Movies like Rashmi Rocket (2021)
The best movies like Rashmi Rocket (2021) are Chhalaang (2020), Hawaa Hawaai (2014) and Mary Kom (2014). If Rashmi Rocket hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHindi Medium (2017)7.4/10 from 225 votes
- NewestHaq (2025)Released 2025
- In HindiChhalaang (2020)Also in Hindi
Chhalaang (2020)
Chhalaang humorously addresses the value of Sports Education in the school curriculum. It follows a hilarious, yet an inspirational journey of a typical PT Master from a semi government-funded school in Northern India, Montu, for whom it’s just a job and is forced to do what he has never done - Teach.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHawaa Hawaai (2014)
Hawaa Hawaai is a story of the triumph of the human spirit; friendship and enjoying the journey of making ones dream come true. Arjun moves to the big city along with his mother and little sister. Out there he discovers a hidden world of in-line skating through coach Lucky, who mentors kids to become skating champions. While Arjun starts nursing the dream to learn skating under Lucky, his four friends get together to make this dream come true for him. In this endearing story of hope and aspirations, will Arjun's dreams take flight?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Mary Kom (2014)
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMr. & Mrs. Mahi (2024)
Poles apart, Mahima and Mahendra find a unifying force in the form of cricket. While one Mahi (Mahendra) is grappling to come to terms with his dream of playing for India getting shattered, he wants to live it through the other Mahi (Mahima.) Mahima is a doctor but Mahendra hasn't seen anyone play like her. Will the clash of dreams unite Mr. and Mrs. Mahi or create boundaries for life?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMargarita with a Straw (2015)
A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSultan (2016)
The ageing wrestler Sultan Ali Khan decides to try his luck on the mat again; to do this, he wants to represent his country at the Olympic Games, but first has to overcome personal issues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChandu Champion (2024)
9 bullet wounds (one still in the body), three different sports and an unshakable determination to fulfill the dream of an Olympic Gold later, Muralikant Petkar, India's first Paralympian to finish at the top of the podium, got the recognition by his own country 45 years after he achieved what no athlete from his country could.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ghoomer (2023)
Anina, a young woman batting prodigy, loses her right hand in an unfortunate accident on the eve of her international cricketing debut. An unsympathetic, failed and frustrated cricketer enters her life, gives her a new dream and transforms her fate by the most innovative training, to make her play for the Indian cricket team again, as a bowler.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Yeh Ballet (2020)
Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Haraamkhor (2015)
When a vulnerable new student finds comfort in her brash teacher, their academic relationship takes a manipulative and troubling turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Srikanth (2024)
In a world with odds stacked against him in every step of the way, Srikanth defies norms, blazing a trail from rural India to becoming the first visually impaired student at MIT. As he builds Bollant Industries, his success brings challenges for which he would not only chase personal dreams but safeguard a shared future for the ones just like him. This is the tale of an entrepreneur's triumph and sacrifice, both which he welcomed with open arms and a smile.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Fire in the Mountains (2022)
A mother toils to save money to build a road in a Himalayan village to take her wheelchair-bound son for physiotherapy, but her husband, who believes that an expensive religious ritual is the remedy, steals her savings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Udaan (2010)
Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSkater Girl (2021)
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThappad (2020)
A young woman's life is shattered into pieces when her husband slaps her at a party, causing her to question what this relationship stands for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZwigato (2023)
Manas, an ex-factory floor manager loses his job during the pandemic. He is then forced to work as a food delivery rider, grappling with the app and the world of ratings and incentives. Life is relentless for him, but not without shared moments of joy with his wife, Pratima. The film captures the life of invisible 'ordinary' people, hidden in plain sight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Nil Battey Sannata (2016)
Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023)
Three best friends juggle life as 20-somethings in Mumbai, where romance, ambition and heartbreak collide with the addictive draw of social media.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMasaan (2015)
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHaq (2025)
In 1980s India, Shazia Bano takes her husband to court after he abandons her and their children, sparking a national battle over faith, women’s rights, and justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Shabaash Mithu (2022)
From child prodigy to trailblazing captain, Indian women's cricket icon Mithali Raj navigates highs and lows of professional career. A story of a young girl's determination and stance against discrimination, about her spirit, passion, courage, and her dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Parched (2015)
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHindi Medium (2017)
Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHelicopter Eela (2018)
Eela, an aspiring playback singer, and single mother has given up all her dreams to raise her only son, who backlashes her for invading his privacy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Super 30 (2019)
Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for financially weak IIT aspirants in Patna.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTottaa Pataaka Item Maal (2019)
Four women from Delhi, NCR and Gurgaon, tired of dealing with the incessant fear or rape, decide to teach one man how it feels to be afraid of being raped, on a daily basis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hichki (2018)
After finally landing a teaching job, a kindhearted woman with Tourette Syndrome faces a flawed system to provide an education to her forgotten students.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThree of Us (2023)
Shailaja embarks on a confrontational journey with her husband and childhood-love as she finds herself at the cusp of her past, present and future. Stitched with a very delicate thread of emotions, this film is about love, loss, healing, awareness and liberation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Homebound (2025)
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Rashmi Rocket?
The closest matches to Rashmi Rocket are Chhalaang (2020), Hawaa Hawaai (2014) and Mary Kom (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Rashmi Rocket?
People who watched Rashmi Rocket most often go on to Chhalaang (2020), Hawaa Hawaai (2014) and Mary Kom (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Rashmi Rocket?
Hindi Medium (2017), rated 7.4/10 by 225 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Rashmi Rocket?
Haq (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Rashmi Rocket?
Yes: Chhalaang (2020), Hawaa Hawaai (2014) and Mary Kom (2014).
How are movies similar to Rashmi Rocket chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Rashmi Rocket, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.