Bollywood Fairy Tale Movies: Fairytale based or fairytale like Fantasy Bollywood Movies
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1. No Movie based on Snakes and how they take revenge will be entertained in our list. Like Nagina, Nagin, etc.
2. No Horror Movie.
3. No Historical Movies
4. No Religious Movies
5. No Superhero Movies
6. Simple Invisibility themed movies without other fairy tale elements will be ignored too.
7. Simple rebirth stories are a no-no too.
1. No Movie based on Snakes and how they take revenge will be entertained in our list. Like Nagina, Nagin, etc.
2. No Horror Movie.
3. No Historical Movies
4. No Religious Movies
5. No Superhero Movies
6. Simple Invisibility themed movies without other fairy tale elements will be ignored too.
7. Simple rebirth stories are a no-no too.
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- DirectorLatif FaiziyevUmesh MehraStarsDharmendraHema MaliniZeenat AmanAlibaba, (Dharmendra) a native of Guleba is in love with Marjina (Hema Malini). The town has a ruler, Abu Hasan. Guleban is terrorized by dacoits. Ali Baba hears the password to the door of the cave of the dacoits and takes a lot of jewels from the cave. His brother is killed by the dacoits as he forgets the password and is trapped inside. A young girl whose father has been murdered by the dacoits (Zeenat Aman) has a score to settle with Abu Hasan. Abu Hasan turns out to be the head of the dacoits and he comes to know that Ali Baba visits the cave. He hides the 40 thieves in large urns to kill Ali Baba. Ali Baba comes to know of this and kills them all. He brings to light the startling truth that their own ruler heads the dacoits!1,001 Arabian Nights
- DirectorChetan AnandStarsDev AnandPriya RajvanshAjit KhanIn a small town, situated in a picturesque Indian valley, lives a corrupt Deputy collector, Hare Murari, an equally corrupt Police Superintendent, Pasupathi; a doctor; a Judge; & Professor Rampyare. These officials always ensure that no one gets anything done without their permission, thus ensuring that their palms are adequately greased. When a young man named Prem Pratap seeks a license for conducting a song and dance sequence, he too is asked to bribe them, which he does. Subsequently, Hare Murari finds out that Prem Pratap may be a Government Official who has come incognito to investigate and expose them. Hare Murari's and the others worst fears are realized when they find out that Prem has been speaking long distance with none other than the President of India. What follows is hilarious chaos as the officials come together to try and portray themselves as honest and law-abiding citizens.Best Adaptation of the Cinderella Story
- DirectorShashi KapoorGennadiy VasilevStarsAmitabh BachchanDimple KapadiaRishi KapoorThe evil Vizier of Baharistan kills the royal family and takes power himself but the real crown prince, who has survived his machinations, returns to his homeland to avenge his parents as a masked vigilante 'Ajooba'.Although Ajooba is a superhero but there are many a stories of magic present in the movie like flying carpets, Shrinking Humans etc.
- DirectorBabubhai MistryStarsJeetendraSangeeta BijlaniSonu WaliaHatim Tai is the legendary chief of a small district. He is Known for his generosity, wisdom and courage. Hatim learns that one of the local girls in his town has a curse put on her - whomever marries her, the husband will die. In order to break this curse, Hatim agrees to take part in 7 quests. All 7 quest are dangerous but have a moral. If he completes all 7 then he will also release the fairy who has turned into a stone. Hatim and his friend (Satish Shah) embark on a fun but dangerous quest to break the curse once and for all.
- DirectorKetan DesaiStarsMaya AlaghSudha ChopraAnil DhawanAnmol is made to work as a maid in her own house by her step-mother and step-sisters. Later, a singer falls for her and decides to free her from her evil family.The Cinderella Story
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsJeetendraJaya PradaPran SikandUjjain's Raja Vijay Singh presides over his region and rules it with his Maharani Swarnapati, and daughter Rajkumari Indumati. During the annual arena games a challenger by the name of Pitamber from out of this region challenges anyone to a duel with him, and the only one to accept it is Ramchandra alias Ramu. Ramu overcomes Pitamber and is felicitated by Indumati. Ramu falls head over heels in love with Indumati, and even saves her life when she is bitten by a snake. But the Raja does not approve of this match as he would like Indumati to marry a wealthy man, he accordingly instructs Ramu to get rich first before he can even consider marrying Indumati. It is then a magician named Mantrik comes to Ramu's aid, and shows him how to attain wealth. Ramu has to travel many miles, go underground into a deep dark cave, & free a Goddess from a curse of living eternally as a crocodile. It is here that Ramu learns that Mantrik has an ulterior motive in assisting him, so he beheads him, gets a lot of precious stones, jewelery, etc. and heads over to Ujjain to get the Raja to get him married to Indumati. The Raja readily agrees and a wedding is arranged with great pomp, ceremony, and festivities. But Ramu is in for a shock when Indumati disappears during the wedding ceremony, and Ramu undertakes to go and look for her. What Ramu does not know is that Mantrik has resurrected himself and now not only wants Indumati for himself, but has also planned a painful death for Ramu.
- DirectorJijo PunnooseStarsUrmila MatondkarSoniaDalip TahilLaxmi and her three male schoolmates study in a small rural school in India. They face considerable opposition and taunts as they come from a very poor background. This does result in considerable exclusion, with the three friends find themselves all by themselves. Then one day they come across a youth who calls himself Chetan, who wears a loincloth, and cannot speak a word. They find that he has magical qualities and can perform several athletic feats. Laxmi and her friends befriend Chetan, and together they decide to change their lives once and for all. But can magic solve their problems forever?
- DirectorHomi WadiaStarsFeroz KhanSayeeda KhanMukriKhamer Bhakt is a handsome young man, who lives with only motive in mind - trouble. And he does negatively effect lives of his two brothers, Karim and Rahim, as well as others in the community. One day he ventures into the private chambers of the Shehzadi Nargis Banu, and incurs the wrath of the palace king and his guards. But Nargis has him forgiven, for both have fallen in love with each other. She announces in the palace that she will marry a man, who will bring back her missing sister, Hamida, and Khamer accepts the challenge. He goes through an evil magician, and does rescue Hamida, but ends up making a promise to Marjina, a shape-changing snake, that he will only love and marry Hamida, and fulfill her every wish, or else he will be cursed for life. The palace and it's people are overjoyed to see Hamida back, and arrangements are made for Nargis to get married to Khamer. Khamer now realizes that if he marries Nargis, he will be cursed; and if he marries Hamida, then he will break his vow to Nargis, and so the ultimate choice is on Khamer, as he has to decide what is best for him.
- DirectorBabubhai MistryStarsGitanjaliMahipalNalini ChonkarParas delights the Emperor with his singing. He is granted a wish by the Emperor and he asks for the hand of the princess in marriage. The Emperor agrees to do so if Paras brings him a rare gem.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsAghaAparnaPandari BaiAmar lives a poor lifestyle along with his widowed mom in a village, and has a sweetheart in Savitri. He is a trouble-maker and makes life difficult for the Panchayat Chair, Kalicharan, who also happens to be Savitri's father, so much so that Kalicharan hires Ram Shastri to kill Amar. After his passing, Amar enters Swarg Lok where he gets to meet with Devraj Indra and then Yamraj. Amar incites Yam Dhooths to go on a strike, as well as has Yamraj himself consider going on a vacation along with his assistant, Chitragupt Sharma. As a result, Yamraj and Chitragupt end up in modern day Bombay as ordinary human beings, and people stop dying, while Amar himself is given back his life. But not for long for soon he will be called upon to provide bail for a jailed Yamraj and Chitragupt, who will soon return to Swarg Lok and take him along too!!
- DirectorPankaj ParasharJaidev ChakrabortyStarsNaseeruddin ShahAnil KapoorMadhuri DixitRani Maa's(Reena Roy) husband is killed by the neighboring kingdom's evil Prime Minister Man Singh (Naseeruddin Shah). The Prime Minister absolves himself from this killing and blames it on the king, the father of Rajkumari Vishaka (Madhuri Dixit). Rani Maa swears to avenge the death against the Rajkumari. Man Singh also has a twin brother, Surjan Singh (also Naseeruddin Shah) who is not evil at all albeit a little naive. Rani Maa is shocked and aghast when she finds out that her only son, Rajkumar (Anil Kapoor) is in love with Rajkumari. She sets out to oppose this marriage, while Rajkumar will leave no stone unturned to marry Rajkumari. The stage is set for mother and son to decide whether it is in their best interest to include someone in the family, who has killed a husband and a father respectively.
- DirectorRavikant NagaichStarsBaby RaniReena RoyAbbas AliRani is a child who is being brought up by her mother, Kamla, as her dad has gone out of the town on business. Both mother and daughter live with their cruel and selfish relatives. One day Kamla gets the news that her husband is returning, and she is overjoyed. This joy turns to sorrow when she finds out that he has passed away in an accident. Shortly, thereafter she too passes away, leaving poor Rani at the hands of the cruel relatives. Rani loves her parents, as they are her world, and she undertakes a journey into the netherworld to try and bring her parents back to life. This movie also features the story of Cinderella and Gulliver's Travels, in two songs.
- DirectorRakesh KumarStarsSalman KhanAmrita SinghSheeba AgarwalAn archaeologist unearths an underground palace at Sangramgarh. The locals are afraid of what will happen if they start digging and would like to leave the past alone. It turns out their fears we confounded.
- DirectorK. Muralimohana RaoStarsVenkatesh DaggubatiRaveena TandonGovardhan AsraniA simpleton Suraj stays in a small house with his widowed mother his friend Pandu and a Gopalji when he was a kid his family owned a huge place known as Swarna palace which went into debts.Suraj has no means of income but he wants to gift back the palace to his mother and can to anything for it doesn't matter if he has to join hands with local goon Chota Raavan.Lily is a rival of Chota Ravan whom Suraj loves but she doesn't care for him.In the universe Yamraj and Chitragupt loose and important book called Bhavishyavani which has details of every human being living on earth the book falls into Suraj's house and his luck starts after he sees his future he soon becomes a millionaire and gifts his mother Swarna palace while Lord Dharma takes all powers of Yamraj and Chitragupt and asks them to go on earth and find the book within a month if they fail all their life they will have to live on earth as human beings.One day Raja opens the book to see his future and is shattered after reading that his mother will die tonight,will Raja be able to save his mother after seeing the future and how will Yamraj and Chitragupt find the book on earth.
- DirectorJag MundhraStarsKunal GoswamiPooja BediKabir BediInspector Rakesh Verma has been assigned the case of the mysterious deaths of Zoravar and his associate. His investigations take him to meet the other two associates namely Thakur Dhurjan Singh, and Lala Lachiram Chaudhary - both fearful for their lives. While Rakesh is aware that both are connected to the criminal underworld, he is required to provide protection to them. His investigations make him conclude that the suspects could be Wali Khan, a former jailbird; Trilokchand, another former jailbird, in jail for murder, but who is now crippled and confined to a wheelchair; and a mysterious woman who was fed venomous poison as a child - and is quite capable of administering it in lethal doses. Rakesh must now find who the real killer is - before he/she kills the Thakur and Lala.
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsN.T. Rama RaoS.V. Ranga RaoSavitriBalarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. But when the Pandavas loses their kingdom to the Kaurava's, Balarama breaks his promise.
- DirectorLekh TandonStarsRajendra Kumar TuliSaira BanuRajendranath MalhotraSanjay lives a poor lifestyle in Darjeeling and makes a living as a Tourist Guide. He meets with Calcutta-based Priya Khanna, and both fall in love. When she receives word that her dad has been arrested, she returns home, and with a lot of problems does manage to secure her dad's release. She then finds out that Sanjay is also in Calcutta, both meet and plan to get married. Her dad finds out and cautions her against meeting him as this person's real identity is Tarun Kumar Saxena - the very man who had him imprisoned. Priya disbelieves her father and goes to meet Sanjay - and this is when she will find out that her dad not only told her the truth, but Tarun is already married to a woman named Rita.
- DirectorMohan T. GehaniStarsNeelima AzimGoga KapoorShakti KapoorA married couple had prayed for years for a child to be born to them, in vain. Then one day, the wife prays to Lord Naagraj (Snake God), who appears before her and grants her wish. Soon a boy is born in their household, and named Nagesh. 24 years later, Nagesh has grown up, and is now a Police Inspector. A woman who calls herself Rajni appears, meets with his mother, and tells her that she is Nagesh's (alias Rajnikant) betrothed from a previous birth, she is the daughter of Naagraj, who had told her that she can claim him as her husband after 25 years. Fearing for the safety of Nagesh, his mother gets him married to a pious woman, Neelam, the daughter of a Poojary. The stage is now set for a confrontation between the pious wife against the shape-changing Rajni, who will not permit a mere mortal to stop her. Then things change dramatically when Nagesh is photographed having an affair with a woman named Julie, who is subsequently killed, the police find evidence linking Nagesh to this murder, he is dismissed from the employment of the Police Force, held in a cell, found guilty by the court, and sentenced to be hanged. Watch what happens when both Neelam and Rajni come to know about the Court's decision, and what steps each will take to claim Nagesh as her own.
- DirectorK. RamanlalStarsVinod MehraRekhaVinod KhannaJournalist Naresh is hired to probe illegal activities on an island. When he's captured, a fellow prisoner gives him a ring with magic powers.
- DirectorVikram BhattStarsHrithik RoshanAmeesha PatelKiran KumarThe daughter of a rich criminal industrial tycoon falls in love with a college boy. The tycoon, what a surprise, objects...Based on the tale of Rapuznel
- DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttRiteish DeshmukhSince he was a child, Aladin Chatterjee has been teased for his fairytale name. As a college student he follows his namesake's footsteps; unleashing genie Genius and wooing exchange student Jasmine. But the evil Ringmaster approaches.
- DirectorV. MenonStarsRakesh BediDonald BurmanGajendra ChauhanTo obtain the magical powers of a sacred stone, Trikal, a sorcerer, holds Pratap and his wife captive. However, Pratap's son Shyam decides to rescue his parents and save the stone from Trikal.
- DirectorHannif ChippaStarsAditya PancholiJaaved JaaferiJanhaviShankar falls in love with a girl, unaware of that she is a mermaid. Dr Jacob discovers this and tries every possible way to expose her, not knowing that she will encounter danger.Mermaid story
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRajesh KhannaZaheeraRaj KapoorRanjit was a badminton player and his family once lived a good life.Ranjit now cant feed his family as he has turned handicapped and feels of attempting suicide. One morning Ranjit tires to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train from a bridge.Next he is seen walking without a stick and meets a man called captain who tells him that he has died and is now a ghost and ask's him why did he commit suicide.
- DirectorShibu MitraStarsGovindaKarisma KapoorShakti KapoorGangwa lives a poor lifestyle in a village in India. He is in love with Gauri and both want to get married. Gauri's dad, an astrologer, approves of Gangwa, but predicts that they will never get married. They decide to stay together and the night of Poornima, come to the rescue of Naagraj, who is being mesmerized by a Tantrik, who wants to steal a Mani, which will absorb the moonlight, enabling him to make a concoction, and after drinking this, will become immortal and invincible. Furious by their interference, he turns Gauri to stone, and unable to withstand the shock, Gangwa passes away. 25 years later Gangwa is re-born as Krishna, and lives a poor lifestyle with his foster mother. She wants him to get married to Pinky, but Krishna wants to establish himself first. He finds a job with a mannequin maker, and with Naagraj's help, creates a near-lifelike mannequin of Gauri. His employer sells this mannequin to Romeo, who is an employee with a fledging department store run by Kewalchand. Krishna finds employment in this store just to be near the mannequin, which comes to life only when he is alone with her, and calls itself Karishma. Little does Krishna know that on the next Poornima, his beloved will again be turned to stone by the very same vengeful Tantrik, who will not only have Naagraj in his control, but also will ensure that Krishna does not survive thus enabling him to make and drink the concoction that will make him immortal and invincible.
- DirectorSwamy V.S.R.StarsRaj BabbarMeenakshi SheshadriKimMaharaja Purshotam Singh rules over his kingdom justly and fairly. He lives in his palace with his wife, Ahilya, an adult son, and a new-born son, Ajay. His biggest concern is the evil Maharudra, who has taken it upon himself to conquer the region and rule over it mercilessly. Purshotam's armies are no match for Maharudra, even his son is killed, so Purshotam leads the rest of his men, leading to their massacre and his death. Maharudra takes over the region and other Kings surrender to his might. Years later, Maharudra is still the ruler, quite unknown to him, his enemies are multiplying and are organizing a war against him. They are Rajkumar Ajay Singh, the son of slain Purshotam, his friend, Pratap Singh; Padmini, Pratap's lover; and Madhuri who has to settle several scores with Maharudra. And against these brave men and women are Maharudra himself, his vast armies, and Vetal, an indestructible demon from the very depths of hell, who has been resurrected to kill Maharudra's enemies once and for all.
- DirectorShammi KapoorStarsRajesh KhannaShammi KapoorSulakshana PanditDaydreamer Rajaram lives a poor lifestyle in a village in India along with his aunt and an unmarried sister, Malti, who has mortgaged their shanty house with Sukhi Lala so that she can educate Rajaram in Bombay. Rajaram pretends to be wealthy in order to get married to his sweetheart, Nisha Sharma, much to the chagrin of her dad who wants her to get married to a boxer, Ranjeet Gupta. After Rajaram gets a degree in Arts he returns home and finds out about the debt, he attempts to find work, ends up working as a laborer with Sukhi, but is beaten-up when he is found slacking. Rajaram returns to Bombay, meets with Suleiman, and takes up collecting waste material (Dabha Batli) from households for a fee. One day he comes across a bottle, which falls down and out pops a 20000 year old Genie with magical powers. Rajaram does not want anything to do with this Genie, who insists on helping him for one year regardless. With his help Rajaram and Suleiman improve their lifestyle, albeit with a lot of problems, and also improve Rajaram's chances of getting married to Nisha. Things get complicated when the Genie loses his ring, which ends up with Ranjeet, who summons another Genie, Jumjumbo, from the very pits of hell, and abducts Nisha and her dad in order to force Nisha to marry him. Rajaram and the Genie set out for their rescue - only to find that the Genie has no powers underground - and both end up at the mercy of the evil Jumjumbo and Ranjeet.
- DirectorKedar KapoorStarsDev KumarNiveditaMaster ShahidAn ordinary boy named Zain is turned into an angel by the Almighty Iffi Munna. Angel and his friend Pota(Yasir) go on a journey to find Molvi who stole very bootiful Boot and Pota's love, Moti.
- DirectorParvati MenonStarsAbidAghaKishore BhattA king looking for the map of a hidden treasure finds it in the back of a framed picture in grandmothers' home. Realizing that some unscrupulous people are also in search of the map, he tears it into two, giving one to her for safekeeping. She hides it in her old gramophone box, unaware that a dacoit is watching her. She gets kidnapped and her grandsons try to find her even as the king's wicked cousin hires a magician to find the location of the map. Will grandmother be rescued and does the treasure fall in the wrong hands? This magical ride through a wondrous land won multiple awards at the Moscow Film Festival, 1981.
- DirectorNanabhai BhattStarsRaginiMahipalRamayan TiwariA princess attempts to win back her kingdom from a powerful shape-shifting sorcerer.
- DirectorAakkooStarsPaidi JairajChitraMohan SherryAn invincible sorcerer first shrinks his mentor and then deceptively abducts and holds a princess in his underwater palace.
- DirectorRaghunath JhalaniStarsJeetendraRekhaDeven VermaRavi (Jeetendra) overhears a beautiful woman, Namrita (Rekha), singing a sad song. He falls in love, and tries to pull her away from the abyss of suicide. As time goes by, he proposes and introduces her to his family, only to find out that she is already married to Rajesh. He leaves home destroyed, attempting to understand life after she completes suicide...only to run into her at an ashram, where she claims she is not the same person, but a look-alike.
- DirectorB. MitraStarsPradeep KumarAjit KhanNalini Jaywant
- DirectorB.J. PatelStarsRanjanHelenBela BoseNeelampari and Champakali are sisters, and live in Patal Lok (underwater), and have been assigned the task of gathering together 100 souls. But Champakali takes a liking to one of them, namely Kumar, and does not capture him. This angers Neelampari, and she banishes her sister. Jadugar Vaital has set his eyes on the beauty of Champakali and will do anything in his power to maker her his own. Since Kumar is indebted to Champakali for saving his life, he must overcome several objects to defeat Vaital and marry Champakali. Kumar has the assistance of Bhola and Bajrang, and a host of magical gimmicks, like a flower; a magical flute, and a statuette. But will these be enough to subdue the invincible Vaital?
- DirectorAbdul Rashid KardarStarsSureshShyam KumarNalini JaywantSundari is a stage dancer and singer, a flirt, quarrelsome, and generally up to no good. She meets with Havaldar Pritam, and both are attracted to each other. Circumstances force Pritam to arrest Sundari for viciously assaulting another woman, but he lets her escape, and is severely reprimanded by the Kotwal. Sundari feels sorry for him. She meets with the Kotwal and pleads with him to forgive Pritam, which he does. Pritam is grateful to Sundari for saving his career, and both continue to romance each other. What Pritam does not know that Sundari belongs to a gang of thieves, the leader of which is her long-time boyfriend, currently in prison, a notorious gangster by the name of Rahu.
- DirectorBabubhai MistryStarsChitraAzaad IraniBhagwan Palav
- DirectorJ.B.H. WadiaStarsKhambata JalKarimjaPadmadeviOriental fantasy derived from classic Parsee theatre. The heir to the Yemeni throne, Prince Parviz, is falsely imprisoned by his stepmother who claims power. Parviz receives a magic dagger from a mystic sufi fakir to liberate himself and his people. The dagger makes him invisible. He kills the Apeman and the genii, rescues the captive Princess Parizad and, finally, overwhelms the soldiers sent to recapture him. The king learns the truth and repents.
- DirectorHomi MasterStarsRuby MayerDinshaw BillimoriaZubeidaAdventure drama based on Persian legend. Mubarak (Kader) kidnaps Sanobar (Mohammed), the son of the king of Yemen (Peerjan) and raises him in the forest. Prompted by Mubarak, Sanobar attacks the king returning from a hunt, but is caught, condemned to be locked up in a box and thrown into the sea. A fakir teaches the king the language of the animals, warning him not to pass on the skill to any other humans. Listening to two birds, the king realizes that Sanobar is his own son. The queen (Jilloo), learning that the king has special linguistic powers, forces him to teach them to her as well. He does so and becomes paralyzed. Only a flower from the mouth of Meherangez, the princess of Sistan (Sulochana) can save him. Umar (Bilimoria), the good prince, attempts the task.