Movies Similar to Pappu Can't Dance Saala

City of Gold(2010)

Today, there is hardly anyone who hasn't visited the swanky shopping malls, nightclubs, lounge bars, clubs and other such lifestyle destinations that sprung up across the centre of Mumbai. However, very few know that buried deep below these glittering edifices to consumerism lies the dark, dirty and painful reality of many thousands of mill workers who once worked the cotton mills in this very same area. Rising and toiling to the wail of the mill sirens each and every day, seven days a week, these workers embodied the true unbridled zeal and unflagging spirit of the city and played a pivotal role in the evolution of Mumbai as the modern day business capital of India. And then it suddenly was as if they never existed. Following the mill workers strike in the mid-80s, these mills began closing down rapidly and the mill-workers mysteriously disappeared...

5.3

Kushti(2010)

The film Kushti is the story of a small village in Northern India where wrestling is a popular sport and an important wrestling match is held every year. Ever year rivals Avtar Singh (Sharat Saxena) and Jiten Singh (Om Puri) try to beat each other in the wrestling match and gain the trusteeship of the village. Rama (Rajpal Yadav) plays the role of a village simpleton and a post-master. It filled with misunderstandings and misconceptions, of hidden identities and secret love-affairs and the outcome is simply hilarious. The movie begins to take a turn when a certain someone delivers a secret package in the wrong hands. Especially someone, who is bound to take advantage and manipulate the real owner of the package.

3.5

Pankh(2010)

Maradona Rebello grows up playing a girl in popular Hindi films on the behest of his ambitious and dominant mother, Lillete Dubey. This results in a confused gender identity for the young boy who tries to build his film career, once again, when he grows up. This time, as a hero? Does he succeed?

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Well Done Abba(2010)

This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month's leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is delayed and returns to work after three months, his employer threatens to sack him. But he is persuaded to listen to the reason for Armaan Ali's delay. The story he relates is delightful, hilarious -- and poignant.

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Janwar(1965)

The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than he wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.

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Return Ticket(2024)

Kunal endeavours indefatigably to win his mother's endearment but is stunned to know that he is a byproduct of a gang rape and he resembles one of the assailants. Now spruced up to take revenge against the savages who are now bigtime officials who remain assured that having no traces of a crime of yore can never stop them.

5.6

Chargesheet(2011)

The story revolves around the murder case of an actress.

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Gandhi, My Father(2007)

Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraught and resorts to alcoholism.

5.3

Gangster(2006)

An alcoholic barmaid is distraught when her former lover, a notorious gangster, re-enters her life. She is forced to relive painful past experiences and choose between the gangster and a pleasant singer she has found comfort in.

6.8

Chal Chala Chal(2009)

Pune-based widower Omkar Nath used to work as a Headmaster with a local school. When he was fired, his son, Deepak, hired a lawyer to sue the school. The school was represented by none other than Omkar's live-in son-in-law, Vinayak Agrawal. After some years the Court finally came to a decision and the verdict was in favor of Omkar. However, since the school had no funds, it was directed to surrender it's school bus in lieu of wages. Deepak takes charge of this bus, finds out it's dilapidated and makes it roadworthy. He also decides to ply in on the Sonawadi - Ratna Chowk route, not knowing that his problems are just about to start.

5.5

Paathshaala(2010)

A new English school teacher ends up leading both teachers and students to revolt against the school management.

4.9

Bumm Bumm Bole(2010)

Khogiram and his wife are poor and can barely afford to get school uniforms and books for their children Pinaki and Rimzim. Things worsen when Pinaki misplaces Rimzim's only pair of shoes. Pinaki begs Rimzim not to tell about this to their parents and promises to fix his mistake by coming third in a marathon for which the prize is a brand new pair of sneakers.

7.2

Kites(2010)

A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.

7.2

#Homecoming(2022)

A group of "friends" and "misfits", who had formed a popular yet short-lived youth theatre group, reunite for the first time after seven years on an eventful Durga Pujo night at their old rehearsal space, a bungalow which is about to be converted into Kolkata's first five-star heritage hotel by the Ganges.

5.0

Happi(2019)

Happi is a comedy drama that tells the amazing story of survival of a social misfit set in Mumbai. The film is all about a man, who is content with what he earns as his needs are few and thus, he is comfortable being a misfit. He earns by making people laugh as well as by singing at Cafe Bombay.

8.0

Raajneeti(2010)

It is the story of a fiercely fought election campaign, where money power and corruption are the accepted norms, and where treachery and manipulation are routinely used weapons. As the personal drama of these conflict-ridden characters unfolds against this gritty backdrop, love and friendship become mere baits, and relationships get sacrificed at the altar of political alignments. The darkness that rises from their souls threatens to envelope all that they hold precious. Until eventually, in the crescendo of increasing violence, the line between good and evil blurs, making it impossible to distinguish heroes from villains. Raajneeti is the story of Indian democracy. And its ugly underside. It is about politics. And beyond.

6.3

Qarib Qarib Singlle(2017)

Yogi and Jaya, who have polar opposite personalities and sensibilities, meet via an online dating app. This encounter turns into so much more when the two travel to Rishikesh.

7.0

Tera Intezaar(2017)

Tera Intezaar (English: I'm waiting for you) Veer is a gifted yet undiscovered painter. Serendipity brings him next to Rounak, an art gallery owner. Upon seeing his paintings and interacting with him, Rounak falls in love with Veer. However, when she introduces Veer to some of her clients, Veer mysteriously disappears. Unable to cope with the loss, Rounak sets out to uncover the truth.

2.0

5 Rifles(1974)

An Indian ruler struggles to rescue her family and liberate her land from the British.

6.5

Char Dil Char Rahen(1959)

Three love stories that take place simultaneously but do not intersect, because the characters do not interact with each other, even though they all live in the same neighborhood. Govinda, a gloomy Airai boy who was cruelly separated from his beloved girlfriend, Chalvi, who was expelled from the village. Johnny Braganza, a waiter who has just been released from prison after being unjustly accused of falsifying the accounts of the hotel owner, Ferrara, who successfully seduces Johnny's girlfriend, Stella. Now he is setting up a car garage at the same intersection.

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