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10 Best Movies Like Dil Chahta Hai

If you loved Dil Chahta Hai, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Rockstar

Rockstar

2011★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dil Chahta Hai for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

College student Janardhan is a simpleton who desperately seeks inspiration for the musician inside him. Although heartbreak helps him reach his goal, it also leads him to self-dest...

#2
Mangal Pandey - The Rising

Mangal Pandey - The Rising

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dil Chahta Hai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey...

#3
Talvar

Talvar

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dil Chahta Hai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their...

#4
Malik

Malik

2021★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dil Chahta Hai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while beh...

#5
Kaminey

Kaminey

2009★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dil Chahta Hai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a `get rich quick' scheme and the other finds there is a price on h...

#6
Raincoat

Raincoat

2004★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dil Chahta Hai for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living....