Movies like Shikara (2020)
The best movies like Shikara (2020) are Raanjhanaa (2013), Lootera (2013) and Gustaakh Ishq (2025). If Shikara 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 ratedThe Lunchbox (2013)7.4/10 from 861 votes
- NewestGustaakh Ishq (2025)Released 2025
- In HindiRaanjhanaa (2013)Also in Hindi
Raanjhanaa (2013)
A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLootera (2013)
In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGustaakh Ishq (2025)
On a pursuit to save his father's printing press in the heart of Purani Delhi, a man becomes a disciple of a revered poet and falls in love with his daughter. Torn between his love and honoring his mentor, he must make a choice that could change his life forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)
Tough ex-convict Inder and traditional mousy Saraswati fall in love and get married, but a tragedy changes their lives forever. The film is a modern rendition of the legends of Shiva-Sati and the novel "Love Story" by Eric Segal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLaila Majnu (2018)
Laila is a free-spirited girl from a conservative family who firmly believes in living for the present. Qais, a spoilt brat, falls head over heels in love with her. Their families, however, are warring over property, which leads to self-destruction, pain and bleeding hearts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Kalank (2019)
In Pre-Independent India, circa 1945, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBamfaad (2020)
A passionate love story set in Allahabad between Naate and Neelam who meet accidentally and fall in love. They make brave choices and go through a path of love and loss to be with each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Gehraiyaan (2022)
Alisha Khanna, 30, ambitious, now finds herself at crossroads in life. Her six year long relationship has grown monotonous, her career seems to be going nowhere. But just when she had begun to accept this reality as unchangeable, her life is usurped by the arrival of her cousin, Tia and her fiancé, Zain, with whom she bonds over a troubled past and a common wish to break from its confines.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTum Bin 2 (2016)
The film centers around the life of Taran, who loses her fiance Amar in a skiing accident. Her life changes when she meets Shekhar, who has seen the best and worst of times. The story explores old friendship, newfound love and a difficult decision.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Haasil (2003)
Anirudhh, a law-abiding college student, in love with Niharika, gets caught up in college politics and crime, and must fight it out for himself, when friends turn into foes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Notebook (2019)
An ex-army officer, Kabir, becomes a teacher in Kashmir in a school that is in a miserable condition. Things take a turn when Kabir finds a notebook, left behind by the previous year's teacher Firdaus.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Sairat (2016)
Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKedarnath (2018)
Mansoor, a reserved and reticent Pithoo (porter), helps pilgrims make an arduous journey upwards to the temple town. His world turns around when he meets the beautiful and rebellious Mukku who draws him into a whirlwind of intense love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKabir Singh (2019)
Kabir, a highly intelligent but short-tempered medical surgeon spirals into addiction after his intense relationship with his girlfriend turbulently ends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFire (1997)
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBajirao Mastani (2015)
Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lunchbox (2013)
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSonali Cable (2014)
Sonali, a spunky self-made internet operator, proudly runs a small outfit along with her band of ghetto boys catering to a sprawling Mumbai suburb. Complications arise when Sonali's childhood sweetheart, Raghu returns from the United States and helps bring her small enterprise into the 21st century. But not all forces of modernization are as kind and as loving as Raghu. SHINING INC, a huge corporation wants her out to complete their monopoly of Shining Broadband in the city. Sonali refuses... and it's war! This is a character driven, edgy survival drama of an ordinary girl, a sizzling love interest and her rag-tag family of internet cable technicians for whom Sonali Cable Centre is more than a livelihood... it's their home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Manmarziyaan (2018)
A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDhadak 2 (2025)
When Neelesh, an idealistic law student from a marginalised section of society, steps into a prestigious institution, he is thrust into a world that doesn't reflect his own. His friendship with Vidhi offers hope-until a wave of tragedy exposes the deep-rooted hierarchies he tried to outrun. He must confront the invisible forces that shape who we are allowed to become and who we are allowed to love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Photograph (2019)
A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGully Boy (2019)
Murad, an underdog, struggles to convey his views on social issues and life in Dharavi through rapping. His life changes drastically when he meets a local rapper, Shrikant alias MC Sher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPinjar (2003)
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (2021)
Manu, a bodybuilder from Chandigarh, India, falls in love with Maanvi, a Zumba teacher. All seems well until a revelation causes turmoil in their love story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEk Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)
Sweety has to contend with her over-enthusiastic family that wants her to get married but the ultimate truth is that her love might not find acceptance in her family and society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan (2025)
When a blind musician and a theatre artist meet on a train and travel through the majestic Himalayas, they fall in love regardless of their apparent flaws. What happens when life takes over?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (2024)
After 20 years in prison, a man reunites with his lost love and the truth behind his crimes is revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Intoxicated by Love (2024)
Story of Rumi, his friendship with Shams Tabrizi, the love he had for him and the great influence of Shams over him in his life, his poetry and his love for God.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
Samar Anand, a London-based struggling musician falls in love with Meera Thappar. After a severe accident, a panicked Meera promises God to leave Samar if he lives. Heartbroken, Samar leaves for India to become a fearless bomb disposal expert in the army.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Shikara?
The closest matches to Shikara are Raanjhanaa (2013), Lootera (2013) and Gustaakh Ishq (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Shikara?
People who watched Shikara most often go on to Raanjhanaa (2013), Lootera (2013) and Gustaakh Ishq (2025).
What is the highest-rated movie like Shikara?
The Lunchbox (2013), rated 7.4/10 by 861 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Shikara?
Gustaakh Ishq (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Shikara?
Yes: Raanjhanaa (2013), Lootera (2013) and Gustaakh Ishq (2025).
How are movies similar to Shikara chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Shikara, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.