Bollywood Comedy Movies

Comedy in bollywood is quite popular. Almost all the movies have some scenes depicting comedies. The actors or actresses try to give laugh to the viewers by making funny faces, dialogue deliveries, etc. Comedians like Johnywalker, Mahmood, Jagdeep and Tuntun were famous in old movies.

These actors played only secondary roles in movies and their roles were also very limited in duration. Very few comedy movies were made in past.

Today, Bollywood has changed. In 2007-2008, majority of hit movies were comedy movies. And the comedians of these movies are not comedians at all, but they are actors from mainline movies like Pares Rawal, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, Arsad Warsi, Boman Irani to name a few.
Mehmood is the first thought that will emerge when you think of comedy in bollywood. Comedy has been a vital part of any movie and a lot of movies have been made only on comedy. Star like Ashok Kumar was a natural comedian. In the past the entire movie would be a comedy and there were directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee who were specialists in these kinds of movies. Then slowly comedy began taking a back seat and today comedy is only a part of the movie. At this time comedians like Johnny Lever, Asrani and Kadar Khan have made a mark for themselves.

During the 80s and early 90s it was the time for stars like Govinda who made a fortune by doing only comedy movies. Now directors like Deepak Tijori tried their hands at comedy and made a remake of a Tamil film but that too bombed at the box office. Director Priya Darshan is the only one who is churning out comedy after comedy and that too all hits. The audience loves Shah Rukh for his comedy in movies like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge and Pardes. Salman Khan too did good to his sinking career with comedy film Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya.

Top 2009 Comedy Movies.

• Aage Se Right Starring Shreyas Talpade, Shiv Pandit, Mahi Gill, Kay Kay Menon, Shruti Seth
• Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel...
• All The Best: Fun Begins Starring Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu
• Barah Aana Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Tannishtha Chatterjee
• Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge Starring Kunal Khemu, Paresh Rawal, Soha Ali Khan, Sonu Sood
• Dulha Mil Gaya Starring Ruk ruk Khan, Sushmita Sen, Fardeen Khan
• Do Knot Disturb starring Govinda, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta
• Daddy Cool Starring Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Aarti Chabria
• Ek Se Bure Do Starring Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav, Govind Namdeo, Yashpal Sharma, Virendra Saxena
• Ishq starring Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgan and Kajol.
  
• Padosan starring Mehmood, Ashok Kumar and Asha Parekh.
  
• Seetha aur Geetha starring Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra and Hema Malini.
  
• Chupke Chupke starring Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore and Jaya Bachchan.
  
• Main Khiladi Tu Anari starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Raagesshwari and Shakti Kapoor.
  
• Hum Apke Hain Kaun starring Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Renuka Shahne and Monish Behl.
  
• Andaz Apna Apna starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karishma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor and Paresh Rawal.
  
• Hera Pheri starring Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu and PAresh Rawal.
  
• Hum Hain Rahi Pyar ke starring Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Kunal Khemu, Navneet Nishan.
  
• Satte pe Satta starring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Sachin and Shakti Kapoor.

Bollywood comedy movie actors

With the growing demand of Bollywood comedy movies more number of production houses are showing keen interest in producing films of this particular genre. Bollywood comedy movies have time to time featured some of the most outstanding actors. Actors in the likes of Mahmood, Kesto Mukherjee, Asit Sen had won the heart of millions by delivering some of the greatest comedy performances. Films that were released in the recent decade also featured a number of fabulous comedy actors. Actors like Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Yashpal Yadav have delivered great performances in various Bollywood comedy movies.

Lead male actors in Bollywood comedy movies

It is not only the character artists who have made a significant presence in the Bollywood film industry as comedians, but the leading male actors have also done bit of comedy roles. And, few of them have proved to be quite successful. Lead actors like Govinda, Akshaye Kumar, Suneil Shetty have delivered a number of path breaking roles in many comedy movies. Even the three Khans, Salman Khan, Sharukh Khan and Aamir Khan have tried out their luck in comedy flicks. The comedy flicks featuring these stars were quite successful at the box office.

Lead female actors in Bollywood comedy movies

Some of the lead female actors of the Bollywood film industry also featured in various comedy films. Sridevi a notable female actor from South India made a significant presence in Bollywood by delivering excellent performances. Leading female stars such as Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Rani Mukherjee and Sushmita Sen were brilliant in their comedy roles.

Bollywood comedy movie directors

Eying the huge potential of the comedy films, several directors have now decided to make such flicks. Directors, like Satish Kaushik, David Dhawan, Abbas Mastan are some of the most popular directors in Bollywood. Priyadarshan is also one of the most renowned directors who has carved a niche for himself by making a number of hilarious movies.

Popular Bollywood comedy movies

Films like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Coolie No. 1, Anadi No. 1, Hero No. 1, Aunty No. 1 have drawn a great number of audiences to the theater halls. Comedy films, like Hera Pheri, Koi Mil Gaya, Dhamaal, Garam Masala, Partner went on to become huge hits at the box office.


This review is not about 5 best Hindi comedy movies. It is difficult to choose, cos there are quite a few that can tickle that funny bone in you & make you roll in laughter.

1. Padosan: This is a true laugh riot. Its the love story of a simpleton & a bit slow boy (Sunil Dutt) & the quick witted, sophisticated girl (Saira Banu). Superbly supported by Mehmood as the South Indian teacher of the girl and Kishore Kumar the music n love guru for the guy. I cannot imagine this film without these 2 suporting actors.

2. Chupke Chupke (the old one): This one is a typical Hrishikesh Mukherjee film. Very light hearted, easy-to-identify with characters and very good acting by the entire cast. I dont think I have tired of watching this movie whenever I have got the opportunity to do so.

3. Golmaal (the old one): starring Amol Palekar & Utpal Dutt, this one is very endearing. It proves the saying that all is fair in love & war where the hero wants to win the girl at any cost!

4. Khubsoorat: This one starring Rekha in the lead role, was like a breath of fresh air. It was a pleasure to see Shashikala, who normally is the bad one in a lot of films, do a good "bahu" role. Very sweet movie.

5. Bombay to Goa: This is among the first few films that Amitabh Bachchan acted in. His heroine is Aruna Irani. The film is about a girl who wants to make it big in the film industry but is blissfully ignorant of the "big bad world". She accidentally sees a murder and flees. The whole film revolves around what she goes through & how the hero saves her from the clutches of the villain.

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