{"id":5609,"date":"2021-09-13T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2022-03-04T20:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:53:45","slug":"top-10-bollywood-movies-that-are-not-musicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2021\/09\/13\/top-10-bollywood-movies-that-are-not-musicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Bollywood Movies that are NOT Musicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is not easy to imagine a Bollywood film without any song or a dance sequence. Many hit songs have made Bollywood films successful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That is why most of them are equated with musicals, as they have songs and dance sequences to carry the plot or make them more entertaining. Some even have &#8216;item numbers&#8217; to attract a larger audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, some movies have taken a plunge to avoid including songs or dance sequences in them. We will discuss ten such films that are not musicals in our listicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Iqbal\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/movies\/details\/iqbal\/0-0-2383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iqbal<\/a> is an excellent movie that tells the tale of a young boy from a remote village who is hard of hearing and without speech. He has a passion for cricket and dreams of playing on the Indian cricket team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He takes a step toward it by seeking training from an alcoholic (a role played by Naseeruddin Shah) who was once a great cricketer. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This 2005 film is an emotional movie where you watch Iqbal (a character played by Shreyas Talpade) strive for his goals even with the many obstacles in his path that only get worse to achieve because his father disapproves of it. Iqbal&#8217;s director is Nagesh Kukunoor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Watch Iqbal on ZEE5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/movies\/details\/iqbal\/0-0-2383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro<\/span><\/h4>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x1vBTOA3zE0]\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kundan Shah\u2019s black comedy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/Jaane-Bhi-Do-Yaaro\/0LY1WBQYNWLQT6CNJQ0SR2F4J1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro<\/a> is a satire on bureaucracy and corruption. It is a cult classic starring Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Satish Shah, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Kaushik, Neena Gupta, Ashok Banthia, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In this 1983 film, two friends &#8211; Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir Mishra (Ravi Baswani) start their photo studio and are eventually employed by a newspaper editor of &#8220;Khabardar&#8221; to expose the scandalous activities of the rich and famous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They start working with the Editor on a story exposing some shady dealings. One day, they accidentally photograph a murder and must fight to reveal the guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Watch Jaane Bhi Do yaaro on Amazon prime video &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/Jaane-Bhi-Do-Yaaro\/0LY1WBQYNWLQT6CNJQ0SR2F4J1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Lunchbox<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lunchbox- OFFICIAL TRAILER- ON BLU-RAY and DIGITAL\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJxLudSPxsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/in\/title\/70278932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lunchbox<\/a> is a 2013 film written, edited, and directed by Ritesh Batra in which an unlikely mistake by Mumbai&#8217;s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system called\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">dabbawalas<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0sparks an unusual friendship between a housewife, Ila, and an older man, Saajan, who is a widower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When Ila prepares a delicious meal for her husband, Rajeev Sehgal, and sends it via the Mumbai dabbawalas, the lunchbox gets delivered to Saajan Fernandes instead due to a mix-up. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Because of this Ila writes a letter to Saajan about the confusion and sends it in the lunchbox, which marks the beginning of their friendship. This film&#8217;s main cast stars Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>watch the lunchbox on Netflix &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/in\/title\/70278932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kaun<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaun Trailer | English Subtitles | Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sushant Singh |Ram Gopal Verma\" width=\"702\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kO9uwkjOttg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A young woman (Urmila Matondkar), alone in her house, becomes afraid when she hears her doorbell ring while she watches the news of a serial killer on the loose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She then meets two strangers (Manoj Bajpayee and Sushant Singh) at her door who may or may not be who they claim to be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kaun-Urmila-Matondkar\/dp\/B000MD1IKG\">Kaun<\/a> (which translates to &#8220;Who?&#8221; in English) is a 1999 psychological thriller movie written by Anurag Kashyap. It is directed by Ram Gopal Varma and features actors Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, and Sushant Singh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Ruka-Hua-Faisla-Deepak-Kejriwal\/dp\/B00870OF10\">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla<\/a> is a 1986 drama\/thriller that follows a murder trial. Twelve jury members debate over this trial, and only one juror is convinced that the convict is not guilty of the crime. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So, he tries to convince the rest of the jurors of the same. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla is directed by Basu Chatterjee and stars Pankaj Kapur, Annu Kapoor, K.K Raina, Amitabh Srivastava, and more are a part of the main cast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pushpak Vimana<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pushpak Vimana (Flower Chariot in English) is a 1987 silent film written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> It was released with different titles for different regions &#8211; with its original title &#8216;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pushpaka Vimana&#8217;<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in Karnataka, &#8216;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pushpak-Kamal-Haasan\/dp\/B07Y8V19SF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pushpak<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(which means Flower in English) in Hindi-speaking regions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is a black comedy film which revolves around an unemployed young man who dreams of living a luxurious life. He encounters a drunk rich man unconscious lying in the sewer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> However, things change when he takes his identity after keeping him prisoner to get a taste of his lifestyle. Pushpak Vimana stars Kamal Haasan leading an ensemble cast that includes Amala Akkineni, Samir Khakhar, Tinu Anand, and more!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Wednesday\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Wednesday I Official Trailer 2008 I Naseeruddin Shah I Anupam Kher I Jimmy Shergil\" width=\"702\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LGfwASavWNQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Directed by Neeraj Pandey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/th-en\/title\/70107499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Wednesday<\/a> is a 2008 thriller about a retiring police officer Prakash Rathod who recalls the most memorable case of his career and narrates the sequence of events that unfolded on a Wednesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This case continues to haunt his memories as it was never filed or recorded on any official paperwork but yet remains in the minds of those individuals involved, willingly or unwillingly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Its main cast featured Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Shergill, Deepal Shaw, and Aamir Bashir. This film was a sleeper hit because of word of mouth, which means when word spread about the quality of this film, people started going to the theaters to see it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Wednesday also inspired a Sri Lankan English remake titled &#8216;A Common Man&#8217; (2013), as well as the Tamil and Telugu simultaneously made films &#8216;Unnaipol Oruvan&#8217; and &#8216;Eeenadu&#8217; (both 2009).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Watch a Wednesday on Netflix &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/th-en\/title\/70107499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Black\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Smd_xZHCCzI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Smd_xZHCCzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This Amitabh Bachan and Rani Mukherjee starrer follow the relationship between a girl (who cannot see or hear) and her elderly teacher who eventually develops Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Black-Amitabh-Bachchan\/dp\/B0010B67TG\">Black<\/a> is a 2005 film wherein Amitabh Bachchan&#8217;s character (Debraj Sahai), who plays a teacher, explores the potential of Michelle McNally (Rani Mukherjee) and attempts to bring a ray of light into her dark world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>watch black on amazon prime video &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Black-Amitabh-Bachchan\/dp\/B0010B67TG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Madras caf\u00e9<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vikram (John Abraham), an Indian Intelligence Agent visits Sri Lanka on a secret mission in this 2013 Thriller\/Action movie. This movie was directed by the &#8216;Piku&#8217; (2015) and &#8216;Vicky Donor&#8217; (2012) Director Shoojit Sircar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is set in the early 1980s and late 1990s when Vikram travels to a war-torn coastal island and finds himself entangled in a civil war as well as a conspiracy to kill the former Prime Minister of India. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/in\/title\/70293703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madras Caf\u00e9<\/a> stars John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Raashi Khanna, Siddharth Basu, Prakash Belawadi, and Ajay Rathnam among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Watch Madras Cafe on Netflix &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/in\/title\/70293703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Khosla Ka Ghosla<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This movie is Dibakar Banerjee&#8217;s directorial debut and features film stars including Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, and more in the lead roles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;Khosla Ka Ghosla&#8217; which translates to &#8216;Khosla&#8217;s Nest&#8217; is a black comedy that follows Kamal Kishore Khosla (Anupam Kher), his family as well as friends&#8217; efforts to reclaim their plot of land that has been seized by a greedy man named Khurana (Boman Irani).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/movies\/details\/Khosla_Ka_Ghosla?id=e9176Zru1A8&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khosla Ka Ghosla<\/a> is about Khosla&#8217;s dream to own a house, alike every middle-class person. But, he is cheated when he attempts to make his dreams come true. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following this, the Khosla family and friends come together to regain the property from the land-grabber Khurana.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Watch Khosla Ka Ghosla on Google Play &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/movies\/details\/Khosla_Ka_Ghosla?id=e9176Zru1A8&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are a great many musical movies in Bollywood with catchy songs and iconic dance sequences. However, there are some that do away with them and our listicle mentions some that\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">entice the masses with their amazing storyline, fascinating plot, and excellent cast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Read &#8216;A BIG List Of Fun Things To Do Online&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2021\/06\/21\/__trashed\/\">HERE<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not easy to imagine a Bollywood film without any song or a dance sequence. Many hit songs have made Bollywood films successful. That is why most of them are equated with musicals, as they have songs and dance sequences to carry the plot or make them more entertaining. Some even have &#8216;item numbers&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2021\/09\/13\/top-10-bollywood-movies-that-are-not-musicals\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":184965154,"featured_media":6684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4761,4762],"tags":[1391],"coauthors":[5154],"class_list":["post-5609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pop-culture","category-tv-and-movies","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184965154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}