43 Films & TV Shows Set In India During The 1970s
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Sarpatta Parambarai
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980sA young man from the Black Town of 1970’s segregated Madras finds himself with the opportunity to redeem his boxing clan and himself from years of defeat. Can he do it? Will he be allowed to?
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Shukranu
🇮🇳 India The 1970sSet in Delhi/UP/Haryana, SHUKRANU is a comic take on the darkest phases of Indian democracy through the encounters of a would-be groom who is forcefully sterilized just days before his much-awaited marriage.
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Palasa 1978
🇮🇳 India The 1970sMohan Rao and his elder brother face Pedda Shavukar and Chinna Shavukar, a political battle where low caste fights the high caste power.
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Sonchiriya
🇮🇳 India The 1970sSet in the Chambal valley, the film follows the story of a legion of dreaded, warring dacoits who once terrorized the Indian heartlands.
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N.T.R: Kathanayakudu
🇮🇳 India The 1960s The 1970s The 1940sBased on the journey of the legendary Telugu actor, filmmaker and ex-Chief Minister Late Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri.
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Bharat
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 2010sAt the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what.
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Romeo Akbar Walter
🇮🇳 India 🇵🇰 Pakistan The 1970sOur Hero. Their Spy. — Prior to the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) trains an Indian banker in espionage and martial arts, and sends him to Pakistan for an undercover operation where he finds himself sinking between emotions and violence.
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George Reddy
🇮🇳 India The 1960s The 1970sGeorge Reddy is a biopic based on the life of a student leader, boxer and Gold medalist, who influenced the politics of Andhra Pradesh state in Osmania University between 1967 and 1972. He is often remembered for inspiring revolutionary thoughts until he was brutally murdered at his hostel in 1972.
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Mahanati
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 1950sCome Be A Part of History — Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.
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K.G.F: Chapter 1
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980sFrom The Streets Of Mumbai...To The Bloody Gold Mines Of Kolar — A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people.
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A Death in the Gunj
🇮🇳 India The 1970sA sensitive university student unraveling while on a week-long vacation with a crowd of cocksure relatives and family friends.
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1971: Beyond Borders
🇮🇳 India 🇵🇰 Pakistan The 1970sSet against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the border.
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Baadshaho
🇮🇳 India The 1970sEmergency has been declared in India. Maharani Gitanjali from one of Rajasthan's princely states has already lost her privy purse. Now, she fears that she will lose the last treasure chest of gold which has been forcibly taken away from her. So she asks her trusted lieutenant, Bhawani to step in and plan a heist.
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Kamboji
🇮🇳 India The 1970sBased on True Story — An extremely passionate kathakali artiste falls in love with a mohiniyattam artiste and their blossoming affair gives rise to a new and unique form of art.
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Mersal
🇫🇷 France 🇮🇳 India The 1970sA few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
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Indu Sarkar
🇮🇳 India The 1970sAgainst the system... For the Nation... — Indu’s husband, a government employee, believes in using the state of Emergency to advance his career, but a moral and ideological discrepancy sets her on a own path.
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Olappeeppi
🇮🇳 India The 1970sOlappeeppi portrays the story of an ordinary Malayali family and the changes in the socio-economic scene in Kerala from 1970's to the 2000's . As the name suggests, its about colours of the past, taking us to that era along with a boy named Unni and his grandmother.
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Umrika
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980sWhen a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.
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Ennu Ninte Moideen
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1960sBased on #673602's true story — Based on the real life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in 1960s in the backdrops of Calicut.
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Gunday
🇮🇳 India The 1970sThe lives of Calcutta's most powerful Gunday - Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds.
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Shongram
🇧🇩 Bangladesh England 🇮🇳 India The 1970sShongram (struggle) is a romantic drama set during the 1971 liberation struggle of Bangladesh. A British Bengali on his death bed is interviewed by a daring London reporter, where four decades later, Karim is able to recall and finally share his past. We are transported to 1971, when Bangladesh was still East Pakistan and a young Karim (a Muslim) is in love with a beautiful Asha (a Hindu). The peaceful village life is suddenly interrupted by war and Karim must grow up fast to survive in an era where mass killings and abduction was common. He must also carry out his duty and revenge before he can finally search for Asha.
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Jobs
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sSome see what's possible, others change what's possible. — The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
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David
🇮🇳 India England The 1970s The 1990s The 2010sThree lives, three destinies, one name — The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.
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Love in Bombay
🇮🇳 India The 1970sLove in Bombay (also marketed under the title Love in Mumbai) is a Hindi film produced and directed by Joy Mukherjee. The film was originally made in 1971 and starred Waheeda Rehman, Sonia Sahni, Rehman, Kishore Kumar, and Ashok Kumar. The film was not released and was discovered by Mukherjee's son after his death in March 9, 2013. But it has released on August 2, 2013, that is,42 years after it was made.
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Life of Pi
🇲🇽 Mexico Quebec 🇮🇳 India Pacific Ocean The 1970sBelieve The Unbelievable — The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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