Movies like Ahista Ahista (2006)
The best movies like Ahista Ahista (2006) are Parineeta (2005), Saajan (1991) and Nobody Has to Know (2022). If Ahista Ahista hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedVeer-Zaara (2004)7.5/10 from 326 votes
- NewestMaqam (2025)Released 2025
- In HindiParineeta (2005)Also in Hindi
Parineeta (2005)
Childhood sweethearts Lalita and Shekhar wish to get married someday. However, Shekhar's growing suspicions about Lalita coupled with his conniving father's antics threaten to tear them apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaajan (1991)
Breaking conventional barriers, a poor, disabled orphan befriends the son of a wealthy businessman. However, their friendship is put to the test after both friends fall in love with the same woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNobody Has to Know (2022)
After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Ring of Endless Light (2002)
When 15-year-old Vicky Austin, her sister Suzy and little brother Rob visit their grandfather on Seven Bay Island, Vicky faces several unexpected challenges. Her beloved grandfather, retired Reverend Eaton, seems to be seriously ill, but tries to pretend that nothing is wrong. Vicky met the rich but emotionally troubled Zachary Gray the previous summer, and he reappears to renew the acquaintance. Another boy, 17-year-old Adam Eddington, recruits Vicky to help him with a research project, working with a dolphin called Basil. Vicky discovers she can communicate telepathically with the dolphin and his mate - and possibly with Adam as well
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wedding March (2016)
When former college sweethearts Olivia Pershing and Mick Turner are unexpectedly reunited the weekend of Olivia's wedding, the former couple initially locks horns but as the events of the weekend unfold, Olivia and Mick find old feelings rising to the surface. Will the bride-to-be walk down the aisle as planned or will she decide to give her first love a second chance?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDhadkan (2000)
Anjali and Dev are in love with each other and plan to marry, but her family gets her married to Ram. Years later, Dev shows up to reunite with Anjali, however, she has fallen in love with Ram.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lost Husband (2020)
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001)
Raj and Priya are newly married. Priya is heavy with children, but due to unexpected circumstances, she loses her child and is unable to conceive again. Enter Madhoo, a prostitute who is willing to become surrogate mother for the couple. Their relationship becomes entangled with love triangle when Madhoo falls in love with Raj.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisShiddat (2021)
Love-struck Jaggi can cross the seven seas for his dream girl, Kartika. Even if it means stopping her wedding as he doesn't want to be friend-zoned.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrangers When We Meet (1960)
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlamingo Road (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSir (2018)
A prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a fashion designer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPeter Ibbetson (1935)
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSalome (1953)
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisKitty Foyle (1940)
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSaathiya (2002)
A couple elopes to get married and set up home hoping that just love will do the trick - but that's just the beginning of their story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSatyaprem Ki Katha (2023)
A middle-class boy in Ahmedabad, Satyaprem falling in one-sided love with Katha, who is coping with her breakup with Tapan. Through the journey, they discover each other's life and complement in accomplishing what was left halfway.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaal (1999)
Businessman Manav falls for aspiring singer, Mansi, but their romance faces an uphill climb when Manav must depart and Mansi's suave manager moves in.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKaanchi (2014)
Kaanchi movie is a musical thriller with a love story. It is a story of the inner power of a woman who represents millions of suppressed youth against unjust in the country. It is also the story of an innocent rural beauty and her fight against power.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Heyy Babyy (2007)
Three womanisers find a baby left at their doorstep. Chaos ensues as they try to contact their former girlfriends to determine who is the father amongst them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisAśoka (2001)
A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVeer-Zaara (2004)
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChalte Chalte (2003)
A man pursues a woman who is already engaged and eventually gets married to her. Differences between the two lead to a bitter separation that threatens to destroy their relationship forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHum Tum (2004)
The encounters of two people who run into each other on several occasions under circumstances ranging from friendly to hostile to loving. Along many years and countless run-ins, the two despise each other, befriend each other, and fall in love with each other—in no particular order.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeti No. 1 (2000)
This warmhearted comedy takes place in a household completely dominated by Durga Bhatnagar, an imposing matriarch who's desperate for a grandson and heir.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Titli (2015)
A young man in Delhi tries to break free from his controlling, criminal brothers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaqam (2025)
A cinematic tribute to the art of fighting.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ahista Ahista?
The closest matches to Ahista Ahista are Parineeta (2005), Saajan (1991) and Nobody Has to Know (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ahista Ahista?
Start with Parineeta (2005), the closest match to Ahista Ahista.
What is the highest-rated movie like Ahista Ahista?
Veer-Zaara (2004), rated 7.5/10 by 326 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ahista Ahista?
Maqam (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Ahista Ahista?
Yes: Parineeta (2005), Saajan (1991) and Dhadkan (2000).
How are movies similar to Ahista Ahista chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ahista Ahista, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.