had some very high profile star cast including Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffery. This movie will be remembered as the acting done by Asrani, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz and Manoj Pahwa.
Dhamaal gave some really good memes and it’s still viral on internet. Memes of Vijay Raaz are still popular on Internet. This movie will take you on comedy ride so, don’t miss this movie at all.
#10 Welcome (2007)
Director – Anees Bazmee | IMDB – 6.9 | Netflix
Anees Bazmee is one of the most underrated Bollywood director who gave some of the fabulous films over the years. Anees Bazmee was also writer in some of the cult movies including Laadla, Gopi Kishan, Aankhen, Bol Radha Bol and Raja Babu. Welcome movie was one of the biggest hit of 2007 starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal and Anil Kapoor.
This movie was cult movie due to it’s characters whether it’s Ghunghroo Sheth (Paresh Rawal), Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu Bhai (Anil Kapoor). Ever after so many years Majnu Bhai was cult character and people still shares his painting as meme on Internet.
Welcome movie was the last movie of the great Firoz Khan and his character of RDX is still very popular.
#11 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 6.7 | Amazon Prime
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi movie is all about true friendship and loveship. Mujhse Shaadi Karogi movie was directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Mujhse Shaadi Karogi movie was one of the most hilarious comedy movie ever and the reason behind it’s success purely goes to Akshay Kumar and his naughty acting.
Akshay Kumar by far one of the best comedy actor in Bollywood and his chemistry with Kader Khan in this movie was outstanding. Salman Khan in this movie fall in love with Priyanka Chopra but Akshay Kumar makes sure that he doesn’t get this girl. In this movie Amrish Puri played the vital role and it was his one of last movies.
#12 Garam Masala (2005)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 6.7 | Hotstar
Akshay Kumar delivered his one of the career best comic performance in Garam Masala movie. Garam Masala was underrated comedy movie at that time which became popular over the years.
Garam Masala movie was directed by one of the best director in comic genre Priyadarshan. This movie was a remake of Priyadarshan’s own movie Boeing Boeing.
This movie has so many comedy scenes which includes actors Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, John Abraham and Rajpal Yadav. In this movie Akshay Kumar manages multiple girlfriend at the same time in same house. Later his friend (John) comes to stay with him and all tragedy happens and slowly Akshay Kumar gets exposed of having multiple girl friends.
#13 Malamaal Weekly (2006)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 7
In Bollywood few films may have small openings or flopped at box office but later it got immense popularity over television or from OTT platforms. Malamaal Weekly movie was one of those movies which did well at box office but later become very popular amongst comedy movie lovers.
This movie doesn’t have popular or high-end actor but still did well due to Priyadarshan’s direction. Malamaal Weekly movie was remake of Waking Ned from 1998. This film later remade in Telugu and Malayalam as well.
This movie has some real good casting which includes Paresh Rawal, Veteran Om Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Reema Sen, Riteish Deshmukh, Arbaaz Khan and Asrani.
#14 Golmaal (2006)
Director – Rohit Shetty | IMDB – 7.4 | Amazon Prime
Here comes the much awaited comedy film of the last decade in the list of best hindi comedy movies of Bollywood. Rohit Shetty technically opened and introduced new kind of comedy movie to Indian audience. Golmaal was classic cult movie with new theme directed by super star director Rohit Shetty.
Ajay Devgan hardly done any comedy movie in his career before Golmaal but this movie sets the platform for Golmaal series. Golmaal has some fabulous star cast includes Ajay Devgan, Tushar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Arsad Warsi, Paresh Rawal, Manoj Joshi and Sanjay Mishra.
After this movie we can say that in Rohit Shetty’s film you will find certain actors for sure. After this movie you will surely see Sanjay Mishra in all of Rohit Shetty’s film. Golmaal series has total 4 films so far and awaiting for next part as well.
#15 De Dana Dan (2009)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 5.5 | Voot
De Dana Dan wasn’t hit at the box office but it was worth a watch. As per Wikipedia De Dana Dan was partial adaptation of Hollywood movie Screwed. De Dana Dan movie had some really good comic scenes.
De Dana Dan was directed by Priyadarshan so you can assume it will be good hindi comedy movie to watch. De Dana Dan has very huge star cast includes Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Katrina kaif, Sameera Reddy, Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia, Chunkey Pandey, Archana Puransingh, Johnny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Shakti Kapoor, Tinnu Anand, Asrani, Sharat Saxena and Rajpal Yadav.
#16 Masti (2004)
Director – Indra Kumar | IMDB – 6.1 | Amazon Prime
Till the year 2000 Bollywood isn’t known to product adult comedy movies. Masti was one of it’s kind adult comedy movie and it was hit at that time. Young people loved this movie due to double meaning talks and some good comedy scenes.
Masti Movie has also good star cast including Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdashani, Ajay Devgan and Lara Dutta.
#17 Hulchul (2004)
Director – Priyadarshan | IMDB – 7 | Amazon Prime
Priyadarshan’s movies are known for big and huge star cast. Hulchul movie wasn’t hit at box office but over the period of time it became cult amongst movie lovers due to it’s good story and direction.
Priyadarshan has few pre-defined actors for his movies and they delivers the best performance for the director. This movie star cast includes Amrish Puri, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Arbaaz Khan, Farah Naaz, Shakti Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, Asrani and many more. If you loves the big drama movies of Priyadarshan then do watch this movie as it will make you smile for sure.
#18 Khosla ka Ghosla (2006)
Director – Dibakar Banerjee | IMDB – 8.3
Along with 3 Idiots movie Khosla Ka Ghosla was one of the best comedy movie of that time. Never ever miss the movie by Dibakar Banerjee as his movie will be unique and treat to watch. In that time frame Bollywood started to produce some low budget and quality content movies which liked by Indian audience.
Khosla ka Ghosla movie was the directorial debut of Dibakar Banerjee and he nailed in his very first movie. This movie was the commercial success and also won the National Film award for Best Feature Film in Hindi at 54th National Film Awards.
This movie star cast includes Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey and Tara Sharma. Don’t miss this movie else you won’t be able to understand the real Indian cinema.
#19 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Director – Dibakar Banerjee | IMDB – 7.7 | Netflix
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Was the unluckiest movie ever in Bollywood. Shocked? Well, let me tell you that this movie was released at the time of terrorist attack in Mumbai thus it didn’t do well at the box office. At the time of its release whole India was looking at Mumbai as the attack was very big thus it was flop.
But when this movie appeared on screen it grabbed everyone’s attention. This movie was by far one of the best movie ever made in Bollywood and again it’s directed by much talented director Dibakar Banerjee. Abhay Deol gave his career best performance (Along with Dev D) in this comedy movie. If you haven’t watched this movie yet than you are missing true masterpiece.
#20 Bheja Fry (2007)
Director – Sagar Ballary | IMDB – 7.6
Bheja Fry was probably the first movie which was content driven movie and in low budget as well. Rajat Kapoor and Vinay Pathak are one of the most underrated actors in Bollywood and if you see both in single movie then it will surely big hit.
Bheja Fry movie was based on 1998 french movie named The Dinner Game. This movie was based on some unique story line and you should definitely watch this movie.
#21 Jajantaram Mamantaram (2003)
Director – Soumita Ranade | IMDB – 5.3 | Amazon Prime
Jajantaram Mamantaram is a cult action comedy movie starring most loved actor Javed Jaffrey. Jajantaram Mamantaram is possibly the most favorite comedy movie of 90’s kids. This movie is based on Jonathan Swift’s 1726 novel Gulliver’s Travels.
Javed Jaffrey is playing the role of mumbai based guy Aditya Pandit who shipwrecked on one island. This island has thumb sized people who thinks Aditya is a giant cruel who wants to eat everyone on this island. After discussion with Aditya they thought that he is harmless and they welcomed him. Island people also asked for help to defeat same giant named Jhamunda. Jhamunda has some shape-shifting power which makes him very dangerous. This movie has some very good comedy scenes loved by many people.
#22 No Entry (2005)
Director – Anees Bazmee | IMDB – 6.6 | Zee5
No Entry movie was the turning point movie in Salman Khan’s career which made him biggest superstar of this country. No Entry movie was directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Boney Kapoor. This movie was an official remake of 2002 Tamil movie Charlie Chaplin. No Entry movie was the highest grossing movie of 2005.
No Entry movie has one of the biggest star cast including Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol and Celina Jaitly. No Entry has so many comedy scenes which are still viral on YouTube and other social media channels. No Entry climax scene will still one of the most funny scene in the history of bollywood.
#23 Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005)
Director – David Dhawan | IMDB – 5.6 | Amazon Prime
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya is romantic comedy movie directed by David Dhawan. This movie also has the long star cast including Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif, Sohail Khan, Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav and Isha Koppikar.
This film is all about relationship and one womanizing doctor who gets stuck between two women. Salman khan is a prominent doctor and loves to get close with his female patients. When other women falls for him and tells him to marry her then Samir resists and says that he is already married. One day he fall in love with Katrina Kaif (Sonia) and lied that he has already wife and kids. Naina is his nurse and later acting as being the wife of Samir.
Samir already said so many lies to Sonia and whole family. This whole drama creates so many funny scenes and comedy which loved by everyone. The charm of Salman khan, Sohail khan and Arsad is fabulous in the movie. Sushmita Sen is heartthrob of every youngster then and now so, do watch this movie.
Best Old Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 2010 to 2020
#1 Desi Boyz (2011)
Director – Rohit Dhawan | IMDB – 5.7 | Available – Amazon Prime
Desi Boyz movie was the directorial debut of Rohit Dhawan who is son of popular and successful film director David Dhawan. Rohit Dhawan chosen his father’s footstep to direct comedy movie. Desi Boyz movie received mixed response from the audience as it was average at the box office.
But, this movie was loved by specific audience because of it’s subject and specially for Deepika Padukone. This movie has really good comic scenes between Akshay Kumar and John Abraham and you will love this movie. Songs of Desi Boyz movie were blockbuster and still runs in some clubs of India.
#2 Pyaar ka Punchnama (2011)
Director – Luv Ranjan | IMDB – 7.6 | YouTube
Pyaar ka Punchnama movie was totally “Hatke” movie directed by Luv Ranjan. This movie was big hit amongst the millennial because somehow story was connected to them. Pyaar ka Punchnama movie was story about 3 working bachelors fall in love with girl but the twists and turn developed some really emotional drama and funny moments.
Pyaar ka Punchnama has new cast members including Kartik Aaryan, Divyendu, Raayo, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Raj Sharma and Sonnalli Seygall. People loved the monologue of Kartik Aaryan from this movie and it hit you really hard if you listen it.
#3 Bareilly ki Barfi (2017)
Director – Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | IMDB – 7.5 | Netflix
If you really want to enjoy some content driven movie then do watch Bareilly ki Barfi. This movie gave the organic and natural feeling of comedy and each character of this movie are so lovable. This movie was based on based on Nicolas Barreau’s novel, The Ingredients of Love. This movie was one of the most commercial success movies of 2017 and also won several awards at filmfare awards. This movie has some really good star cast including Kriti Sanon, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and Seema Pahwa.
#4 Ready (2011)
Director – Anees Bazmee | IMDB – 4.8 | Hotstar
Ready movie is directed by Anees Bazmee and is one of the highest grossing movie of 2011. Ready movie was the official remake of 2008 Telugu movie with the same name. This film has long list of star cast including Salman Khan, Asin, Paresh Raval, Mahesh Majrekar, Manoj Pahwa, Manoj Joshi, Puneet Issar, Sharat Saxena, Sudesh Lehri and so on.
Ready movie received much love because of it’s music and comedy. Dance Steps of Salman Khan on Dhinka Chika song is still very popular and people do this hook step so often.
#5 Fukrey (2013)
Director – Mrigdeep Singh Lamba | IMDB – 6.9 | Hotstar
Fukrey is one of the most unique comedy movies of Bollywood with some unusual cast. Fukrey brings fresh comedy to the bollywood movie industry as it has some fabulous starcast including Richa Chadha as Bholi, Pankaj Tripathi as Pandit, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal and Pulkit Samrat.
In this movie 4 main male lead characters Hunny, Choocha, Lali and Zafar wants to make quick money and they approach notorious bholi to invest in their plan, But, some how they lost all her money and bholi warned them to come up with another plan or face the consequences. In this movie the comedy of Choocha aka Varun Sharma and Pandit ji is mind blowing. The main character of this movie was Choocha who has a unique quality which means if he see anything in his dream then it happens in real life as well. The entire movie is surrounding to that dream sequence only.
Fukrey is the best bollywood movie to watch during the weekend time seating comfortably at the couch.
#6 Vicky Donor (2012)
Director – Shoojit Sircar | IMDB – 7.8 | Amazon Prime
Vicky Donor is a classic hindi comedy movie of this era with bold script and new comer actors in Bollywood. Vicky Donor movie was directed by Shoojit Sircar and it made under the maiden production of John Abraham.
Vicky Donor movie was the debut movie of Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam. In this movie Annu Kapoor is playing the role of Dr. Baldev Chaddha who runs one fertility clinic and sperm bank and looking for healthy sperm donor and his find comes to an end when he meets Vicky Donor. In this movie you can experience the funny and best acting by Vicky’s mom and grandmother as well. Vicky Donor was a complete entertainment package to watch during the free time.
#7 Son of Sardar (2012)
Director – Ashwani Dhir | IMDB – 4.1 | Hotstar
When Son of Sardar movie released it has some mixed reaction from the audience thus you will see very low movie ratings on IMDB. But, I loved the movie and specially Ajay Devgan. Ajay Devgan is playing the role of Jassi Randhava who lives in London and receives letter from Punjab Government to buy his property. When Jassi comes to Punjab then he meets Sukhmeet (Sonakshi Sinha) and falls in love with her on train.
Upon reaching to Punjab he meets Billu (Balwinder Singh) and he invites Jassi to him. Slowly story gets uncovered and found that Jassi and Billu’s family are enemies and Billu was waiting for Jassi to come to Punjab and kills him to avenge the death of his father. But billu has one rule that guest in the house should never be harmed. The movie has very comic scenes which are still viral on YouTube and other social media channels.
Best New Hindi Bollywood Comedy Movies of 2021-2024
#1 Lootcase (2020)
Director – Rajesh Krishnan | IMDB – 7.1 | Hotstar
Lootcase is one of the best bollywood comedy movie released in 2020 and it defines the acting talent and comic timing of Kunal Khemu. Kunal Khemu is one of the most underrated bollywood actor with super comic timing and also famous for his dark role in web series Abhay.
In Lootcase movie Kunal Khemu is playing the role of Nandan kumar who is a middle class man and finds one suitcase with ample amount of money. After seeing the Suitcase with full of money Nandu steals it and hides it in his home. Soon he was chased by police officer, notorious gangster and a corrupt politician. Vijay Raaz, Ranvir Shorey and Gajraj Rao was the brilliant in this movie and playing significant role behind the success of the movie.
#2 Ludo (2020)
Director – Anurag Basu | IMDB – 7.6 | Netflix
Ludo is one of the best bollywood comedy movie by Anurag Basu and it received appreciation from all the sides. The only sad thing about Ludo movie was that it was released directly on OTT platform rather in theatres due to Covid times.
In this movie there is a long list of starcast including talented Pankaj Tripathi (Sattu), Abhishek Bachchan (Bittu), Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur (Akash), Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Malhotra (Shruti) and many more. This movie has 4 different stories which ended up coming on one platform.
In this movie Sattu is playing the role of don and wants to settle his score with Bittu. Akash and Shruti is a couple who finds out that someone uploaded their intimate video on the internet and they began finding the real culprit. Sheeja Thomas (Malyali Nurse) and Rahul Awasthi who gets bullied by his boss on regular period found the sattu’s treasure and they tries to escape with the money. All these stories has series of funny events, moments and what not which makes this movie as one of the best comedy movie of bollywood.
#3 Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023)
Director – Yashowardhan Mishra | IMDB – 6.7 | Netflix
Kathal is one of the best hindi comedy movie of 2023 released on Netflix. The story of Kathal is all about Kathal (Jackfruit) tree which has been disappeared from one Politician’s Garden overnight. One young police woman received this case of finding the Kathal tree and trying to solve this strange case and prove herself worthy to her position.
Each character of this movie did class job and many scenes are so good to watch with fresh satire and comedy. Music of Kathal movie was given by Ram Sampath and lyrics are written by Ashok Mishra.
