8 popular Bollywood political thrillers

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Article 370 (2024)

Starring Yami Gautam, this movie is set against the backdrop of Jammu and Kashmir's special status being revoked, which is also known as the abrogation of Article 370.

Madras Cafe (2013)

John Abraham plays the title character in Shoojit Sircar's political action thriller, Madras Cafe. The movie takes place in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when India was engaged in the civil war in Sri Lanka.

The Kashmir Files (2022)

Vivek Agnihotri is the film director of this movie, which is the fictitious tale of the 1990 exodus of Hindu Kashmiris from Indian-administered Kashmir.

Indu Sarkar (2017)

Madhur Bhandarkar is the director of this historical political thriller. The film takes place in India during the 1975–1977 emergency. Kirti Kulhari plays the main role in the movie.

Bastar: The Naxal Attack (2024)

Sudipto Sen is the director of this political thriller, which stars Adah Sharma in the lead. The Naxalite-Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district serves as the background for the movie.

Raajneeti (2010)

Director Prakash Jha's 2010 political thriller follows Samar, a political family's son, who moves to the US. But his plans change after his father passes away and enters politics.

The Accidental Prime Minister (2019)

Vijay Ratnakar Gutte is the director of this political film that stars Anupam Kher as Dr. Manmohan Singh, who led the United Progressive Alliance as India's 13th prime minister from 2004 to 2014.

Thackeray (2019)

This biographical film charts the meteoric rise of Bal Thackeray, the founder of the far-right Shiv Sena party, from a controversial cartoonist to an influential politician.