Top comedy films from Bollywood history to watch during this quarantine

Many people reported anxiety and depression while on quarantine amid the coronavirus outbreak. This depression can be very dangerous for one’s mental health. Though we cannot change the severe situation going throughout the world, we can divert our attention to something, which will give us happiness and laughter for a while. To take you out from this depressing situation into an amusing comedy state, we’ve made a list of the funniest comedy films from Bollywood history which will guarantee you hilarious laughter for sure:

1. Gol Maal (1979)

Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gol Mal is considered as one of the finest comedy films ever made in Bollywood. The film depicts a double personality character portrayed by Amol Palekar which is considered as the most amusing and entertaining double role for many years. Casting Amol Palekar and Utpal Dutt, as the main lead, this sensible humor and tight comedy script will make you laugh so hard.

IMDb rating- 8.6

Director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Producer- N. C. Sippy

Cast- Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma, Manju Singh, Ratna Sharma, Dina Pathak

2. Padosan (1968)

A story of a simple boy Bhola (Sunil Dutt) who falls in love with his beautiful neighbor Bindu (Saira Banu) and tries to impress her with his friend’s help. The film also shows the singing battle of singer Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar which makes it full of humour and music hit the right chords. This one is absolutely a top contender in the list of best Bollywood comedy films of all time.

IMDb rating- 8.1

Director: Jyoti Swaroop

Producer- Mehmood and N. C. Sippy

Cast- Sunil Dutt, Mehmood, Kishore Kumar, Saira Banu

3. Andaz Apna Apna (1994)

Andaz Apna Apna is considered as a cult comedy classic ever made by Bollywood. It is a story of two loafers (Aamir Khan and Salman Khan) competing to win the heart of a girl and in the end protecting her from crime. Though the film performed averagely on screens at the time of its release, it currently holds the reputation of being one of a cult classic. The screenplay, dialogues, acting was all up to the mark in the film. Several dialogues from this film like “Teja main hu. Mark Idhar hai”, “Crime Master Gogo, Mogambo ka Bhatija” etc., are still popular among many Bollywood lovers.

IMDb rating- 8.2

Director- Rajkumar Santoshi

Producer- Vinay Kumar Sinha

Cast- Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon

4. Hera Pheri (2000)

An all-time favourite for youngsters as well as elders Hera Pheri is another cult classic of Bollywood. It is a Hindi remake of 1989 Malayalam film Ramji Rao Speaking. The film shows a troublesome trio who got involved in a dangerous case of kidnapping. The great comic timing of Akshay and Paresh will make your belly ache for sure.

IMDb rating- 8.2

Director- Priyadarshan

Producer-  A. G. Nadiadwala

Cast- Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu, Om Puri

5. Chashme Buddoor (1981)

A perfect comedy romance film, Chashme Buddoor is a story about three bachelor roommates who falls in love for the same girl. The film’s climax adds a distinct masala feel to this cute and wonderful film. It was the perfect college people romance comedy film, deeply relevant to the early 80s.

IMDb rating- 8

Director- Sai Paranjape

Producer- Gul Anand and Jayshree Anand-Makhija

Cast- Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey

6. Chupke Chupke (1975)

Remembered for Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan’s comic chemistry, Chupke Chupke is a fun story of a husband playing a slightly practical prank on his wife’s father. The film is hailed as one of the funniest ever and also features R D Burman’s brilliant music. The comic timing provided by Dharmendra is one of his top performances. This movie is a proper comedy film a family could watch together in these hard times of lockdown.

IMDb rating- 8.4

Director- Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Producer-  Hrishikesh Mukherjee and N. C. Sippy

Cast- Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan

Please take the time to watch these cult comedy classics ever produced by Bollywood. Wish we could see more films like these in the future!