Dialogues (Modern Classics)
This 2019 military action film popularized the call-and-response “How’s the josh?”
What is Uri: The Surgical Strike?
Ranveer Singh’s rapper avatar made this anthem a nationwide hit in 2019, asserting that “Apna Time Aayega” (our time will come).
What is “Apna Time Aayega”?
A mute little girl from Pakistan gets lost in India, and a devout man embarks on a cross-border journey to reunite her with her mother in this 2015 blockbuster.
What is Bajrangi Bhaijaan?
For this 2016 sports biopic, Aamir Khan famously gained about 25 kg to play his character’s older self, then shed the weight to portray the younger version later in the film.
What is Dangal?
In this 2018 Netflix thriller, Inspector Sartaj Singh receives a cryptic phone call from fugitive Ganesh Gaitonde warning that Mumbai will be destroyed in 25 days, setting off a race against time.
What is Sacred Games?
In a 1987 classic, the villain Mogambo exults “Mogambo khush hua!” to express his satisfaction.
What is Mr. India?
Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra danced with swag to this Punjabi party song from 2016’s Baar Baar Dekho, all about rocking those stylish sunglasses.
What is “Kala Chashma”?
An aging former wrestler, disappointed at having no son, ends up training his two daughters to become world-class champions in this inspiring 2016 biographical drama.
What is Dangal?
The lead actors of this 2022 fantasy epic fell in love on set and even got married shortly before the film’s release – art imitating life for Shiva and Isha!
What is Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva?
This gritty Amazon Prime series set in Uttar Pradesh made “Kaleen Bhaiya” and “Guddu” household names as it chronicles a bloody father-son vendetta in the lawless town of Mirzapur.
What is Mirzapur?
This 2018 Bollywood sequel became a meme legend thanks to the cringe-worthy line, “Our business is our business. None of your business.”
What is Race 3?
Arijit Singh’s soulful 2016 ode to unrequited love plays during a wedding scene in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, leaving everyone teary-eyed.
What is “Channa Mereya”?
A blind pianist – who may not be as blind as he appears – becomes the sole witness to a murder, sparking a darkly comic thriller in this 2018 film.
What is Andhadhun?
This two-part epic film series (2015–17) demanded such commitment that its lead star, Prabhas, devoted five years to the project – not signing any other movies (or even marrying) until it was complete.
What is the Baahubali series?
A middle-class Mumbai man secretly works as a top spy, juggling thwarting terrorists with school pick-ups and marriage counseling in this hit Amazon Prime show.
What is The Family Man?
A politician sneers “Beta, tumse na ho payega” (“Son, you can’t do it”) in this 2012 crime epic – a line now used to mock failure in everyday life.
What is Gangs of Wasseypur?
This 2015 Kanika Kapoor dance hit (the title means “fair wrists”) had everyone from weddings to clubs showing off their bangles to its catchy beat.
What is “Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan”?
A vigilante and his lookalike son (both played by the same star) unite to take down corrupt officials, using high-tech heists as their weapon, in this 2023 action blockbuster.
What is Jawan?
This actor isolated himself for 21 days and kept a character diary to channel the unhinged Sultan Alauddin Khilji in Padmaavat (2018) – and his terrifying performance earned him rave reviews.
Who is Ranveer Singh?
Pratik Gandhi shot to fame portraying stockbroker Harshad Mehta in this 2020 SonyLIV series about the notorious 1990s stock market scam.
What is Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story?
“I don’t like violence… I avoid it… but violence likes me,” declares Rocky in a 2022 Kannada blockbuster dubbed in Hindi.
What is K.G.F: Chapter 2?
The first Indian film song to win an Oscar (2023), this high-energy RRR track had audiences worldwide trying to replicate its fast-paced hook step.
What is “Naatu Naatu”?
After her husband slaps her once at a party, a woman files for divorce, forcing everyone around them to question the line between “adjustment” and self-respect in this 2020 social drama.
What is Thappad?
This Netflix crime drama, based on the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, became the first Indian series to win an International Emmy Award for Best Drama (2020).
What is Delhi Crime?
An engineering graduate reluctantly takes a job as a village Panchayat secretary, only to find humor, friendship, and insight into rural India in this heartwarming 2020 Amazon series.
What is Panchayat?